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Checklists – How to Get Things Right
May 25 2018
Charlie looks at checklists and explains how they can be used to improve an organisation’s response to an incident. This...
“The Manifesto for Organizational Resilience” – Some Thoughts
May 18 2018
Charlie shares his thoughts on the Business Continuity Institute’s “Manifesto for Organizational Resilience”, which was released as part of Business...
War, what is it good for…?
Apr 13 2018
With the West on the brink of conflict with Syria and its Russian allies, Charlie advises business continuity professionals to...
The Dark Side of Incident Recovery
Sep 22 2017
This week Charlie looks at the dark side of major incidents, advising BC professionals to take steps to ensure individuals and organisations are...
Free Training Courtesy of President Trump
Aug 18 2017
Following President Trump’s response to the far-right rally in Charlottesville, Charlie looks at the lessons business continuity professionals can take...
‘Fire and Fury’ – What’s Next?
Aug 11 2017
This week Charlie looks at the North Korean stand-off, with nuclear confrontation seeming more real than ever, but still far...
Tables Turned – Managing a Reputation Incident
Jun 30 2017
This week Charlie discusses reputation management, in response to the negative reaction he received for his bulletin titled ‘The Grenfell Fire Fallout…’. As a consultant,...
Business Continuity – A Triumph of Hope Over Experience
Jun 23 2017
This week’s bulletin has been written by guest author, and BC Training tutor James Royds. How often do you hear the...
Why Resilience? Why Now?
May 12 2017
This week’s bulletin has been written by guest author, and BC Training tutor James Royds. Many organisations have tried to define resilience....
Why resilience is not the saviour of Business Continuity
Mar 31 2017
Following his recent bulletin on why he thinks the business continuity profession is in decline, Charlie looks at why he does not...
Is the business continuity profession in decline?
Mar 17 2017
This week Charlie looks at why he believes the business continuity profession is in decline. In my opinion, business continuity has...
President Trump… Do you have a plan?
Nov 04 2016
This week Charlie focuses his attention on the American election that is taking place next week, and its possible effect...
Zika Revisited…
Sep 16 2016
Charlie first wrote about the Zika virus earlier this year in January. In this week’s bulletin he revisits the subject, highlighting what...
We have a recovery plan and exercised it, what next…
Sep 09 2016
This week Charlie talks about exercising BC Plans and suggests different ways in which this can be done to ensure...
Can I really rely on my entire workforce to support a recovery?
Aug 19 2016
This week’s bulletin has been written by guest author, and Business Continuity Consultant, Robert Clark. Robert also delivers training for BC...
Sometimes we miss the most obvious…
Aug 05 2016
This week’s bulletin has been written by guest author, Matthew Wardner from Inverroy Crisis Management Ltd. Matthew also delivers training for...
Brexit – Identifying your exposure
Jul 01 2016
This week, in the wake of Brexit, Charlie has listed steps for us to follow in identifying areas of exposure...
Revisiting Scottish Independence (April 2014) – For better for worse
Jun 10 2016
This week Charlie has decided to leave on a Jet Plane to travel half way around the world, as a...
Gaff or Crisis
May 06 2016
This week Charlie looks at the importance of ‘thinking before you speak’, especially when your words can affect your organisation...
Resilience, I want it but what is it?
Dec 01 2015
This week saw the Commons vote by a large majority for British forces to start bombing Syria. Watching the news...
Communication system let me down. Why you need a notification system.
Nov 07 2015
When I was the Business Continuity Manager at Scottish Power one of my roles was to ensure that I could...
Paints a 1000 words
Sep 01 2015
A single photograph taken during an incident can come to define the incident. The picture of Aylan Kurdi lying dead...
Thoughts on the Death of a Lion
Aug 04 2015
I feel that we can’t let this week’s bulletin go by without commenting on the death of Cecil the lion,...
Fatalities planning
Jul 01 2015
For this week’s bulletin I couldn’t leave unmentioned the horrific attack on holidaymakers in Tunisia, just over a week ago....
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