Plan B Consulting

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Charlie shares his notion of ‘Third Generation Business Continuity’ and the reasons why you shouldn’t employ a BC contractor to develop your business continuity. The main point I would like ‘Third Generation Business Continuity’ to address is the problem of complexity in business continuity.

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Plan B Consulting

MARCH 18, 2022

When I used to get the train to London, I would have to leave home 24 hours before the training to travel to get there from Glasgow. With online training, I always turn up an hour early, but consideration of travel time, travel costs and accommodation are not required. Time and Money Efficient. Interaction – Breakouts.

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MHA Consulting

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

This post is part of BCM Basics, a series of occasional, entry-level blogs on some of the key concepts in business continuity management. In a crisis, staff might need to travel to different company locations to help with the CM effort. Most companies have a pretty good handle on the tactical side of crisis management.

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Plan B Consulting

MARCH 18, 2022

Time and Money Efficient When I used to get the train to London, I would have to leave home 24 hours before the training to travel to get there from Glasgow. With online training, I always turn up an hour early, but consideration of travel time, travel costs and accommodation are not required.

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Plan B Consulting

MARCH 10, 2021

This week I look at why building capability is important for implementing your business continuity plan. In this bulletin, I would like to explore some ideas I have about business continuity capabilities. My idea of business continuity capability came from the forces. Capability as used by the UK forces.

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Plan B Consulting

MARCH 10, 2021

This week I look at why building capability is important for implementing your business continuity plan. In this bulletin, I would like to explore some ideas I have about business continuity capabilities. Capability as used by the UK forces My idea of business continuity capability came from the forces.

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Plan B Consulting

MARCH 18, 2022

When I used to get the train to London, I would have to leave home 24 hours before the training to travel to get there from Glasgow. With online training, I always turn up an hour early, but consideration of travel time, travel costs and accommodation are not required. Time and Money Efficient. Interaction – Breakouts.

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Plan B Consulting

MARCH 27, 2023

The people not selling software were consultancies, such as PlanB Consulting, Crisis 24, and PWC Germany. The biggest number of software sellers were companies selling traveller-monitoring software so you can track travellers, and if they are in trouble, they can report this to their organisation through an app.

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Plan B Consulting

JUNE 7, 2017

Following his recent bulletins about whether business continuity is in decline and why resilience is not the solution, this week Charlie looks at how BC managers can save the profession. So, for our business continuity managers there are lots of threats to plan for, mitigate and prepare the organisation’s response to.

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Plan B Consulting

JUNE 7, 2017

Following his recent bulletins about whether business continuity is in decline and why resilience is not the solution, this week Charlie looks at how BC managers can save the profession. So, for our business continuity managers there are lots of threats to plan for, mitigate and prepare the organisation’s response to.

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Plan B Consulting

JUNE 24, 2013

First of all, I think the possibility of bad pollution in our cities has to be added to the growing list of threats, we as business continuity people should think of, and we should think through the consequences of this happening in our locations. The post Smog In The City, A Travel Threat appeared first on PlanB Consulting.

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Plan B Consulting

JUNE 24, 2013

First of all, I think the possibility of bad pollution in our cities has to be added to the growing list of threats, we as business continuity people should think of, and we should think through the consequences of this happening in our locations. The post Smog In The City, A Travel Threat appeared first on PlanB Consulting.

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Plan B Consulting

MARCH 4, 2014

Strangely enough, I am just about to help a client plan an exercise involving the loss of one of their staff while travelling abroad on company business, and the trouble in Yemen certainly gave me a lot of food for thought. There are 10 questions a business continuity manager should be asking concerning staff travel abroad: 1.

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Plan B Consulting

MARCH 4, 2014

Strangely enough, I am just about to help a client plan an exercise involving the loss of one of their staff while travelling abroad on company business, and the trouble in Yemen certainly gave me a lot of food for thought. There are 10 questions a business continuity manager should be asking concerning staff travel abroad: 1.

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Plan B Consulting

MAY 25, 2016

This week Charlie looks at kidnap as a business continuity threat after his recent travels. I did lots of work whilst there which included working on a business continuity app, planning a business continuity trip for later in the summer and delivering a crisis management course based on BS11200, the crisis management standard.

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Plan B Consulting

MAY 25, 2016

This week Charlie looks at kidnap as a business continuity threat after his recent travels. I did lots of work whilst there which included working on a business continuity app, planning a business continuity trip for later in the summer and delivering a crisis management course based on BS11200, the crisis management standard.

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MHA Consulting

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: Global Turmoil Making You Ill? Many American businesses take a highly casual attitude toward the possibility that global problems could impact them. In the past several months I’ve traveled to the U.K., Geopolitical risk is arguably at the highest level it’s been in 50 years.

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MHA Consulting

JULY 7, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: The Art of Explaining: MHA’s Best Crisis Communications Resources We business continuity professionals spend a lot of time telling our colleagues and clients about the negative impacts an organization can experience if it gives short shrift to the need to become resilient and plan for outages.

