Plan B Consulting

MAY 30, 2022

In this bulletin, Charlie discusses business continuity in Saudi, where he has been conducting exercises and workshops. This week, I have been in Riyadh delivering a series of workshops, exercises, and business continuity reviews. The bottom line is that Saudi is a hotbed of good business continuity practice.

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Plan B Consulting

MARCH 27, 2021

What Operational Resilience really means, and how it compares with business continuity. The other event is that Castellan have launched their new single business continuity software package, and so I have been listening to a number of webinars which talk about the software and operational resilience.

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Plan B Consulting

MARCH 27, 2021

What Operational Resilience really means, and how it compares with business continuity. The other event is that Castellan have launched their new single business continuity software package, and so I have been listening to a number of webinars which talk about the software and operational resilience.

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Castellan

APRIL 1, 2022

At a high level, it may seem natural to use the terms business continuity management and enterprise risk management interchangeably. While there are some congruences between them, there are some unique distinctions that separate the two, and in many regards, they’re actually completely different business functions. LEARN MORE.

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Plan B Consulting

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Reflecting on the theme for this year’s BCI Education Month, ‘Discover Business Continuity & Resilience’, Charlie looks at how newcomers to the profession can learn from the experience of others and gain the knowledge to succeed in their role. Business continuity is not a profession you can learn out of a book.

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Plan B Consulting

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Reflecting on the theme for this year’s BCI Education Month, ‘Discover Business Continuity & Resilience’, Charlie looks at how newcomers to the profession can learn from the experience of others and gain the knowledge to succeed in their role. Business continuity is not a profession you can learn out of a book.

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BCP Builder

APRIL 13, 2020

SMB Cyber Summit I recently gave a presentation on Business Continuity for the SMB Cyber Summit. If you are interested in learning more about Cyber Security from a Small/ Medium Business perspective then take a look at this free online summit. The post SMB Cyber Summit appeared first on BCP Builder.

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BCP Builder

APRIL 13, 2020

I recently gave a presentation on Business Continuity for the SMB Cyber Summit. If you are interested in learning more about Cyber Security from a Small/ Medium Business perspective then take a look at this free online summit. How to choose a Business Continuity Plan Template. Pandemic Planning Guide.

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LogisManager

JULY 22, 2021

Over this past critical year, we’ve collected over 200 value stories from our customers about how they’ve leveraged our guidance to drive their businesses forward. This series delves deeper into those stories in hopes of helping other businesses throughout these challenging times. Introduction. FREE DOWNLOAD: BCP CHECKLIST.

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Plan B Consulting

JANUARY 9, 2023

I have been doing quite a lot of reading over the Christmas holidays and have got most of the way through the “Grey Rhino – How to Recognize and Act on the Obvious Dangers We Ignore” book, by Michele Wucker, Watch this space for further thoughts on, and from, the book. So, what do we have to look forward to (or not)? Weather extremes.

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Business Resilience Decoded

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Episode 160: Leadership Risks You Need to Prepare For Leadership is a major factor in how smoothly your emergency management and business continuity plans are created and implemented, so in this episode, we are sharing some of the top leadership risks to prepare for in order to have a stronger team.

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Plan B Consulting

JANUARY 9, 2023

I have been doing quite a lot of reading over the Christmas holiday and have got most of the way through the “Grey Rhino – How to Recognize and Act on the Obvious Dangers We Ignore” book by Michele Wucker, and so there will shortly be a bulletin on some thoughts on, and from, the book. Weather extremes. Global recession.

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Plan B Consulting

JANUARY 9, 2023

I have been doing quite a lot of reading over the Christmas holidays and have got most of the way through the “Grey Rhino – How to Recognize and Act on the Obvious Dangers We Ignore” book, by Michele Wucker, Watch this space for further thoughts on, and from, the book. So, what do we have to look forward to (or not)? Weather extremes.

