Plan B Consulting

AUGUST 23, 2020

This week I discuss why having a clear scope of the incidents that business continuity is designed to deal with is important within your organisation. One of the subjects we got talking about was the scope of incidents that business continuity is designed to deal with. This was taken from the previous version of the GPG.

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Plan B Consulting

MAY 23, 2022

Business Continuity Awareness Week (BCAW) has been running this past week to raise awareness about the new hybrid work environment and how organisations need to rethink the way they embed, validate, and raise awareness amongst their staff of Business Continuity Plans.

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Plan B Consulting

JUNE 7, 2017

Following his recent bulletin on why he thinks the business continuity profession is in decline, Charlie looks at why he does not think resilience is the solution. A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a bulletin on why I think the business continuity profession is in decline.

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Plan B Consulting

JUNE 7, 2017

Following his recent bulletin on why he thinks the business continuity profession is in decline, Charlie looks at why he does not think resilience is the solution. A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a bulletin on why I think the business continuity profession is in decline.

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MHA Consulting

MARCH 16, 2023

Every organization’s crisis management plan must include a crisis communications plan and strategy. Before we get to that list of resources, let’s review a few crisis communication essentials to set the stage. Here are eight tips to help you protect your brand in a crisis: Become brand-aware.

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Plan B Consulting

OCTOBER 23, 2021

This itself leads to managing an incident over a video conferencing system. This week I share some views on how technology can be used to manage an incident in our brave new hybrid world. Next door to the CIR was a room where the crisis management team met, but this was not a dedicated space, it just took over one of the meeting rooms.

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MHA Consulting

JANUARY 26, 2023

In today’s post we’ll look at the top 10 free or almost free resources business continuity management professionals can utilize to help them raise their BCM skills and effectiveness to ninja level. I learned so much from mine when I was starting out, especially in terms of doing mock disaster exercises and crisis management.

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Business Continuity Today

AUGUST 3, 2021

The trick is, how do we manage change, and how to we plan for the pivot. As business continuity, emergency, and crisis managers, it is our job to plan for and expect the need for our organization to pivot. In emergency planning and management, having a solid baseline it critical.

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Business Continuity Today

AUGUST 3, 2021

The trick is, how do we manage change, and how to we plan for the pivot. As business continuity, emergency, and crisis managers, it is our job to plan for and expect the need for our organization to pivot. In emergency planning and management, having a solid baseline it critical.

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Business Continuity Today

AUGUST 3, 2021

The trick is, how do we manage change, and how to we plan for the pivot. As business continuity, emergency, and crisis managers, it is our job to plan for and expect the need for our organization to pivot. In emergency planning and management, having a solid baseline it critical.

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MHA Consulting

JANUARY 12, 2023

Due to the rise in work-from-home, the last few years have seen a serious degradation in organizations’ emergency planning and response capability. In today’s post, we’ll look at why it’s important to have a solid emergency response plan and explain how to create one.

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Castellan

AUGUST 2, 2022

Half of the respondents to the Business Continuity Institute (BCI) 2022 Extreme Weather and Climate Report say their organization has experienced delays or disruptions acquiring key products because of the impact of climate-related events on the supply chain. Get the Business Continuity Accountability Guide. DOWNLOAD NOW.

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everbridge

APRIL 29, 2022

How then, can organizations be prepared for emergencies and critical events? This is where the leadership skills of emergency managers come into play. Seven Essential Skills for Effective Crisis Management. In a true crisis emergency, plan A — the one that is tried, tested and true — probably isn’t going to work.

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Emergency Planning

JUNE 9, 2019

For example, business continuity management has a slightly different set of priorities which induces it to change the emphasis among triggering factors (Elliott et al. Approaches to emergency management teaching at the master’s level. Journal of Emergency Management 11(1): 59-72. Elliott, D.,

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everbridge

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Optimizing the management and security of data on employee, visitor, or resident response rates, team and responder response rates, and message deliverability is a vital element to continued improvement in critical event and crisis management. Read the White Paper: ENTERPRISE RESILIENCE DURING SEVERE WEATHER.

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BryghtPath

JULY 19, 2023

Explore "Exercise success factors" in business continuity planning: enhancing performance, managing expectations, and accurate documentation. The post Success factors for effective crisis exercises appeared first on Bryghtpath.

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Plan B Consulting

MAY 9, 2022

I am currently in Johannesburg, South Africa, delivering an MSc module to a client from Glasgow University; the module is on “Work-Based Resilience, Continuity and Crisis Management”. This was because it was completely different to what risks we had originally planned for.

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BryghtPath

AUGUST 19, 2024

As climate change continues to influence weather patterns worldwide, the frequency and intensity of hurricanes have become more pronounced. Regardless of location or industry, organizations must recognize the increasing threat and take proactive measures to prepare and plan for hurricanes.

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Plan B Consulting

MAY 9, 2022

I am currently in Johannesburg, South Africa, delivering an MSc module to a client from Glasgow University; the module is on “Work-Based Resilience, Continuity and Crisis Management”. This was because it was completely different to what risks we had originally planned for.

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BryghtPath

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

The psychological barriers that inhibit proactive planning often explain this paradox. In an increasingly unpredictable world, the importance of being prepared for disasters—whether natural or man-made—cannot be overstated. Yet, despite the clear benefits of preparedness, many individuals and communities remain underprepared.

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BryghtPath

AUGUST 6, 2024

While debates continue over whether climate change directly increases the frequency of Atlantic hurricanes, there is a strong consensus that global warming significantly impacts their behavior and intensity.

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BryghtPath

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Disaster preparedness for critical infrastructure. It’s not a topic many bring up at dinner parties. But if a storm takes out your power for a week—or worse—you’ll realize that it’s a conversation we should be having more often. Critical infrastructure represents the backbone of our modern society.

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Plan B Consulting

MAY 15, 2017

You get a new job and have been hired by organisation X to roll out business continuity within the company. You have just completed the crisis team exercise; luckily, it’s a small business with only one plan and one incident management team, so you can relax.

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Plan B Consulting

MAY 15, 2017

You get a new job and have been hired by organisation X to roll out business continuity within the company. You have just completed the crisis team exercise; luckily, it’s a small business with only one plan and one incident management team, so you can relax.

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BryghtPath

JULY 18, 2024

Mid-March 2020, Spring Break, COVID-19 is being discussed in the news and we are about to go to Florida for a long weekend. Should we go? It’s just a long weekend, and they won’t close everything down, right?

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Plan B Consulting

JANUARY 18, 2021

Many of the issues I have with their response are crisis communications and crisis management basics and should be known by organisations like SEPA who have a prominent role in managing incidents. Timeliness of this help is provided.

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Plan B Consulting

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

Charlie looks at Timothy Coombs’ ‘Situational Crisis Communications Theory’ and how you can develop a crisis response strategy from it. For many years I have slightly shied away from crisis communications. I have also run numerous exercises for senior management teams and feel confident and comfortable running them.

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Plan B Consulting

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

Charlie looks at Timothy Coombs’ ‘Situational Crisis Communications Theory’ and how you can develop a crisis response strategy from it. For many years I have slightly shied away from crisis communications. I have also run numerous exercises for senior management teams and feel confident and comfortable running them.

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