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A Moment of Strategic Clarity

The Rand Blog

With the Russian mobilization and declared annexation, whatever prospects there were for a negotiated peace seem to have all but vanished. Any result short of Ukrainian victory will be, in the long run, a worse outcome for the rules-based international order

Strategic 130
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How SMBs Can Strategize Like Enterprise-Level Organizations

NexusTek

READ TIME: 4 MIN March 7, 2023 How SMBs Can Strategize Like Enterprise-Level Organizations When it comes to IT strategy, larger businesses often have an edge over smaller ones. Interested in exploring how strategic IT planning can help your business achieve its goals?

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New DHS Strategic Framework on Climate Change

Disaster Zone

Truly a framework and not a "thud" book of content

Strategic 147
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BCM Basics: The Strategic Side of Crisis Management  

MHA Consulting

Few have given much thought to the strategic side, an oversight which can lead to costly delays and bad decisions during an emergency. However, relatively few are mindful of the strategic side of crisis management.

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Strategic Communication Methods for DEI

Business Resilience Decoded

Strategic Communication Methods for DEI by Disaster Recovery Journal & Asfalis Advisors Strategic Communication Methods for DEI by Disaster Recovery Journal & Asfalis Advisors

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Strategic Communication Methods for DEI

Business Resilience Decoded

Strategic Communication Methods for DEI by Disaster Recovery Journal & Asfalis Advisors Strategic Communication Methods for DEI by Disaster Recovery Journal & Asfalis Advisors

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IT Strategic Planning: Why You Need An IT Strategy

BMC

If you’re an IT manager, chances are good you’ll be involved in IT strategic planning during your career. Sometimes strategic planning goes well. And strategic plans are often filed away in cloud storage, seldom referenced and hardly ever used.

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Strategic Advantage, Sovereignty and Australia's Geopolitical Identity

The Rand Blog

Australia may need to critically assess its strategic traditions to develop a broader conceptualization of how to secure the safety and well-being of the nation and position itself advantageously

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Are You Part of the Corporate Strategy Planning?

DRI Drive

News C-suite Corporate Strategic Planning cybersecurity Data Analysis risk management SustainabilityAs risk and resilience planning begins to impact the cyber and environmental aspects of corporate strategy, a new survey sees more risk professionals are getting a seat at the table.

Strategic 219
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Strategic approach – Reducing risk of rogue drones  

Crisis Response Journal

Major incidents involving the malicious use of drones has highlighted that tackling hostile drone threats is a priority, says Andrew Staniforth By Andrew Staniforth

Strategic 100
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Japan's Strategic Shift: Significant, but Implementation Hurdles May Await

The Rand Blog

Japan's new strategic documents appear to demonstrate a recognition in Tokyo that it must do more for its own defense in the face of unprecedented security challenges.

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'Strategic Ambiguity' May Have U.S. and Taiwan Trapped in a Prisoner's Dilemma

The Rand Blog

For its proponents, the idea of strategic ambiguity seems to have become an end in itself that has not adapted, and logically cannot adapt to the disruptive growth in Beijing's military power. Strategic clarity may offer a way out of this dilemma

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Strategic Communication Methods for DE & I

Business Resilience Decoded

Episode 127: Strategic Communication Methods for DE & I This episode is brought to you by Fusion Risk Management, Building a More Resilient World Together. Business continuity professionals need to focus on strategic communication and how corporations take responsibility for their actions.

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Strategic Communication Methods for DE & I

Business Resilience Decoded

Episode 127: Strategic Communication Methods for DE & I This episode is brought to you by Fusion Risk Management, Building a More Resilient World Together. Business continuity professionals need to focus on strategic communication and how corporations take responsibility for their actions.

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Venture Capital Gives America a Strategic Edge in the Age of Technology Wars

The Rand Blog

early-stage hardware startups are seriously disadvantaged by a persistent lack of financing. Congress authorized the U.S. Department of Defense to spend $75 million to invest in dual-use hardware startups.

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Achieving Supplier Diversity & Enhancing Organizational Resilience Through Strategic Purchasing

everbridge

Once an organization has united its leadership and employees in prioritizing a diversity supplier program, strategic purchasing becomes the next consideration. Strategic Purchasing: Enhancing Resilience Through Supplier Diversity.

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4 Steps to Help Organizations Embrace Risk from Emerging Technology

Risk Management Monitor

Unfortunately, the survey also found that too many organizations are treating the risk function as an add-on or incorporating risk leaders into strategic conversations too late. As companies continue to navigate the changing work environment brought on by the pandemic, it has become clear that business leaders will need to get comfortable revising and adapting their strategies to deal with disruption brought on from new technologies and new regulation.

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IT Strategic Planning: Why You Need An IT Strategy

BMC

If you’re an IT manager, chances are good you’ll be involved in IT strategic planning during your career. Sometimes strategic planning goes well. And strategic plans are often filed away in cloud storage, seldom referenced and hardly ever used.

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Teresa Walsh: The Strategic Value of Threat Intelligence

FS-ISAC

Episode Notes. Teresa Walsh, FS-ISAC’s Global Head of Intelligence joins the show to talk about a wide range of topics in cybersecurity, including: The difference in how the public and private sectors handle threat intelligence (00:58-03:04). What the role of the CISO is today (07:52-11:27).

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Preparing for Strategic Competition: The Need for Irregular Warfare Professional Military Education

The Rand Blog

The Department of Defense does not provide the irregular warfare professional military education necessary for success in competition and conflict in the 21st century. This is a not a new problem, but it is one that may deserve new attention from Congress and the Pentagon

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Is Putin Irrational? What Nuclear Strategic Theory Says About Deterrence of Potentially Irrational Opponents

The Rand Blog

Increasingly isolated and desperate, Putin might try to suddenly escalate the Ukraine conflict rather than back down in the face of international opposition.