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Oz's Business Continuity Blog

MARCH 2, 2021

the beginning of February saw the official launch of my new book Practical Business Continuity Management 2, marked by an online get-together of around thirty […]. As you may know (I think I might have mentioned it a couple of times!),

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Business Resilience Decoded

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The more critical your product is to the public, the more planned and thought out your continuity plan should be. Talk to your suppliers about their continuity plans. If their plan is that the government will not let this happen, gently push back on them to come up with another plan.

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Business Resilience Decoded

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The more critical your product is to the public, the more planned and thought out your continuity plan should be. Talk to your suppliers about their continuity plans. If their plan is that the government will not let this happen, gently push back on them to come up with another plan.

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Business Resilience Decoded

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The more critical your product is to the public, the more planned and thought out your continuity plan should be. Talk to your suppliers about their continuity plans. If their plan is that the government will not let this happen, gently push back on them to come up with another plan.

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Erwood Group

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Throughout the course of my career spanning over 25 plus years, I’ve witnessed many planners and organizations getting stuck during their continuity planning. Here are some important ways on how to get ‘unstuck’ in your contingency planning. There are a few things you can do to start your planning moving forward again.

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Business Resilience Decoded

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Does your curriculum provide training for employees to make them aware of your emergency response plans and continuity plans? Exercises and tests: Are program plans and procedures evaluated through periodic exercises and tests? LinkedIn: [link] Book Mathews as a speaker: [link].

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Business Resilience Decoded

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Does your curriculum provide training for employees to make them aware of your emergency response plans and continuity plans? Exercises and tests: Are program plans and procedures evaluated through periodic exercises and tests? LinkedIn: [link] Book Mathews as a speaker: [link].

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Erwood Group

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

According to Crisis Management and Business Continuity Expert, Keith Erwood, Business Preparedness Expert of ERWOOD GROUP, companies must decide three important questions: will they pay higher prices upfront to receive overseas goods, pass the increased costs onto their customers, or retreat from overseas markets, all together.

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Business Resilience Decoded

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Does your curriculum provide training for employees to make them aware of your emergency response plans and continuity plans? Exercises and tests: Are program plans and procedures evaluated through periodic exercises and tests? Training and education: Does your program have a curriculum?

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Plan B Consulting

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The attack impacted patient referrals, ambulance dispatch, out-of-hours appointment bookings, mental health services, and emergency prescriptions. These back office functions may be covered by the organisation’s business continuity plans, but often finance departments just can’t function without access to systems.

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Erwood Group

APRIL 5, 2022

Even seemingly small events can have major impacts on a business. Consider the following events causing major impacts to businesses: A car hit a fire hydrant in front of an antique bookstore causing damage to 1,500 antique books costing $300,000 in restoration and repairs. MAKE YOUR BUSINESS MORE RESILIENT.

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Plan B Consulting

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

She contacted Pickups for Peace and got us booked on the September convoy which left last Sunday. Preparation As we are very busy, both with work and daughters starting a new job and another going to university, we didn’t have a huge amount of time for the organisation getting donations, but we did the best we could.

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Plan B Consulting

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Does your business continuity plans take in to account human error, probably, but do they think about someone deliberately not sticking to procedures and overriding the controls which are in place to prevent an incident? This time of the year is the peak time for booking cruises.

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Plan B Consulting

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Does your business continuity plans take in to account human error, probably, but do they think about someone deliberately not sticking to procedures and overriding the controls which are in place to prevent an incident? This time of the year is the peak time for booking cruises.

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Fusion Risk Management

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Whilst TSB undertook a large programme of work in relation to business continuity planning ahead of MME, and had been prepared to deal with ‘bumps in the road’, there were gaps in its oversight of the preparations of SABIS. “2.26: Following MME, TSB quickly found itself in a crisis situation for which it was not prepared.

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Plan B Consulting

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Both pictures galvanized antiwar supporters and are still used in books talking about the war today. If we recognise the power and impact an image can have, we should think about building this into our business continuity plans. Kim Phúc, running naked down a road after having been burned in a Napalm attack.

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Plan B Consulting

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Both pictures galvanized antiwar supporters and are still used in books talking about the war today. If we recognise the power and impact an image can have, we should think about building this into our business continuity plans. Kim Phúc, running naked down a road after having been burned in a Napalm attack.

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