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 […]
… measuring resilience
One of the subjects I have to keep dragging myself back to is this idea that to make progress on resilience we must be able to measure it. This idea of measuring was one of the key drivers behind proposing the Resilience Observatory. For those who accept that resilience is not a process, then we […]
… the wrap
The wrap has not been a weekly event lately – time to catch up with the overflowing bookmarks in my Google Reader. Starting with Geary Sikich’s article “Unrealistic Scenarios?” published on Continuity Central. Geary begins by making the simple point that if you proposed an exercise scenario that follows what is currently happening in Japan you […]
… awareness and learning – BCAW 2011
Business Continuity Awareness Week continues … what did you do to raise awareness, or even your own level of knowledge yesterday? Here is an interesting addition to the BCI definition of Business Continuity which you can find via the BCAW Website. “Business Continuity Management is defined as an holistic management process that identifies potential impacts […]