Fighting a Fear of Failure Resiliency professionals can suffer from performance anxiety and find themselves fighting a fear of failure. Many of us are celebrating the Spring holidays this week. As content creators and thought leaders, it’s drilled into us that constancy is the key to success. Certainly, resilience practitioners know that a cornerstone of
What is an anti-influencer? Social media is evolving, so I wanted to share when to be an anti-influencer in resilience. Here are a few examples of general anti-influencers: The Minimalists: Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus, known as The Minimalists, are two friends who left their corporate jobs to live more minimalist lifestyles. They now
BlackBerry’s Crisis Management Platform Disclosure: This blog contains sponsored content. BlackBerry AtHoc’s Crisis Management Advantage is something that government and public sector companies would benefit from paying attention to. As always, with this blog, I aim to provide you with information you can use. You probably remember BlackBerry as a mobile phone provider. Today they
Will he or won’t he? As we learn about the criminal indictment of former President Trump, I thought it timely to share tips for civil unrest events. Companies across the United States are considering potential business disruptions and threats to their employees from political unrest. During COVID-19, it was recognized that the pandemic fueled or
How do we achieve Goldilock’s level of exercise? After the pandemic and other recent events, I began to ask if we were exercising too small. By that, I mean do we typically choose crisis scenarios — severe weather, location fire, or infectious disease outbreak that constrain our capabilities. I wondered if we inherently consider it
BCI’s Cyber Resilience Report Insights The Business Continuity Insitute (BCI) released its cyber resilience report yesterday. Below is a high level of BCI’s Cyber Resilience Report insights. Hopefully, you downloaded your copy, but if not, I found the following elements interesting. As usual, the BCI partners with a vendor, Daisy Group, a provider of B2B
ChatGPT’s debut The myth of ChatGPT is that it will completely replace content creators or experts in providing insightful information. You’ve likely heard of OpenAI’s ChatGPT and other Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools that exploded onto the scene recently. A critical mass occurred, and what was once considered conceptual became a reality overnight. If you are
Train derailment disaster in East Palestine, Ohio After the recent train derailment disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, many of you are likely considering how to provide employee support after a hazardous event. Hazardous events potentially threaten people, the environment, or property. These events can take many forms, ranging from natural disasters like earthquakes, floods, hurricanes,
What is workforce resilience? Workforce resilience refers to an organization’s ability to adapt to and recover from unexpected or adverse events. These events are economic downturns, natural disasters, pandemics, etc. Undoubtedly, the goal is to have increased flexibility without significant disruption to operations. It involves the ability of an organization’s employees to bounce back from
To brand or not to brand — is that the question? The dilemma of personal branding is balancing your professional and private lives. Building a personal brand puts yourself and your reputation in the public sphere. Today that includes social media, professional associations, workplaces, and personal life. In fact, in our interconnected world, it can
