BCM’s COVID-19 Challenge: Coping with Chronically Degraded Capacity
The pandemic has created a new challenge for business continuity management: the need to cope with potentially degraded systems and capability. In today’s post, we’ll look at what this BCM COVID-19 challenge […]
The Future of Compliance: 19 Observations about the Impact of COVID-19
With the coronavirus on the loose, the always-challenging world of corporate compliance has grown even more difficult. In today’s post, I’ll share 19 observations on what the job of following the applicable […]
Chain Pain: Supply Chain Problems in the Age of Coronavirus
Our supply chains have come under pressure like never before during the coronavirus pandemic. In today’s post, I’m going to look at vulnerabilities in the supply chain as revealed by the pandemic, […]
Homefront: The New Hot Zone for BCM Is Employees’ Home Offices
Since the advent of COVID-19 and the shift to work-from-home, employees’ home offices have become the new frontline in business continuity management. In today’s post, we’ll lay out six threats and risks […]
Key Players: The 7 Most Important Roles on Your Return-to-Work Team
Every organization that plans to bring employees back to the workplace while the COVID-19 pandemic persists will need to form a return-to-work team. In today’s post we’ll look at the seven most […]
Back in the Saddle: Resuming Regular BCM Activities
Business continuity professionals have been justifiably absorbed in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, but the usual threats are still out there and it’s time to restart any regular BCM activities that were […]
Home to Stay? Adapting to the Next Permanent Workplace
Many observers think the COVID-19 pandemic might result in a more or less permanent shift toward a large number of office employees working from home. In today’s post, we’ll look at what […]
Sidelined: The Strange Fate of BCM During the COVID Pandemic
As the COVID pandemic continues, I’ve noticed something strange regarding the role that organizations’ business continuity management offices are playing in dealing with the crisis. In many cases, it’s slim to none. […]
Emerging from the Lockdown: 6 Things to Think About for the Next Phase
The coming weeks will see most organizations begin making cautious steps back toward their previous way of doing business, though the situation remains fluid and some things might have changed permanently. In […]
Learning from COVID-19: 7 Lessons for Business from the Pandemic
The results are beginning to come in. We are now far enough into the COVID-19 pandemic that we’ve started seeing some businesses pull ahead and others fall behind in regard to how […]
Conduct an IT Wellness Check: Make Sure Your Tech Systems Are Healthy
The coronavirus pandemic presents health challenges not only to individuals but also to a company’s IT systems. In today’s post, we’ll look at six areas of your IT program where you should […]
Mark My Words: Commonly Confused Business Continuity Terms
Many people who are new to business continuity get tripped up by vocabulary. In today’s post, we’ll try to set the record straight on some of the most commonly misunderstood business continuity […]