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Why Crisis Management Planning Should Be On Your To-Do List

Bernstein Crisis Management

Why Crisis Management Planning Should Be On Your To-Do List In a competitive market regularly impacted by events which disrupt the ability to operate, a volatile social climate, and rapidly shifting consumer expectations, what separates businesses that thrive and those that struggle is often their preparedness for crises.

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Community Resilience or Community Dystopia in Disaster Risk Reduction?

Emergency Planning

Several arguments can be marshalled against the idea of community resilience:- The concept of 'community' has no inherent geographical scale. The struggle to create community resilience pits organised collective action against individualism. But how does this translate into community resilience? Banfield, E.C. Barrios, R.E.

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Ep. 07: Spotlight on Business Continuity Programs in Healthcare | James Mitchell

The Failover Plan Podcast

Episode Summary: This week, Shane interviews James Mitchell- the Director of Organizational Resilience at the 724-bed Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, TX. His responsibilities encompass Emergency Management, Business Continuity and Enterprise Risk. . Or is the secret sauce quality instead of quantity when executives are involved.

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The Importance of Business Continuity Whitepaper

Erwood Group

For those new, to Business Continuity the Importance of Business Continuity provides a brief overview of what business continuity is and why you should have a continuity plan, but more importantly how to get started developing and implementing your own program for business resilience and preparedness.

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Dynamic Risks: Working Definitions and Implications for Risk Management Teams

On Solve

While leading resilience practitioners currently consider some aspects of dynamic risks in their programs, we recommend that these concepts be threaded throughout the design and management of all resilience programs in order to achieve the best possible outcome from every incident. 1-2017 standard can be found here.

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I Need A Hero

Plan B Consulting

Following the inquest into the 2017 London Bridge attack, Charlie discusses the heroic actions we see during incidents and why we should champion those that do something extraordinary. Crisis Leaders Out of some disasters emerges a crisis leader, who injects ‘resolve, strength and resilience in managing the event’.

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I Need A Hero

Plan B Consulting

Following the inquest into the 2017 London Bridge attack, Charlie discusses the heroic actions we see during incidents and why we should champion those that do something extraordinary. Out of some disasters emerges a crisis leader, who injects ‘resolve, strength and resilience in managing the event’.

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