Hopefully you didn’t miss Part 1 of 10 BCP Mistakes You Really Want to Avoid where we laid out the first five mistakes for you. If you did, check the post available here. 6. Not maintaining the plan. Outdated contact information, a list of unaddressed action items and procedures that no longer reflect your business […]
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Don’t let these BCP mistakes put your recovery at risk: 1. Managing the wrong risks. You may have heard of the term cognitive bias – the irrational errors that we humans make in our decision-making. One type of cognitive bias, the availability heuristic, causes us to heavily weigh our judgments toward more recent information. This […]
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Big Disasters When you think of disasters what do you think of? Flood, massive power outage, fire, and pandemic are probably at the top of your list. That’s ok, big disasters always grab the headlines. In addition, there are all events that we can’t really control; the hurricanes are going to happen, the power does […]
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I had a revelation a few weeks back. I was chatting with a client about scenario exercises they could perform to test their recently created Business Continuity plan. This client contacted me to proudly inform me that they finally finished their BCP. During our call I reminded them that the ongoing process with a plan is […]
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The Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill is a horrible natural disaster that the area might never recover from. This much is known. Many people have asked why we haven’t written anything on our blog about it. So why we aren’t using it when it comes to business interruptions? The answer is simple; it is such […]
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Earlier this morning as I was having my morning coffee with some colleagues from work I received a phone call. I noticed that it was my wife that was calling me. As I picked up the phone I noticed right away the tone of her voice, she seemed lazy, almost sleepy. After asking her about it […]
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Previously we wrote about the fall-out from the Lac Megantic rail disaster – the deadliest Canadian rail disaster since 1867. Many lessons were learned from the two-year investigation that followed. While less catastrophic, the recent post-Hurricane Harvey Arkema plant explosion near Houston, Texas, will also reveal its own take-aways. However, even without results from investigations […]
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What can we learn from Lac Mégantic In July of 2013, the deadliest Canadian rail accident since 1867 occurred in Lac Megantic, Quebec. A series of errors resulted in a train carrying crude oil to roll downhill before derailing in the town of Lac Megantic. The accident resulted in: 63 derailed rail cars 47 deaths […]
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Hurricane Matthew (as with all disasters) taught some excellent lessons Hurricane Matthew, a category 5 hurricane that hit the Western Atlantic for nearly two weeks last month, is an unwelcome reminder of the importance of business continuity planning and preparedness. In any disaster, there are many lessons to learn for all persons and organizations involved. Here […]
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July 9, 2020
Social Media in Business Continuity
Social media is everywhere. It’s in coffee shops, at tourist attractions, even walking down the...
July 6, 2020
BCP Consultants vs BCP Software: Is the field changing?
I always find it interesting to see how the field of Business Continuity (BCP), Disaster...
June 29, 2020
Communicating When Disaster Strikes – Tips for Preparedness
One of the first things people do when disaster strikes is start communicating. Someone calls...
June 26, 2020
When to de-activate your BCP
“When should you de-activate your BCP” is asked time and time again during the development...
June 25, 2020
BCP Mistakes You Really Want to Avoid Part 2 of 2
Hopefully you didn’t miss Part 1 of 10 BCP Mistakes You Really Want to Avoid...
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