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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)....
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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