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Can we stop the rot in academia?

Emergency Planning

If we must regard academic life as a buying-and-selling market, then the product we have to sell is the fruit of our creativity. Yet in its current form, the commercial market approach to academic life is bound to be self-defeating, as it hollows out the product that we sell to the consumers of our teaching and research.

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Are You Protecting Your Reputation With A Plan?

Bernstein Crisis Management

With polls showing that global executives attribute a whopping 63% of their company’s market value to its overall reputation, it seems most in the know would agree reputation is a tremendously valuable resource. In other words, actively managing their reputation and protecting that 63% of market value from harm!

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Common Misconceptions about Disaster

Emergency Planning

Black market surpluses of goods may drive prices down. It can be used to by goods and supplies locally and thus will stimulate local markets. Reality: They are almost invariably the result of denial of food, market imbalance or failure to distribute food. Myth 70: A good emergency plan always ensures a good response to crises.

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An Old Threat Returns

Plan B Consulting

When I was the Emergency Planning Manager at Anglian Water, I was called to the mail room to look at a suspicious envelope which had been X-rayed by mail staff, and seemingly contained a needle. Not all things sent in the post are designed to harm, sometimes they are just plain stupid.

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An Old Threat Returns

Plan B Consulting

When I was the Emergency Planning Manager at Anglian Water, I was called to the mail room to look at a suspicious envelope which had been X-rayed by mail staff, and seemingly contained a needle. Not all things sent in the post are designed to harm, sometimes they are just plain stupid.

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Hurricane Season: Tips for Your Severe Weather Response Strategies

Castellan

Also consider the risk impact to your vendors, the market, and your customers. Review, update, and test your existing hurricane plan, taking into account those short-term and long-term risks. It may also be helpful to have them develop a family emergency plan.

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Resilience – The difference between it and Business Continuity

Plan B Consulting

Many of the former Scottish Emergency Planning Managers have renamed themselves as Resilience Managers, or have resilience in their department’s name. The Business Continuity Institute seem to have impressed the term, and many of my rivals on the business continuity consultancy side have put resilience in their business name.