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The Times They Are a-Changin’: Adapting to Change as a BCM Professional

MHA Consulting

The same thing is true of organizations and business continuity professionals. This is the area of fundamental BC concepts and methodology, and the need for BC professionals to understand these things inside and out if they hope to have a positive impact.

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Why Every BC Professional Should Become a Gap Hunter

MHA Consulting

Business continuity professionals who want to make their organizations more resilient should make a conscious effort to become gap hunters. Time spent identifying and closing gaps in the organization’s preparedness is an investment that brings exceptional returns.

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Is Business Continuity One of the Victims of COVID?

Plan B Consulting

If we had a known threat, why weren’t business continuity professionals prepared? Is risk management a paper exercise in meaninglessness, where it all looks good on paper, but if it doesn’t actually lead to action and mitigation then what is the point of it? They wanted all activities back NOW and at 100%.

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Is Business Continuity One of the Victims of COVID?

Plan B Consulting

If we had a known threat, why weren’t business continuity professionals prepared? Is risk management a paper exercise in meaninglessness, where it all looks good on paper, but if it doesn’t actually lead to action and mitigation then what is the point of it? They wanted all activities back NOW and at 100%.

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Is Business Continuity One of the Victims of COVID?

Plan B Consulting

If we had a known threat, why weren’t business continuity professionals prepared? Is risk management a paper exercise in meaninglessness, where it all looks good on paper, but if it doesn’t actually lead to action and mitigation then what is the point of it? They wanted all activities back NOW and at 100%.

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Think Defense: Learning from the Defense Dept. About Operational Risk

BCM METRICS

Business continuity professionals can learn a lot from the U.S. of Defense’s approach to operational risk management. In today’s post, I’ll summarize the DOD’s five-step approach to ORM and explain how each step might be helpful to your organization. Learning from the Military I’ve always admired the U.S.

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Global Turmoil Making You Ill? Try a Dose of Risk Management  

MHA Consulting

It’s enough to make an organization leader or business continuity professional feel unwell. If you inform yourself about the risks inherent in various courses of actions, and take steps to mitigate them, you can still maneuver. Ongoing mitigation is necessary because if you don’t take action, you remain vulnerable.