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BIA – To interview or not interview?

Jun 16 2016

This week I have been in Perth, Australia, working with a Scottish client’s Australian operation starting them on their journey...

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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...

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Are Zooplankton a Business Continuity issue?

Jun 01 2016

The environmental impact of plastics in our oceans may not seem like a business continuity issue, however, Charlie looks at...

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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...

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Selling Business Continuity to the C-suite.

May 01 2016

This bulletin week Charlie talks about the importance of senior manager buy-in within business continuity. In my last job, before...

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The justification for business continuity…

Apr 22 2016

This week Charlie discusses the justification for business continuity and provides some examples of where his work has improved organisational...

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Chinese Supply Chain Risk

Apr 12 2016

This week Charlie looks at the importance of identifying succession within your supply chain.  I have spent a day working...

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Brussels Attack – same old?

Apr 01 2016

This week Charlie talks about the Brussels Attack and thoughts on similar incidents. This week’s bulletin has to be on...

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Blue Swans

Apr 01 2016

This week Charlie talks about ‘black swan events’ and the possibility of ‘blue swans’ being out there within the world of...

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Defining your RTOs

Apr 01 2016

This week Charlie is working in Canada, so here is an article published on Continuity Central last year which highlights...

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Business Continuity relationship with Emergency Response

Mar 07 2016

This week Charlie looks at the relationship between business continuity and emergency response. I have noted within LinkedIn forums, on...

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Cyber Security – is Business Continuity missing a trick?

Mar 01 2016

This week Charlie talks about the links between cyber security and business continuity. Yesterday I went to an excellent seminar,...

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Business vs Business Continuity – who wins?

Mar 01 2016

This week Charlie talks about the relationship between business and business continuity. The announcement this week, of a tax on...

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Jimmy Savile – Lessons learned

Feb 06 2016

This week Charlie looks at the report into Jimmy Savile’s activities at the BBC and highlights lessons learned. The leading...

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Quote of the Day!

Feb 06 2016

“Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right...

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Supply Chain and Risk

Jan 06 2016

This week I have been teaching the BCI Supply Chain Continuity Management course, so I thought I would share some...

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The Importance of Culture when implementing BC

Jan 06 2016

This week I have been at a company in the Netherlands teaching the two day BCI Introduction to Business Continuity...

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The Zika Virus and Business Continuity

Jan 04 2016

This week Charlie talks about the Zika virus and what you should be worried about as Business Continuity managers. Although...

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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...

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Armageddon avoided

Dec 01 2015

As we have seen from photographs there has been another huge rainstorm and more flooding in the Carlisle area. Invariably...

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Je Suis Paris

Nov 07 2015

On the Friday night of the incident, I had the TV on all night and watched with horror as the...

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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...

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The Minimum Business Continuity Objective: The Cinderella of the BIA

Oct 30 2015

he minimum business continuity objective (MBCO) is, in my opinion, an extremely important component of the business impact analysis (BIA)....

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Crisis Management Lessons

Oct 15 2015

With the VW response to the emissions scandal still headline news, I thought I would share some lessons I have...

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