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 […]
… Anticipation and Adaptation
Yesterday I wrote about the tension between Planning and Adaptive Capacity as a differentiator between traditional BCM and resilience. Today I am going to explore this aspect further, and start a series that will explore some other dimensions on which we could map resilience. My thinking here is informed by a range of material on […]
… planning and preparedness are not the same thing
There is a discussion on the ‘BCM & Risk’ LinkedIn Group (sorry, but this is a members only forum – free to join), where the original question posed was; “Do you have a plan or are you being prepared? do you reckon these are two side of the coin or same but different words or […]
… 3 words for 2012
First day of the working year here in Australia. Thought this would be a good day to outline the 3 words that I hope to use as a focus for my research and writing this year. Last year the key focus words were Craft, Observatory and Community. I am fairly happy with how I went […]
… another year over, and a new one just begun
2011 brought us more evidence that we cannot predict all our risks. If you don’t believe me, check out the risk registers of News of the World/News Corp, Tokyo Electric Power Co or Pennsylvania State University and you should find the proof. Hopefully during 2012 we will start to appreciate the need for the ‘art’ […]
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