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10 Tips for framing your case for Business Continuity to Executives

BryghtPath

After a pandemic year like 2020—and 2021—executives get the importance of business continuity planning. The situation was the same in 2005 after Hurricane Katrina. Management has a heightened sense of why business continuity is necessary. And in 2012, after Hurricane Sandy. And after mass shooting incidents.

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Lessons Identified from the Taiwan Earthquake

Plan B Consulting

This communication challenge resurfaced during the response to the London 7/7 bombing in 2005, resulting in 52 fatalities. A example of this is the recommendation following the King’s Cross Fire of November 1987, where 31 people perished, highlighting the hampered emergency services response due to ineffective underground communication.

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Towards a Taxonomy of Disasters

Emergency Planning

For example, business continuity management has a slightly different set of priorities which induces it to change the emphasis among triggering factors (Elliott et al. Business Continuity Management: A Crisis Management Approach (2nd edn). Caffrey 2005. Alexander, D.E. Journal of Emergency Management 11(1): 59-72.

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Storm Arwen: Lessons Re-Identified?

Plan B Consulting

This week Charlie discusses Storm Arwen, the cycle of lessons following an incident and why business continuity professionals need to keep an eye on incidents at all times. I think our role as business continuity professionals is to keep our eye on contemporary incidents and take the time to seek out the lessons.

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Storm Arwen: Lessons Re-Identified?

Plan B Consulting

This week Charlie discusses Storm Arwen, the cycle of lessons following an incident and why business continuity professionals need to keep an eye on incidents at all times. I think our role as business continuity professionals is to keep our eye on contemporary incidents and take the time to seek out the lessons.

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Storm Arwen: Lessons Re-Identified?

Plan B Consulting

This week Charlie discusses Storm Arwen, the cycle of lessons following an incident and why business continuity professionals need to keep an eye on incidents at all times. I think our role as business continuity professionals is to keep our eye on contemporary incidents and take the time to seek out the lessons.

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The Intersection of BCM and ERM

Castellan

As Business Continuity Management (BCM) programs continue to evolve and mature, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) processes are just beginning to take hold. And with crises capturing headlines every day, more and more executive managers are developing or maturing their business continuity programs. Why have both?

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