We publish weekly updates from the business continuity world, covering recent news items or reflecting on our travels and experiences with clients.
Charlie addresses topics from a Business Continuity perspective and you might be surprised how much of today’s news relates to BC! Providing valuable insight, Charlie raises critical questions which will surely encourage you to reconsider your Business Continuity plans.
In this week’s bulletin, Charlie discusses the concept of Maximum Viable Business (MVB) and gives an insight into how this can be implemented in our own organisations. I came across the term Maximum Viable Business a couple of weeks ago, I can’t remember where I heard it from, but it resonated with me. It got me thinking: is
In this week’s bulletin, Charlie looks at Jaguar Land Rover’s recent hack and gives an insight into lessons learned from the event. I have been wanting to write something on JLR for a few weeks, and with them announcing they have got parts of their manufacturing sites up and running, I thought it was a good time to
In this week’s bulletin, Charlie discusses how organisations can better prepare themselves by categorising potential risks to their operations, and looks at the importance of being prepared for all types of risk. Business continuity has always had an uneasy relationship with risk. Yes, we recognise that risk is important and needs to guide what we prioritise to recover,
It’s the last day of the BCI’s Education Month! In today’s bulletin, Charlie writes about the importance of mentoring in learning about business continuity and shares his experiences of the use of AI in the business continuity profession. It is exciting to be on the cusp of a revolution where, as some say, the change will be as
In this week’s bulletin, Charlie discusses the recent CrowdStrike outage and discusses the thoughts that other consultants have had on the incident. When I heard about the CrowdStrike incident, I was in the middle of the kingdom of Fife with my daughter picking up her new puppy. Desperate for the latest, I had her going through BBC Sounds
In this week’s bulletin, Charlie shares his thoughts on the recent NatWest scandal and discusses how senior managers should handle a crisis. I have been closely following the Coutts, NatWest, and Dame Alison Rose crisis over the last few days, contemplating the lessons we can learn from it. Crisis professionals can teach senior managers how to manage a
Charlie discusses the emerging use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and looks at what changes it can make within your organisation and the positives and possible downsides of using AI. I came across an article on AI and business continuity a couple of days ago. The article had a number of links in it, and in a moment, I
This week, Charlie talks about operational resilience in today’s world and why it is important to become resilient in order to survive. I believe right now there has never been a more important time for organisations to be resilient. The certainties of the last 10 years are shifting like sand under us. Interest rates are going up which