Not surprisingly there has been a lot of focus on Supply Chain impacts this week. The recent focus on air cargo is no doubt a part of it – but fortunately there is a growing understanding that BC (and resilience) has to address the entire value chain, not just the narrow silo of the core […]
… BCM heresy
Heresy : “a controversial or novel change to a system of beliefs, especially a religion, that conflicts with established dogma.” (Wikipedia) Dogma : “is the established belief or doctrine held by a religion, ideology or any kind of organization: it is authoritative and not to be disputed, doubted, or diverged from.” (Wikipedia) The heresy being […]
… synergy rather than convergence
I have recently been included in a Working Party initiated by the Busines Continuity Institute in the UK. This Working Party has the label ‘Discipline Mapping’ – it will focus on how a range of different disciplines can contribute to the building and maintaining resilience. A lot of the talk in this area has been around […]
… WCDM is over
Actually it has been over for a couple of days, but I have just gotten around to writing about it. This was by first visit to the World Conference on Disaster Management. It is probably the best event in this field that I have been to – I would certainly want to go again next […]
… what’s in a name?
There have been a number of recent posts on various blogs, about the value and hierarchy of the labels and names we go by. Sometimes it appears that we are as emotional as Shakespeare’s famous “star crossed lovers”, rather than logical management consultants. The Montagues and Capulets in this case being Risk Management and Business […]