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Jan 16 2013

… when the ship hits the span

A long time ago, in a world before community resilience was understood, there was a city that grew and spread across two sides of a wide river. The city had grown from its roots on the western side, where all the commercial, cultural and health services where located, to the eastern side where many people […]

Written by Coach K · Categorized: Disruptions · Tagged: Practice

Aug 15 2012

… lesson from the London Olympics

Over recent weeks I have spent several late nights watching live TV coverage of the London Olympics. I am sure that many readers also watched the Games, hopefully they were on at a more convenient time in your location. There are many lessons that can be learned from sport and applied to our lives in […]

Written by Coach K · Categorized: Disruptions, Resilience Thinking

Jan 11 2012

… even breakfast has become complex.

Our lives are becoming increasingly complex and recently the challenges of complexity even disrupted my favourite Canberra breakfast spot, Silo Bakery. Silo was found to have served salmonella infected food, and subsequently shutdown temporarily by local health authorities. The source of infection was traced to some free-range eggs they used in making their own mayonnaise. […]

Written by Coach K · Categorized: Disruptions · Tagged: Complexity, CSIRO, Paul Cilliers, Theory

Jan 09 2012

… Chatham House rules!

The UK Chatham House ‘think tank’ has come to the realisation that “Just in Time” models put companies at risk – by reducing their resilience. Always good to see these groups wake up and smell the roses! However it will be interesting to see if commercial, short-term profits continue to be placed ahead of long-term […]

Written by Coach K · Categorized: Disruptions, Literature Reviews · Tagged: Chatham House, Disruption, Just in Time

Oct 17 2011

… customers in motion?

A lot has been written in the past week about the problems experienced by Research In Motion (RIM) and their Blackberry platform. Some of it highlights significant failings in the way we approach Business Continuity. For those of you who missed the story, here is the very short version. Outage was originally experienced in the […]

Written by Coach K · Categorized: BC Practice, Disruptions · Tagged: Blackberry, Disruption, RIM, Supply Chain Risk, Tools/Technology, Vulnerablity

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