April, 2020

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More on the Covid-19 Academic Gold Rush

Emergency Planning

A few days ago, I was accused of "putting the careers of trainees and junior faculty at risk" because a member of my editorial team was slow to complete the review process on a paper that had been submitted to the journal I manage. This reminded me that perhaps 70 per cent of academic publishing is for personnel reasons (to get a job, keep a job, obtain a salary raise, or achieve promotion).

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Disaster Medicine: Having the knowledge is essential; the ability to share is crucial 

Crisis Response Journal

Ayman Jundi shares what drew him to the field of emergency and disaster medicine and what has prompted him – and the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) – to launch its ground-breaking master’s course in Disaster Medicine this year.

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COVID, Meet Cognitive Bias. CB, Meet COVID. You Two Have Much to Talk About!

Alternative Resiliency Services Corp

Flash ! COVID is in the news! How could it not be? Our world is changed. Face it, we are inundated with this global threat, and rightly so. This is the most transformational event in recent history. Nobody is immune from the effects, whether it be from the virus, the lock-downs and other attempts to “flatten the curve” and manage the spread, or the economic damage to personal finances.

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COVID-19 and climate change

IT Governance BC

Today is Earth Day , an annual global event that aims to raise awareness of environmental issues. This year’s event – the fiftieth Earth Day – falls in the midst of an unprecedented interruption to life as we know it, and so provides a unique opportunity for us to understand the impact we and our working habits have on the natural world. The environmental benefits of staying at home.

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The Complete Guide to Mastering Business Continuity

The Complete Guide to Mastering Business Continuity is a step-by-step resource for developing an effective Business Continuity Management (BCM) program and navigating challenges. Whether building from scratch or enhancing a plan, this guide offers practical tools, expert advice, and strategies to ensure resilience. What You’ll Learn: Key elements of BCM and resiliency Steps to build and test your Business Continuity Plan (BCP) Conducting risk assessments and BIAs Integrating cybersecurity into p

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5 Ways to Improve Your Economic Recovery Results Quickly

Swan Island Network

5 Ways to Improve Your Economic Recovery Results Quickly. Pete O'Dell. May 1, 2020. Share on facebook. Share on linkedin. Share on twitter. Share on email. As the global pandemic caused by COVID-19 (coronavirus) becomes more controllable, we face a unique problem. How to start the discretionary economy back up? Economic recovery is complex. Restarting the economy entails consumer activities like church, sporting events, and trips to the beach.

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Uncertain Times: How to Safely Move Forward

FEI

COVID-19 has forever changed our lives and left an enormous impact on the way we work, learn, socialize and communicate. As we prepare to enter the next phase of the pandemic response, we need to consider the needs of our staff because, without them, it would be difficult if not impossible to provide the goods and services we deliver to our customers and communities.

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Free webinar programmes in security, corporate risk and crisis management 

Crisis Response Journal

Dr David Rubens, one of CRJ’s Advisory Panel Members, has teamed up with Emirates Global Security to deliver a series of free webinar programmes for the Level 4 Award in Foundations of Security and Risk Management and Level 5 Award in Corporate Risk and C By David Rubens

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Preparing Your Business for Every Stage of a Pandemic

Alert Media

The post Preparing Your Business for Every Stage of a Pandemic appeared first on AlertMedia.

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The New Normal

BCP Builder

What will the new normal look like following the Coronavirus Pandemic? I have included two videos below: A webinar on how to return to business following this pandemic. In this webinar I am joined by Anthony McMahon from The IT Psychiatrist and Alastair Miller from NSP. My thoughts on what the new normal will look like following Coronavirus. Feedback from BCP Builder Community on this topic – (this is the link to the original LinkedIn Post ): What will “the new normal” look lik

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Mastering Remote Onboarding: Proven Strategies for Seamless New Hire Integration

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

Join this brand new webinar with Tim Buteyn to learn how you can master the art of remote onboarding! By the end of this session, you'll understand how to: Craft a Tailored Onboarding Checklist 📝 Develop a comprehensive, customized checklist that ensures every new hire has a smooth transition into your company, no matter where they are in the world.

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What is a Business Impact Analysis (BIA)?

Stratogrid Advisory

What is a Business Impact Analysis (BIA)? Last Updated on May 31, 2020 by Alex Jankovic. Reading Time: 5 minutes. The Business Impact Analysis (BIA) is a cornerstone of the Business Continuity Management (BCM) Program. It is an activity that will identify mission-critical business functions, processes or services in your organization, and the resources required to timely recover those activities.

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The Biggest Cybersecurity Mistakes CISOs Might be Making Today

Behavior Group

As more organizations move to the cloud, the need for airtight security has become paramount. As threats evolve and become more sophisticated, mitigating hacks and malicious attacks has become very difficult. And for many Fortune 1000 CISOs, some still believe that managing their security in-house or on-premise is safer and more cost-effective—when the opposite can… Continue reading.

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Coronavirus Response: The Peak-End Rule

Plan B Consulting

This week I discuss the psychological heuristic ‘peak-end rule’ and why this is important for planning your company’s recovery from COVID-19. Hope you have all had a nice bank holiday weekend at home! This week I wanted to look at how an incident is managed at the end, and whether it leaves a disproportionate impression on the successful management of the incident rather than taking into account the management across the entire incident.

