Is Your BCM Office an Epic Fail?
Top 15 Reasons BCM Offices Fail Miserably Michael Herrera, CEO, MHA Consulting As a global BCM firm, we work across all sizes and shapes of organizations. We work across a multitude of […]
Are there weapons in your workplace?
Richard Long, Senior Advisory Consultant, Business Continuity Planning, MHA Consulting Movie theaters, schools, homes and businesses are all places where people have been injured or killed in shooting incidents. The nation is in […]
Preparing for Non-Pandemic Health Related Impacts
Tim Korsmo, Advisory Consultant, MHA Consulting As business continuity practitioners, we have Pandemic (or Epidemic) Plans in place, but what if we lost key personnel due to non-pandemic events? When we lose […]
Is Business Continuity Broken?
There has been a lot of talk lately in the Business Continuity industry about a “next generation” of Business Continuity planning. In a recent article from Continuity Central, David Lundstedt asserts that […]
Maximize BCM Compliance & Minimize Residual Risk
By Michael Herrera, CEO, MHA Consulting A new year is upon us and it’s time for BCM practitioners to strategize to maximize “Compliance” and minimize “Residual Risk” across their BCM program and […]
Manual Workarounds & the BCP
In the BCP arena a manual workaround can be defined as a temporary method used to provide for the continuation of critical business functions when normal systems, technology or personnel are unavailable. […]
Mitigating Controls and Your Business Recovery Plans.
Understanding what residual risk remains after we have implemented all of the mitigating controls available to us is essential for a strong BCM program. In the world of Business Continuity Management (BCM), […]
Top 5 Reasons Recovery Checklists Get a Failing Grade
I recently finished The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande, a renowned surgeon. The book deals with the importance of checklists in highly complex environments (airlines, hospitals, etc.) and his mission to minimize […]
Is Management Under a False Sense of Recoverability?
Is your management team aware of your true recovery capabilities? Are you transparent on what the BCM program can really do in a disruption? Or, is management under the misguided impression that whatever […]
Rip off the Bandaid..Assess Your BCM Compliance Today not Tomorrow
Ripping off a band aid is painful but its temporary in nature. Assessing your BCM compliance is a lot like ripping off a band aid; you deal with the initial pain of […]
I Have a BCM Policy…Why Do I Need Standards?
You have a documented and approved BCM policy. You’re done, right? Well, not really. You told your stakeholders in the policy that they have to play in your BCM game; but what […]
If Your BCM Program Were a Publicly Traded Stock, What Would Its Price Be?
As the CEO of a boutique BCM consulting firm, I am responsible for the global leadership to the entire set of industry practices and horizontal capabilities within our organization. Building the firm […]