The Covid19 outbreak has seen a lot of new government policy created. Here in Australia we have seen lockdown and isolation policies to manage virus impacts and health outcomes, financial assistance packages to soften the economic impact and maintain some commercial readiness for an economic recovery and most recently a focus on the need to […]
… a new collaboration
Back in Australia this week, and an overdue mention of the newly launched Disaster Resilience Resource Manual Asutralia. This is an initiative of Christine Ellingworth and Alexina Baldini, both psychologists, who are developing a resource manual to assist businesses and communities develop crisis intervention and an effective emergency response. They are helping build resileince of […]
… a sense of pride
Over the past 12 months I have been developing a specific piece of thinking, which goes by the title “Putting management into BCM”. It got its first airing at the DRJ Spring World in March, then a rework for the Australasian Business Continuity Summit in June. The most recent iteration is published today in The […]
… 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 […]
… why we do not appear to learn from recent disasters
This is the first post in a new, ongoing series. These posts are intended to encourage people to join in discussions that are happening on other blogs and sites. All in support of one of my objectives for 2011 – to encourage community and the discussion and learning that will come from these community engagements. […]