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Black Swans and Swiss Cheese – A Boat Crash in Baltimore

Plan B Consulting

This is a classic business continuity and emergency response incident, and I thought I would examine it through the lens of a couple of risk management concepts: black swan events and Reason’s Swiss cheese theory. The cargo was destined for Sri Lanka, and so there may be a knock-on impact on their businesses and economy.

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Isle of Coll Fire – A view from the frontline

Plan B Consulting

The local authority at Grenfell was overwhelmed with vans full of donated items to help the survivors, they were then criticised for their failure to manage these spontaneous donations. We also saw this quick response at Grenfell and Katrina, where people were very generous and donated anything they had to spare.