8 Tips for Building a Good Crisis Management Team
What kind of problems can it cause if your organization has the wrong people on its crisis management team? Nothing too serious, most likely. It could result in delayed or paralyzed decision-making, […]
How to Build a Good Relationship Between the BCM Program and the IT Department
Some relationships are casual, like the ones you have with the people who make your lattes, share the elevators you ride in, and sit next to you in the airport waiting rooms. […]
Business Continuity Consulting: Now Available in Select-a-Size
Traditionally, business continuity consulting engagements have been one size fits all, with that size being large or comprehensive. In other words, if you wanted to hire a consultant to help your organization […]
How Your BCM Program Is Like a Cross-Country Bus Journey
Have you ever been driving on the highway and seen a bus go by with the name of an extremely distant city showing on the destination board? Los Angeles … San Francisco […]
How a BCM Professional Is Like a Family Doctor
Did you know that business continuity management professionals are a lot like family doctors? Let’s rephrase that: BCM professionals SHOULD conduct themselves like family doctors, in many important respects. The family doctor, […]
You’re Doing It Wrong: BCM Metrics
There are few things more important than the willingness to work hard when it comes to building a top-flight business continuity program. However, I am sorry to report that hard work is […]
How Your Business Continuity Plan Is Like Swiss Cheese
If your business continuity plan is like most of the plans we see, then it is highly likely that it bears more than a passing resemblance to Swiss cheese. We don’t mean […]
5 Tips to Help You Ace Your BCM Presentation
In the folk tale “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves,” all the hero had to do to access the cave full of treasure was say the magical phrase, “Open, Sesame.” This will […]
Learning to Talk to Your IT/DR Colleagues
In some ways, the relationship between business continuity professionals and their colleagues from the information technology/disaster recovery team can be compared to that of a man who is drifting in a hot […]
How Hospitals Can Heal Their BCM Programs
There are around 5,500 hospitals in the U.S., and sometimes I feel like I have been to every one of them to consult with their staff about their Business Continuity Management (BCM) […]
Which Aspect of Business Continuity Is Most Important?
People often ask which aspect of business continuity management is most important. Is it crisis management? The recovery of critical business processes? Data recovery? Some people don’t even bother to ask the […]
How to Go from Adopting a BC Standard to Knowing What to Do to Comply with It
I live in Arizona which is of course the Grand Canyon State. And if you’ve ever stood on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon and looked across at the North Rim, […]