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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. Pandemics are included because many of the effects of a pandemic are likely to be socio-economic in nature. Herbane 2010. Barbat 2010. Field 2018).

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Business Continuity in the Caribbean

Plan B Consulting

Returning from his recent business trip to the Caribbean, Charlie reflects on the lessons he learned in relation to natural disasters. For the past week, I have been in the Caribbean delivering a series of business continuity workshops and I thought I would share some of the lessons I learned from my two trips to the area.

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Business Continuity in the Caribbean

Plan B Consulting

Returning from his recent business trip to the Caribbean, Charlie reflects on the lessons he learned in relation to natural disasters. For the past week, I have been in the Caribbean delivering a series of business continuity workshops and I thought I would share some of the lessons I learned from my two trips to the area.