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Only ecology-based economies can avoid future catastrophe 

Crisis Response Journal

Much has been made of the brief respite in carbon emissions that coronavirus has given the world. But let’s not get too excited, says Fazlun Khalid, advisor to the UN on environment and faith.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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How Our Customers are Using AlertMedia During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Alert Media

The post How Our Customers are Using AlertMedia During the COVID-19 Pandemic appeared first on AlertMedia.

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The New Normal

BCP Builder

What will the new normal look like following the Coronavirus Pandemic? I have included two videos below: A webinar on how to return to business following this pandemic. In this webinar I am joined by Anthony McMahon from The IT Psychiatrist and Alastair Miller from NSP. My thoughts on what the new normal will look like following Coronavirus. Feedback from BCP Builder Community on this topic – (this is the link to the original LinkedIn Post ): What will “the new normal” look lik

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Business Continuity Planning for Small & Medium-Sized Organizations

Stratogrid Advisory

Business Continuity Planning for Small and Medium-Sized Organizations Last Updated on May 31, 2020 by Alex Jankovic Reading Time: 4 minutes Readers note: Please check our recently published high-level Business Continuity Planning guide. In the “ An Introduction to Business Continuity Planning ” article, we outlined the main components of the Business Continuity Management (BCM) Program and introduced the basics of Business Continuity Planning (BCP).

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Cybersecurity in a remote workplace: A joint effort

Behavior Group

The reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted every aspect of life across the globe and many companies now find themselves with fully remote workforces. Cybersecurity, remote workplace With so many employees now working from home, business networks have been opened to countless untrusted networks and – potentially – some unsanctioned devices. Naturally, the question… Continue reading.

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Is Training the Right Solution?

Speaker: Tim Buteyn

Let's set the scene: you’ve identified a critical performance gap in your organization and need to close that gap. A colleague suggests training, but you suspect there’s something going on that training can’t address. How can you determine if training is the right solution before you commit your budget and resources to a new training program? In this webinar, you will learn how to determine if training is the right solution using the Behavior Engineering Model.

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Coronavirus Response: The Peak-End Rule

Plan B Consulting

This week I discuss the psychological heuristic ‘peak-end rule’ and why this is important for planning your company’s recovery from COVID-19. Hope you have all had a nice bank holiday weekend at home! This week I wanted to look at how an incident is managed at the end, and whether it leaves a disproportionate impression on the successful management of the incident rather than taking into account the management across the entire incident.

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Truth, trust and the ghosts of our fears: Chernobyl wildfires 

Crisis Response Journal

Lina Kolesnikova examines why the recent wildfires near the Chernobyl nuclear reactor have led to old fears resurfacing.

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Interoperability Lessons For Right Now

Swan Island Network

Interoperability Lessons For Right Now. Pete O'Dell. April 10, 2020. Share on facebook. Share on linkedin. Share on twitter. Share on email. Remember when your new phone had a unique charger that wouldn’t work with other phones, and leaving it behind caused a major nightmare? Sanity prevailed, and except for Apple, the whole world now uses USB to plug virtually everything in.

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SMB Cyber Summit

BCP Builder

SMB Cyber Summit I recently gave a presentation on Business Continuity for the SMB Cyber Summit. If you are interested in learning more about Cyber Security from a Small/ Medium Business perspective then take a look at this free online summit. In addition to the presentation, I have offered four E-Book’s for free download on the following topics: Business Continuity and Risk Management How to choose a Business Continuity Plan Template Pandemic Planning Guide Recovery Time Objective and Max

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.

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Business Continuity Planning for Small & Medium-Sized Organizations

Stratogrid Advisory

Business Continuity Planning for Small and Medium-Sized Organizations. Last Updated on May 31, 2020 by Alex Jankovic. Reading Time: 4 minutes. Readers note: Please check our recently published high-level Business Continuity Planning guide. . In the “ An Introduction to Business Continuity Planning ” article, we outlined the main components of the Business Continuity Management (BCM) Program and introduced the basics of Business Continuity Planning (BCP). .

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Only a Quarter of Orgs ‘Focus’ on Cyber-Attack Prevention

Behavior Group

A new report from the Ponemon Institute has revealed that just 24% of organizations focus on optimizing cyber-attack prevention capabilities, despite 70% of security professionals believing that the ability to effectively prevent attacks strengthens security posture. Cyber-Attack Prevention, cybersecurity The research report, The Economic Value of Prevention in the Cybersecurity Lifecycle, sponsored by Deep Instinct,… Continue reading.

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How to Create a COVID-19 Task Force

Alert Media

The post How to Create a COVID-19 Task Force appeared first on AlertMedia.

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How near misses influence disaster decision-making 

Crisis Response Journal

Narrowly avoiding a close call with a disaster might make people more likely to evacuate or prepare for the next one. Or it might not.

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Brain Fog HQ: Memory Enhancement Techniques for Professional Development

Speaker: Chester Santos – Author, International Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, Memory Expert, U.S. Memory Champion

In October, scientists discovered that 75% of patients who experienced brain fog had a lower quality of life at work than those who did not. At best, brain fog makes you slower and less efficient. At worst, your performance and cognitive functions are impaired, resulting in memory, management, and task completion problems. In this entertaining and interactive presentation, Chester Santos, "The International Man of Memory," will assist you in developing life-changing skills that will greatly enha