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 […]
… days of future passed
Have you thought about what the world might look like in 5 years time? That is what we, as a discipline, have been talking about for several months; What will Business Continuity look like in 2020? It is only 5 years away, can the world change too much in 5 years? It can be hard to […]
… take the plunge!
I am in Sydney at the Australasian BC Summit. It has been a good conference with a number of good presentations and plenty of interesting conversation. But sometimes it seems we need to talk less and just jump into having a go. Yesterday BCI Chairman Steve Mellish included some of the findings from the Horizon […]
… Embedding culture into BCM
We need to embed recognition of culture into our practices and use that knowledge to improve the appeal and relevance of BCM to our businesses. If you cannot understand why others do not share your passion to establish and maintain a viable continuity capability, you need to read this paper. Written by yours truly, and […]
… when the ship hits the span
A long time ago, in a world before community resilience was understood, there was a city that grew and spread across two sides of a wide river. The city had grown from its roots on the western side, where all the commercial, cultural and health services where located, to the eastern side where many people […]