This is the first in an ongoing series regarding hunting and mastery of the black swans in your continuity program. Read the Continuity egUidE (1st Wednesday of each month) for more black swans. Those of [...]
Health experts say it is not a matter of if, but when, the next pandemic will impact the globe. In the face of a pandemic, airports, airlines, businesses and many public locations may face the [...]
Each year disasters cause multitudes across the U.S. to lose their homes and personal property. Whether it’s a wide scale disaster like a tornado, wildfire, or hurricane, or a smaller event like a house fire [...]
In the last decade or so, as a consequence of a variety of unfortunate events, an amalgam of knowledge has been ascertained about crisis management. All organizations should be as vigilant about the viability and [...]
In 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the moon, marking the culmination of a $24 billion NASA space program. Ten years later, NASA sheepishly admitted they could not return to [...]
Business Continuity planners tend to be naturally gifted in technical matters. Planners often don’t focus on the softer skills such as team-building and effective communications. If you find it difficult to motivate people to get [...]
From a psychological standpoint, public health emergencies are very different kinds of disasters. Unforeseen emotional and behavioral reactions the workforce, among clients and vendors, and in the general public can undermine even well developed continuity [...]
Challenge St. Margaret’s Daughters’ Home, located in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward, was virtually destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. While all residents were safely evacuated before the storm hit, the building was declared [...]
Information – the lifeblood during a crisis Whether it’s a family, government agency, or place of employment, most organizations could improve their plans for communicating during a crisis. Comparing the workplace to a living system, [...]
A perusal of NFPA 1600 (2007), the ASIS Guidelines and the DRII Best Practices draft indicate a critical and necessary detailed technical planning process, attention to selection of teams and identification of roles and responsibilities, [...]
Let’s play word association. Hypnosis! Quick…what comes to mind? A comedy club with 20 or so half-sober people on stage responding to off-color hypnotic suggestions? A county fair where the hypnotist has someone barking like [...]
It happened last year. We had just briefed our new client on the range of policy issues worthy of consideration in a Pandemic Plan. The taskforce leader leaned back in her chair, looked up at [...]