Recently I had the opportunity to see this obsession with Greenfields approaches taken to the most amazing extreme. I was asked to review an update of a client’s Pandemic Plan. The plan, like so many, is structured along the lines of the WHO’s Phases – and outlines activities that are intended to be undertaken at […]
… Brown is the new Green!
I don’t know about you, but I cannot remember the last time I got to work a “Greenfields” client. What a shame then that so many people still treat all situations as being greenfield. Sometimes you can find that there is no real BCM Program in place, but generally there is some form of “tick in the […]
… the “High Reliability” school
Yesterday I posted about the “Resilient Organisations” school of thought from New Zealand. One of the quotes I like from their material is this; Resilience is not something you do … it is something that you are. Today I wanted to build on that thought by looking at the High Reliability Organisation (HRO) school and […]
… the meaning of resilience.
This photo was taken in an area of Australia that was devastated by bush fires a little over a year ago. The photographer’s comment on the photo is that it was a “reminder of the resilience and persistence of the bush and The Australian People.” Further to my earlier post about ‘Resilience week’, today’s post on […]
… Resilience Week!
Over at the Agile Business Continuity blog, Paul James has declared this week Resilience Week. He will be publishing a series of posts on the subject. I look forward to reading and interacting with Paul’s work, I encourage others to do the same. At the moment many people throw these ‘word concepts’ around, often with […]