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Plan B Consulting

MAY 1, 2023

I always say it is important for business continuity professionals to horizon-scan and follow the news, so that in events such as the outbreak of fighting, we can quickly assess whether there will be any impact on our organisation. It has to be done in consultation with the warring parties.

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Plan B Consulting

APRIL 18, 2011

Not so much fearing for his safety but thinking that at the moment nobody will want to talk about serious business. Do you have mechanisms in place to ensure you know where your staff are when travelling and then can quickly account for them if a disaster occurs in the area they are visiting. Accounting for staff.

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Plan B Consulting

APRIL 18, 2011

Not so much fearing for his safety but thinking that at the moment nobody will want to talk about serious business. Do you have mechanisms in place to ensure you know where your staff are when travelling and then can quickly account for them if a disaster occurs in the area they are visiting. Accounting for staff.

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Plan B Consulting

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

On each delivery of the vehicles, the Engineering Unit gave a specific list of additional items they would like which could be placed in the vehicles as they travelled to Ukraine. We didn’t travel in convoy, but in packets of 2-3 vehicles, as some vehicles were spritlier than others. Fraser, you were a lifesaver!

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MHA Consulting

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Try a Dose of Risk Management Getting Back in the Air This year, I’m glad to say, I returned to my prepandemic level of business travel. Working remotely as a business continuity management consulting firm worked while it had to, but there’s nothing like visiting organizations in person.

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Plan B Consulting

DECEMBER 6, 2010

It deals with the human aspects of business continuity. Have you thought through the policies which are required for working at an alternative locations such as will additional travel expenses be paid, do staff have to travel in their own time etc How will you reinstate working relationships and boundaries of the workplace.

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Plan B Consulting

DECEMBER 6, 2010

It deals with the human aspects of business continuity. Arrangements for coping with the immediate effects of the incident Attangements for managing people during the continuity phase Support for staff after recovery. PD25111 has recently been published. The document is ok but to me seems not very well laid out. The facts b.

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Plan B Consulting

APRIL 6, 2017

Following the terrorist attack in London, Charlie considers the actions that business continuity managers should take when dealing with similar incidents. In terms of pure business continuity, a terrorist attack of the London sort is unlikely to have much of an impact on your organisation. Do they report in regularly?

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Plan B Consulting

APRIL 6, 2017

Following the terrorist attack in London, Charlie considers the actions that business continuity managers should take when dealing with similar incidents. In terms of pure business continuity, a terrorist attack of the London sort is unlikely to have much of an impact on your organisation. Do they report in regularly?

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Plan B Consulting

JANUARY 23, 2020

You can’t have missed the outbreak of the flu-like disease, Coronavirus, and the China’s response of shutting down travel from the City of Wuhan, as well as several other areas and tourist attractions. appeared first on PlanB Consulting. The UK also has a number of cases under investigation!

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Pure Storage

JUNE 23, 2022

In the last few years, that has meant dealing with and supporting remote, on-the-move, and traveling employees in a flexible work environment while ensuring both security and productivity. You can separate based on business needs, not on performance. Have Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plans in Place.

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Plan B Consulting

JANUARY 23, 2020

You can’t have missed the outbreak of the flu-like disease, Coronavirus, and the China’s response of shutting down travel from the City of Wuhan, as well as several other areas and tourist attractions. appeared first on PlanB Consulting. The UK also has a number of cases under investigation!

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Plan B Consulting

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

In this week’s bulletin I revisit the subject, highlighting what Business Continuity Managers should be aware of within their organisations. When I travelled to Mexico a couple of months ago, there were posts all over the airport in Houston, Texas warning about the virus.

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Plan B Consulting

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

In this week’s bulletin I revisit the subject, highlighting what Business Continuity Managers should be aware of within their organisations. When I travelled to Mexico a couple of months ago, there were posts all over the airport in Houston, Texas warning about the virus.

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Travel Mitigation Business Continuity Insurance 52

BCP Builder

APRIL 20, 2020

The current situation has brought about changes to business and work life. This means that management will need to address what their new business model will be. Business Continuity and Risk Management will hopefully be given the respect it deserves. There will be little going back to as was. Two reasons for this.

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BCP Builder

APRIL 20, 2020

The current situation has brought about changes to business and work life. This means that management will need to address what their new business model will be. Business Continuity and Risk Management will hopefully be given the respect it deserves. Business Continuity will be taken more seriously.

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Plan B Consulting

JULY 6, 2015

I find myself struggling somewhat to know what to say on the attack and relate it meaningfully to business continuity due to the number of victims and the horror of the event. In the Tunisian incident, the travel companies as well as the Foreign Office had response teams travelling to the scene of the incident within 24 hours.

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Plan B Consulting

JULY 6, 2015

I find myself struggling somewhat to know what to say on the attack and relate it meaningfully to business continuity due to the number of victims and the horror of the event. In the Tunisian incident, the travel companies as well as the Foreign Office had response teams travelling to the scene of the incident within 24 hours.

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Plan B Consulting

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The news this morning was that the government is going to take 10 days to implement its plan for all incoming non-British travellers to quarantine in a hotel for 10 days. We were rolling out business continuity plans for their parcel operation. Setting up the quarantine scheme.

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