One of the predictable things about the BC industry is that periodically there is a bout of introspection – we are in a bad spot, how do we change to move forward? The predictable outcome is that little actually changes other than the name – Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity Management, BCMS, Resilience, Business Resilience. The […]
Will the last 6 years experience inform future practice?
Isn’t it great when what you do gets noticed and recognised by other people? Too often that doesn’t seem to happen to risk and BC folks – a lot of the work and effort is often unappreciated. Just the other day I was processing my email Inbox and scanned a LinkedIN digest email before deleting […]
… similarities between resilience and elite sports
I was honored to find that my contribution has been short-listed for BC Paper of the Year. You can find the full article, “Exercising and resilience: fit for purpose?” at Continuity Central. This was something I wrote (in December 2014) to explore the application of coaching to the practice of building resilience. The perspective is from my […]
… times change, and so must we.
I was reminded today of him much the world has changed in my working life. I am travelling in the USA and staying overnight at Monument Valley. The picture is taken from the porch of the cabin I am staying in. I have no cell phone coverage, there is no TV in the cabin, but […]
… how to power up your BC marketing
Time to start thinking about the upcoming football season here in Australia. For me that means Australian Rules football, of course. One of the success stories of the 2014 season was an Adelaide team called “Port Power”. This is one of those rags to riches stories – a team that finished 16th (in a 17 […]