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The strategic void 

Crisis Response Journal

The cover story on this issue of Crisis Response Journal is an interview with Philippe Baumard who sounds a global warning that strategic governance is losing touch with reality, that command has become a matter of: "Mastering the figures, not the facts; By Philippe Baumard

Strategic 100
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U.S. Support for European Strategic Autonomy Could Boost Transatlantic Solidarity and Security

The Rand Blog

How can Europe and the United States work together to reduce misperceptions about strategic autonomy and chart an outcome that could enhance transatlantic solidarity and security

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Charting a Strategic Path Forward for DHS in an Evolved Threat Landscape

The Rand Blog

When updating the Quadrennial Homeland Security Review report and the department Strategic Plan, it may make sense to consider a new operational and organizational path forward Twenty years have passed since 9/11 and the establishment of DHS.

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Strategic thinking in the face of Ebola 

Crisis Response Journal

Patrick Lagadec, Former Senior Research Scientist at the Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France, and Mike Granatt, Founder and first Director of the Civil Contingencies Secretariat, Cabinet Office, UK, say that institutions and leaders must embrace strategic By Patrick Lagadec

Strategic 100
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Automating Risk Functions for Greater Value Creation

Risk Management Monitor

Infusing risk management into corporate planning allows an organization to think about compliance responsibilities in a proactive and strategic manner—moving risk and regulatory functions from a back-office cost to a competitive advantage. Now, executives are increasingly seeing the value of risk management as a strategic advantage. By automating and enhancing risk management functions, organizations can: Strategize for entering new markets.

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Maintaining strategic co-ordination and response 

Crisis Response Journal

Editorial Advisory Panel Member Robert McAlister is back in Sierra Leone to complete the Disaster Management Training Programme for The Office of National Security with Bournemouth University Disaster Management Centre colleagues in the form of a national By Robert McAlister

Strategic 100
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Resilient Organizations Make Psychological Safety a Strategic Priority

Continuity Insights

By making resilience a strategic priority, leaders ensure that their organizations can stretch and adapt. The pandemic, geopolitical instability, and unpredictable markets have made organizational resilience like food in the desert: critical for survival, but challenging to grow. Much has been written about psychological safety’s role in improving workplace wellness and even in helping stem the tide. Source. Crisis Communication Cyber Disaster Recovery Enterprise Risk Management

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Day 8 - South East Central African Strategic Command Course, Rwanda 

Crisis Response Journal

Day eight of the course comprises a review, or debrief, of the strategic command exercise, says Editorial Advisory Panel Member Roger Gomm. By Roger Gomm

Strategic 100
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Day 7 - SE + Central African Strategic Command Course, Musanze, Rwanda 

Crisis Response Journal

Advisory Panel Member Roger Gomm says that on day two of the strategic command exercise, we held a short period of reflection on the exercise process, challenges faced so far and learning in the command roles. By Roger Gomm

Strategic 100
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Day 5 of the Police Strategic Command Course in Rwanda 

Crisis Response Journal

Roger Gomm outlines how the Strategic Command Course students have prepared for next week’s three-day exercise, which is the keynote of their course; an opportunity to test all the elements of command. By Roger Gomm

Strategic 100
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Day 2 of the Police Strategic Command Course, Rwanda 

Crisis Response Journal

Editorial Advisory Panel Member Roger Gomm describes how the second day of the course involved looking at the role and requirements of the Gold/Strategic Commander. By Roger Gomm

Strategic 100
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Before the Crisis: The Value of a Trusted Business Continuity & Crisis Management Advisor

BryghtPath

Sometimes a Bryghtpath client will call my phone late at night or early in the morning. They aren’t check-in calls or social calls. Something has happened at their company, and they’re calling to ask for help.

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Take a strategic approach to empowering a secure hybrid workforce with SASE

Citrix

In … The post Take a strategic approach to empowering a secure hybrid workforce with SASE first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

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Supply Chain Strategic Planning Must Account for Five Key Capabilities

Continuity Insights

Chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) and heads of supply chain strategy often struggle to translate visions, goals and objectives into understandable, easily communicated, integrated priority actions, due to the natural complexity of supply chain and strategy. They need a simple way to codify and articulate their plans. CSCOs must assess the capabilities and resources — including organization, Source. Crisis Communication Cyber Disaster Recovery Enterprise Risk Management

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Day 10 - SE + Central African Strategic Command Course, Rwanda 

Crisis Response Journal

Final day of the course starts with a students structured debrief, identification of key learning and what it all means in the future. By Roger Gomm

Strategic 100
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Day 9 - SE + Central African Strategic Command Course, Rwanda 

Crisis Response Journal

After the last few days of frenetic activity on the exercise, today we are back in the classroom to discuss the 'threat from terrorism', says Editorial Advisory Panel Member Roger Gomm. By Roger Gomm

Strategic 100
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Day 4 of the Police Strategic Command Course in Rwanda 

Crisis Response Journal

Advisory Panel Member Roger Gomm says that students were given the opportunity to put the past three days’ learning into practice with the first serious exercise of the course. By Roger Gomm

Strategic 100
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Day 3 of the Police Strategic Command Course, Rwanda 

Crisis Response Journal

Editorial Advisory Panel Member Roger Gomm says that students focused on how Gold, Silver and Bronze come together to form the command structure for incidents and events, and describes how he has been avoiding Muzungu traps. By Roger Gomm

Strategic 100
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CEF is a Member of the CSIRO-ASEAN Foresight for Science and Technology Management Group

Engaged Foresight

CSIRO ASEAN Foresight Center for Engaged Foresight Engaged Foresight Science and Technology Foresight Shermon Cruz Strategic Foresight