January, 2022

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2022 Predictions: How Far Will Shortages Spread?

DRI Drive

The DRI International Future Vision Committee has released its 7th Annual Predictions Report, looking ahead to 2022 and its impact on the resilience community. Download the complete report free from the DRI Library, and read on for a prediction about the potential spread of labor and material shortages. Prediction 8: Material and labor shortages spread […].

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The evolving threat of vehicle attacks 

Crisis Response Journal

January 2022: CRJ Advisory Panel Member, Lina Kolesnikova analyses the challenges involved in protecting large crowds from vehicle attacks and she explores how the threat is evolving as technology plays a greater role

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Dealing With Future Pandemics

Recovery Diva

From Issues in Science and Technology magazine:“ Major Reforms Have Been Driven by Crisis,” b y Jeremy Farrar, Molly Galvin. Farrar, the director of the Wellcome charitable foundation in the United Kingdom, discusses the state of the COVID-19 pandemic and what society must do to prepare for future global crises.

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How Much Is School Safety Worth to You? Personally!

Disaster Zone

When the life and safety of your children and grandchildren are on the line, how much will you pay extra a month to keep them safe? In dollars and cents, one county will have a chance to vote on that very issue.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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Tragic Philly home fire kills 13, underscoring the dangers of fire and importance of working smoke alarms

National Fire Protection Association

It’s never a good day when you get an email like this. “Hello, we have had a tragic day in Philadelphia. Thirteen people, including seven children, died in a row home fire. Twenty-one people were living in two apartments in the building and the fire department says there were smoke alarms, but they were not working. Is anyone from NFPA interested/available to speak with us about this type of. [[ This is a content summary only.

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Extreme Weather, Cybersecurity and Social Crises Among WEF’s Latest Global Risks

DRI Drive

The World Economic Forum’s latest Global Risks Report once again highlights the ongoing need to address climate change, resource scarcity and other long-term concerns. But in the short-term, social issues like livelihood and mental health could have major impacts as well. The 17th Annual GRR is designed to get leaders thinking beyond quarterly reports and […].

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The threat of a 'twindemic' 

Crisis Response Journal

January 2022: Owing to the relaxation of quarantine measures, influenza – which almost disappeared last year – is returning, according to international and EU medical authorities, writes Lina Kolesnikova

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GAO Report on FEMA Workforce

Recovery Diva

The recent GAO report: FEMA Workforce: Long-Standing and New Challenges Could Affect Mission Success. From Gov Executive: FEMA Experiences ‘Mass Exit’ of Employees Amid Surge in Disasters. The agency is still dealing with 1,000 disasters as its workload continues to climb.

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Disaster Zone Podcast: Amateur Radio Systems

Disaster Zone

Our last line of communications when all other systems fail.

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Is Training the Right Solution?

Speaker: Tim Buteyn

Let's set the scene: you’ve identified a critical performance gap in your organization and need to close that gap. A colleague suggests training, but you suspect there’s something going on that training can’t address. How can you determine if training is the right solution before you commit your budget and resources to a new training program? In this webinar, you will learn how to determine if training is the right solution using the Behavior Engineering Model.

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Intelligent Swarming vs. Tiered Support: How Customer Service Teams can use PagerDuty to Swarm Critical Issues by Nancy Lee

PagerDuty

Most support organizations today adopt some form of the traditional tiered support model. It is one that is based on a process of escalations and customer handoffs. Under this model, customer issues get escalated through multiple levels of a support hierarchy, with three tiers being a common workflow. . In this example of a classic three-tiered support system, Tier 1 is the first line of defense for incoming customer issues and provides generalized technical support.

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Speaking Aloud What NATO Has Left Unsaid Could Help Ease Ukraine-Russia Impasse

The Rand Blog

A statement that NATO has no intention to offer Ukraine membership at present should only be made in return for a tangible drawdown of Russian forces on the border. It concedes nothing to declare that NATO is not planning to do something it has no intention of doing anyway.

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Letter from the President: 2021 at-a-glance

DRI Drive

From the President: There are many ways to describe the global events that have unfolded over the course of the last year. Overwhelming, uncertain and pivotal come to mind. But also courageous, caring and resilient are a few ways that we might describe our collective experience as resilience professionals. Our goal at DRI International is […].

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Global Risk Report 2022: Implications for crisis management 

Crisis Response Journal

January: Two weeks ago the World Economic Forum (WEF) published the 2022 version of its Global Risk Report.

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.

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GAO Severely Critical of HHS

Recovery Diva

Government watchdog says HHS is at ‘high risk’ of botching a future crisis. GAO criticizes the response to emergencies over four administrations, including coronavirus, Ebola and Zika, as well as extreme weather events.

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When Your Home Burns Down — What Do You Do?

Disaster Zone

The Red Guide to Recovery is your guide to rebuilding your life.

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Do You Need Cybersecurity Insurance?

