COVID is over, so what now? I learned from conferences this year that we are all still recovering from the worldwide pandemic. Many of you read my blog, In Praise Of Conferences, where I had my first real in-person experience since the COVID-19 emergency restrictions were enacted. Like others, I was glad to return to
Insights from the Continuity Conference To build workforce resilience, you first need to understand business resilience. Business resilience refers to the ability of an organization to withstand and adapt to significant disruptions, such as economic downturns, natural disasters, cyber-attacks, or other unexpected events that can threaten its operations, reputation, and financial stability. It involves anticipating
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 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
Leaning into self-care for renewal and restoration Many of us are familiar with work retreats, but there is also value in leveraging them for personal wellbeing. If you follow my blog, you know that I advocate Self-Care For Disaster Professionals. Additionally, business resilience is achievable by addressing employee wellbeing. So, if you are interested in exploring
Doubling-down on the Disaster Empire mission Some of you have asked what Disaster Empire Quick Views is. Over the past year, I reflected on why I launched the blog. Back in 2019, I had the idea to provide an opportunity to share and connect the great work of practitioners worldwide. I was learning so much
Leading through a catastrophic crisis There’s a lesson that every emergency and crisis manager learns about disaster response; that’s the realization that 911 is not showing up. It’s not an expectation but a realization of two things: In an actual down situation, you can’t expect the first responders (911) to be around to help. When
The importance of employee resilience Today, I am sharning the final installment of this mini-series focused on promoting employee resilience for remote workers. In this series, I have been sharing risks associated with working remotely. When I describe working remotely, I refer mainly to employees at home. Or they are employees with sales or recruiting
Continuing the work-from-home risk discussion In this five-part mini-series, I covered topics of safety and security risks, but this blog discusses promoting operational resilience for remote workers. If you have followed my blog for a while, you know that I have covered the topic of Operational Resilience (OpRes) for some time. The regulatory definition of
Encouraging security resilience Promoting security resilience for remote workers is vital to employee health and reducing business risk. In the second targeted installment of this Remote Work Risk series, I’m sharing guidance on how to keep your workforce secure. In the first focused blog, I started by addressing safety. And, of course, some of these
