February, 2012

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Managing urban recovery: policy, planning, concepts and casesĀ 

Crisis Response Journal

Recovery after a major disaster is often overlooked - after the heroic rescues, the tales of human suffering and endurance, the statistically-impressive clean-up efforts, the media moves onto the next event, national and international attention dwindle an

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Costa Concordia

Plan B Consulting

This week’s bulletin has to be on the Costa Concordia sinking and I thought I would share the following 5 thoughts with you. 1. The ship had some of the most sophisticated navigation systems on any ship and she still hit the rocks. 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?

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Attacks on health carers in danger zonesĀ 

Crisis Response Journal

Hospitals, ambulances and healthcare workers are coming under increasing attack as they tend to the sick and wounded in areas of armed conflict and violence.

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Costa Concordia

Plan B Consulting

This week’s bulletin has to be on the Costa Concordia sinking and I thought I would share the following 5 thoughts with you. 1. The ship had some of the most sophisticated navigation systems on any ship and she still hit the rocks. 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?

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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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Rangers

Plan B Consulting

For many to see Rangers go into administration last week was a sad day. As we know football clubs are much more than businesses and much more than watching 22 men kick a ball around a park for 90 minutes; they come with large numbers of supporters who care passionately about the fortunes of their club. They feel the club belongs to them as much as it belongs to the actual financial owners.

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Is losing a manager a business continuity issue?

Plan B Consulting

As most of us have probably heard the England Manager Fabio Capello resigned at the end of last week. The situation has been compounded by the Euro 2012 tournament which is taking place in June so this will disrupt the England’s team preparation for it. In business continuity terms is this a business continuity issue if CEO, Chief Executive or Managing Director of an organisation suddenly resigned?

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Is losing a manager a business continuity issue?

Plan B Consulting

As most of us have probably heard the England Manager Fabio Capello resigned at the end of last week. The situation has been compounded by the Euro 2012 tournament which is taking place in June so this will disrupt the England’s team preparation for it. In business continuity terms is this a business continuity issue if CEO, Chief Executive or Managing Director of an organisation suddenly resigned?