DRI Drive
JANUARY 19, 2022
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 […].
Crisis Response Journal
JANUARY 18, 2022
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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Recovery Diva
JANUARY 21, 2022
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.
Disaster Zone
JANUARY 18, 2022
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.
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!
DRI Drive
JANUARY 21, 2022
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 Rand Blog
JANUARY 21, 2022
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.
Disaster Zone
JANUARY 19, 2022
Boaters can be disaster volunteers too! And, it floats.
DRI Drive
JANUARY 21, 2022
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 how office work will evolve. Prediction 10: There will be strong resistance to returning to […].
LAN Infotech
JANUARY 18, 2022
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.
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.
The Rand Blog
JANUARY 18, 2022
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.
Recovery Diva
JANUARY 17, 2022
From the WashPost: New FEMA program would place homeless disaster survivors in apartments instead of trailer parks.
DRI Drive
JANUARY 20, 2022
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 […].
Constellation
JANUARY 19, 2022
As you update your home systems and look for ways to make it more energy-efficient, you might be wondering are smart power strips worth it? Before answering that question, you’ll also want to know. (This is a content summary only. Click on the blog title to continue reading this post.).
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.
The Rand Blog
JANUARY 19, 2022
A Russian large-scale multidomain operation would be devastating for the Ukrainian military and people, and Ukraine should work to prevent that. But steps can also be taken to reduce the effects of the air and missile strikes that would likely lead off such an operation.
BryghtPath
JANUARY 19, 2022
“Companies routinely exaggerate the attractiveness of foreign markets, and that can lead to expensive mistakes.” -Pankaj Ghemawat, Global Professor of Management and Strategy at New York University’s Stern School of Business. Ghemawat’s statement sounds like a round-up of recent supply chain woes at the hands of the COVID pandemic crisis. Yet it comes from his … The post Your Supply Chain May Not Be As Resilient as You Think appeared first on Bryghtpath.
DRI Drive
JANUARY 18, 2022
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 […].
Pure Storage
JANUARY 18, 2022
Net Promoter Score (NPS) is the industry gold standard for measuring customer experience. At its most basic, NPS is a simple measurement of customers’ or users’ experiences with an organization. It has become very popular with leaders both because it’s simple and can help companies and organizations improve. Joe Pinto, chief customer experience officer at Pure Storage, reinforces the importance of NPS: “Nothing is more important than customer feedback.
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
Acronis
JANUARY 20, 2022
Capping off a year of remarkable growth and recognition in the IT channel, Acronis is proud to have been ranked as an industry leader in many of G2’s Winter 2022 Grid Reports. Highlighting both Acronis Cyber Protect (formerly Acronis Cyber Backup) for businesses and Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud for service providers, these newest accolades position Acronis’ cyber protection solutions at the forefront of security and more.
Virtual Corporation
JANUARY 20, 2022
Are you getting optimal outcomes for your organizational resilience & business continuity plans? Do you even have a way to measure this? Don't worry, we have a short infographic that can show you the 5 things you need to consider when managing a disaster recovery & organizational resilience program. This infographic demonstrates these 5 critical components: Design for repeatability.
DRI Drive
JANUARY 18, 2022
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?
National Fire Protection Association
JANUARY 17, 2022
Commodity classifications are used to categorize the contents of storage occupancies so that the appropriate sprinkler system design can be identified. Commodity classifications are determined by not only the product but also the packaging of that product, the container those packaged products are in, and even the pallet type. This can get a little complicated, so I’ll run through a quick. [[ This is a content summary only.
Recovery Diva
JANUARY 19, 2022
From NIST: The Trials and Triumphs of a Small City’s Hurricane Recovery Could Help Other Communities Bounce Back.
Pure Storage
JANUARY 21, 2022
In December, a critical zero-day vulnerability was reported in the widely used Log4j framework. Log4j is so ubiquitous, in fact, that Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Jen Easterly called this “the most serious vulnerability I have seen in my decades-long career.”. It’s not an exaggeration. An estimated 3 billion devices run Log4j.
DRI Drive
JANUARY 17, 2022
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 likelihood of a cyber-attack on a news organization and its potential consequences. Prediction 6: […].
National Fire Protection Association
JANUARY 18, 2022
NFPA President and CEO Jim Pauley recently penned a thought leadership blog that touched on the steps that need to be taken, right now, to educate policy makers and the public about the US fire problem. As follow up to that communication, Pauley will facilitate a timely live discussion with top emergency response leaders about recent home fire tragedies in the news and ways that community leaders. [[ This is a content summary only.
Recovery Diva
JANUARY 15, 2022
See the page titled Personal Preparedness on this website for info re personal, home, and car emergency supplies.
Citrix
JANUARY 20, 2022
As workforces are moving out of physical offices in favor of remote work environments, cloud services — which allow employees to access corporate applications, data, and resources from any location using any device — have become increasingly essential. Businesses now … The post DaaS vs. SaaS vs. PaaS vs. IaaS: Which is right for your business?
Solutions Review
JANUARY 20, 2022
This is part of Solutions Review’s Premium Content Series, a collection of contributed columns written by industry experts in maturing software categories. The shift to remote work has pushed even more applications out of the data center and onto the internet. Sometimes the rush to keep business services functioning meant that security was overlooked, and cybercriminals are ready to exploit these vulnerabilities.
National Fire Protection Association
JANUARY 20, 2022
The tragedy in Philadelphia two weeks ago where 12 individuals lost their lives in a two-family home fire underscores the importance of exit requirements in residential buildings (examples of residential occupancies include one-and two-family dwellings, apartments, hotels, and board and care facilities). Let’s take a moment to review the concepts around the means of escape in these types of. [[ This is a content summary only.
BCM METRICS
JANUARY 20, 2022
Our current period of unrelenting crises requires an equally strong response from a business. It’s time we moved from a business continuity mindset to a resiliency mindset. When I first began working in business continuity 25 years ago, it was normal to suppose that events with the ability to impact an organization’s mission-critical operations would come along relatively […].
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