September, 2014

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26/09/2014 Can we learn about Business Continuity from the referendum

Plan B Consulting

This week Charlie discusses the Scottish referendum results. I have written about Scottish independence before, but thought I would revisit the topic now that the referendum has been and gone. After a long and hard fought campaign, Scottish voters backed remaining in the union by 2,001,926 votes to 1,617,989. The result has prompted a lot of questions about what direction the country should take, with many suggesting that all UK countries should be given more powers.

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The Goal of the Risk Manager

Behavior Group

Risk management is the understanding, assessment (including prioritization) and treatment of risks, from highest to lowest, taking into account factors such as: the impact of a risk event may have; the likelihood of this risk event happens; and of course, the means involved for dealing with this risks. The prioritization of risk management activities is… Continue reading.

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Practicing Emergency Preparedness

Alert Media

“First responders from 12 agencies were dispatched to an emergency exercise at the Pendleton Grain Growers, Inc. (PGG) Feedville, Ore., location. The exercise participants responded to a dispatch call of an incident that involved the widely used agricultural product, anhydrous ammonia” This is a great example of applying an emergency situation relevant to an industry and preparing a response plan.

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26/09/2014 Can we learn about Business Continuity from the referendum

Plan B Consulting

This week Charlie discusses the Scottish referendum results. I have written about Scottish independence before, but thought I would revisit the topic now that the referendum has been and gone. After a long and hard fought campaign, Scottish voters backed remaining in the union by 2,001,926 votes to 1,617,989. The result has prompted a lot of questions about what direction the country should take, with many suggesting that all UK countries should be given more powers.

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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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19/09/2014 Amplifying a Crisis

Plan B Consulting

Charlie discusses managing a reputation crisis. Last week I was very busy training. First of all I did the two day ‘BIA’ course followed by the one day ‘Writing the Plan’ course, and then finally the two day ‘Crisis and Incident Management course”. We had some excellent people on the course and we all learned from each other. During the Crisis and Incident Management course we had a discussion looking at what events could cause a crisis in their organisation.

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To risk or not, ISO 27001:2013 is the answer

Behavior Group

The idea of the new ISO 27001:2013 is to provide a more flexible approach to lead to more effective risk management, regardless of the standards that have already been implemented or intended to implement. ISO 27001:2013 will help your company to manage and protect information, by helping you to identify the inherent risks and to… Continue reading.

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ISO 27001 for all businesses

Behavior Group

Small businesses are also a target of ISO 27001. It is misleading to think that information security is a concern of large companies. Whether you decide to implement the standard in order to benefit from the best practices it contains, or you choose to get your company certified to gain more trust in the market,… Continue reading. The post ISO 27001 for all businesses appeared first on Behaviour Portugal.

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05/09/2014 The Importance of Debriefing

Plan B Consulting

Charlie discusses how you can make the most of debriefs. Last week two items came together which reminded me of the importance of debriefing. As an independent party, who was not involved or from the area of the incident, I was asked to debrief a major incident that a company had been involved in. Throughout last week the news was filled with the child exploitation in Rochdale and the horrific details contained in the report written by Professor Alexis Jay.

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05/09/2014 The Importance of Debriefing

Plan B Consulting

Charlie discusses how you can make the most of debriefs. Last week two items came together which reminded me of the importance of debriefing. As an independent party, who was not involved or from the area of the incident, I was asked to debrief a major incident that a company had been involved in. Throughout last week the news was filled with the child exploitation in Rochdale and the horrific details contained in the report written by Professor Alexis Jay.

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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.