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This week Charlie discusses Storm Arwen, the cycle of lessons following an incident and why business continuityprofessionals need to keep an eye on incidents at all times. I think our role as business continuityprofessionals is to keep our eye on contemporary incidents and take the time to seek out the lessons.
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