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More on the Covid-19 Academic Gold Rush

Emergency Planning

I cleave to the old-fashioned view that publishing should take place to further the sharing of good ideas. This reminded me that perhaps 70 per cent of academic publishing is for personnel reasons (to get a job, keep a job, obtain a salary raise, or achieve promotion).

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Business Continuity 2025 – What Will Future Incidents Look Like?

Plan B Consulting

Threats come in fashions and cyber is the big threat of the moment. In the 1990s, we had lots of transport and natural disasters, so emergency planning came of age. When BC started, I know of a Scottish Local Authority which spent £100k on external consultants to develop their BC plans.

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Business Continuity 2025 – What Will Future Incidents Look Like?

Plan B Consulting

Threats come in fashions and cyber is the big threat of the moment. In the 1990s, we had lots of transport and natural disasters, so emergency planning came of age. When BC started, I know of a Scottish Local Authority which spent £100k on external consultants to develop their BC plans.