A Pocket Guide to Business Continuity Management Now
Would you find it useful to read a cheat sheet setting out some of the main themes in business continuity management now? Well, here is my quick take on the main issues […]
What Is Chaos Engineering and Why Should I Care?
Are you familiar with the term “chaos engineering?” If this is the first time, you’ve heard it, it probably won’t be the last time. Chaos engineering (CE) is a new approach to […]
Dancing the Tango with Your Business Continuity Consultant
Some people who hire business continuity consultants think of them as being like waiters: they expect the consultant to serve them at their leisure then quietly go away, allowing them to enjoy […]
The BCM Trident: 3 KPIs That Can Sharpen Your Continuity Program
King Neptune gets power from his three-pronged trident, and those of us who work in business continuity can gain power from what I call the BCM Trident. That is, the three key performance […]
The Metrics System: How to Use Metrics to Improve Your BCM Program
I love metrics, as any regular reader of this blog knows. I think they are the only way to obtain a clear, objective view of the health of a business continuity management […]
Go Like a Rocket: 3 Tools to Help You Manage Enterprise Risk
Few things embody the task of balancing risk and reward like a manned space rocket sitting on the launchpad as the moment of liftoff approaches. Such a rocket brings together in one […]
What’s Up, Doc? When and How to Perform a Current State Assessment
I had an interesting week last week: Along with two other MHA consultants, I spent two and a half days performing a current state assessment of the business continuity situation at a […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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) […]
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, […]