LAN Infotech

Do You Need Cybersecurity Insurance and Do You Qualify for It? The business world continues to experience increased cyber crimes as hackers devise more creative ways to hack systems and manipulate sensitive data belonging to organizations and their customers. Statistics show that businesses lost over $6 trillion in 2021. The figure will likely grow to $10 trillion in 2025.

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U.S. Military Aid to Ukraine: A Silver Bullet?

The Rand Blog

U.S. military assistance to Ukraine now will at best be marginal in affecting the outcome of the Russia-Ukraine crisis. It might be morally justified to help a U.S. partner at risk of aggression. But given the scale of the potential threat to Ukraine and its forces, the most effective way Washington can help is to work on finding a diplomatic solution.

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Brain Fog HQ: Memory Enhancement Techniques for Professional Development

Speaker: Chester Santos – Author, International Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, Memory Expert, U.S. Memory Champion

In October, scientists discovered that 75% of patients who experienced brain fog had a lower quality of life at work than those who did not. At best, brain fog makes you slower and less efficient. At worst, your performance and cognitive functions are impaired, resulting in memory, management, and task completion problems. In this entertaining and interactive presentation, Chester Santos, "The International Man of Memory," will assist you in developing life-changing skills that will greatly enha

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2022 Predictions: How Much Damage Could an IT Outage Do?

DRI Drive

The DRI International Future Vision Committee has released its 7th Annual Predictions Report, looking ahead to 2022 and its impact on the resilience community. Download the complete report free from the DRI Library, and read on for a prediction about the cascading effects of a global IT platform crash. Prediction 7: An extended outage of […]. The post 2022 Predictions: How Much Damage Could an IT Outage Do?

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Questions arising from the UK’s resilient society report 

Crisis Response Journal

January 2022: Phil Trendall digs deeper into the UK's House of Lords Select Committee’s Report: Preparing for Extreme Risks: Building a Resilient Society and discovers many questions that could be addressed in the emergency management profession

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The Public Health System is Still Fractured

Recovery Diva

From the WashPost: Much has changed since the start of the pandemic. But the nation’s public health system remains fractured. Another discouraging article from the NY Times: The C.D.C. Is Hoping You’ll Figure Covid Out on Your Own.

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Following CDC’s Guidance Requires a 3-Ring Binder

Disaster Zone

Following the science seems complicated.

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4 Common AI Sales and Implementation Questions Asked and Answered

Chisel AI

Unlike traditional software products, AI-based solutions are still not widely understood, and they come with a considerable amount of change management in order to truly recoup the full value of the investment made. In this article, we provide answers to questions we continue to hear throughout our sales process. These questions and answers largely apply to AI solutions like ours designed to extract data from digital insurance documents.

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Biden's Rhetoric on Ukraine Has Been Quite Moderate. Here's What That Means

The Rand Blog

President Biden's public statements since December have focused on how further Russian invasion of Ukraine would result in material consequences. His rhetorical restraint may have important implications for the current conflict.

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2022 Predictions: Will COVID-19 Vaccination Rates Improve?

DRI Drive

The DRI International Future Vision Committee has released its 7th Annual Predictions Report, looking ahead to 2022 and its impact on the resilience community. Download the complete report free from the DRI Library, and read on for a prediction about the continuing pandemic spread. Prediction 9: Vaccination take-up on a global basis will be slower […].

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How not to respond to a reputational crisis  

Crisis Response Journal

January 2022: Movie Director Joss Whedon has given what must be the most ill-judged interview during a reputational crisis since Prince Andrew’s notorious television disaster.

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Recovery Issues in Colorado Disaster

Recovery Diva

From the WashPost: The Marshall Fire leveled an entire Colorado neighborhood. Residents wonder whether to rebuild. NOTE: The Diva noticed that most of the article is devoted to rebuilding issues, but does not give significant coverage to the relative lack of emergency alerting and questions about the emergency response.

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Trapped Motorists on I-95 Shows Value of a Car Kit

Disaster Zone

You need a kit at home, at work and in the car.

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Data Encryption: How It Works & Methods Used

Unitrends

By 2025, the amount of data generated in the cloud or connected servers each day will reach around 463 exabytes globally. Businesses must be well-versed in keeping all that data stored in different places safe from breaches and other cyberattacks. Encryption is a popular and effective method to guard sensitive information and drive security initiatives.

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What Sounds Do a Million Random Digits Make?

The Rand Blog

The title of RAND's 1955 classic, A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates, doesn't exactly dance off the page. But Paul Dunham, a sound artist in New Zealand, thought the work could make its own kind of music.

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Announcing the 2022 DRI Awards of Excellence Finalists!

DRI Drive

Each year, the DRI International Awards of Excellence program honors the leaders and innovators in the fields of continuity management, technology recovery, and crisis and risk management. We’re pleased to announce the finalists for this year’s Awards of Excellence. This year’s winners will be revealed at the Gala Dinner and Awards Ceremony at DRI2022 in Las Vegas, […].