The pandemic is over, what’s next? Now that COVID is over, resilience professionals are considering what is next for impactful emergencies. Indeed, concerns about cyberattacks are understandably trending over the last few years as many businesses increased their digital footprint. Then, there’s a recognition that a polycrisis can occur. A polycrisis could either have a
Should we Adjust our Approach? Natural hazards vs. natural disasters-is there a difference? I recently posted a blog about what we can expect from Next Year’s Natural Disasters. It was, I thought, a relatively benign piece targeting crisis and emergency managers. The concept was to think about what events of the natural kind could impact
Looking Ahead Is Looking Behind, Too Next year’s natural disasters are something we would all like to predict. Sadly, we cannot predict specific events. The best we can do is rely on weather experts and real-time data. Forecasting natural disasters is a complex task that involves various factors and uncertainties. For up-to-date and accurate information
The Why for BCM Risk Controls It makes sense to consider the value of risk controls for business continuity. As we see Organizational and Operational Resilience gain traction in the industry, it is vital to understand risk controls for Business Continuity Management (BCM). In a previous blog, I talked about Resilience And Risk Advantage, sharing
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
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
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
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
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
