Managing Stress
Managing Stress – Be Good to Yourself
Business Continuity, Safety, Security, Risk, Operations… sometimes it gets stressful. Especially during a real disruption. We handle serious situations. Our employees and management count on us to get it right. This can lead to stress. Below are some ideas that have helped me manage stress. I am sharing them butRead More
Automation
Thinking of a Career Move From IT to BC Like I Did? Please Read This…
Tool categories I mention in this post include – BCM, Mass Notification, Employee Hotline, Survey Platforms Quite a few of us in the Business Resilience / Business Continuity (BRBC) profession began our careers in Information Technology (IT). I am one of those people. If you are in IT and thinking of a careerRead More
Career
How to Become A Great BC Professional
Attributes, Aptitude and Attitude of the Superstars Tools categories I mention in this post include BCM, Mass Notification, Employee Hotline, Survey Platforms, Business Intelligence I have found that great Business Resilience / Business Continuity (BRBC) professionals come from many different walks of life. Often, we begin our careers in aRead More
Automation
Let’s Get Visionary – What’s Here Now and Coming Next!
Technology has been key to many of my career successes. Researching, testing and sharing technology gems is what I would do even if I did not get paid for it. It is my passion and it is my hobby. Leveraging technology solutions can provide resilience and hyper return on investment. ToolsRead More
Automation
How to Build Your Business Resilience Web Site and Mobile App
A Business Resilience / Business Continuity (BRBC) website or mobile app are great ways for employees to easily access important information. These are also wonderful branding opportunities for your program. Tools I mention in the category include HTML5, BCM Your website can include: Breaking news Critical emergency phone numbers Best practicesRead More
Automation
Disaster Recovery System Testing BEFORE Going to Production
Your organization needs a robust disaster recovery program in place. The days of going back to manual workarounds in the absence of core critical systems is forever fading for many time sensitive processes. In fact, often the people that used to do the work manually are retired or have moved on toRead More
Automation
Database or Spreadsheet? Your Critical Decision
Perhaps you are wondering why I have written a post on ‘Database or Spreadsheet?’ for a site focused on Business Resilience / Business Continuity (BRBC). There are many critical reasons, which I will discuss in this post. Tools I mention in this post include BCM (recommendations) and Spreadsheets I haveRead More
Automation
You are Only As Good As Your Data – So Let’s Make it Better
‘You are only as good as your contact data.’ (Suggestions in this posts focus mainly on employee contact data but are helpful with vendor and customer data as well). Tools mentioned in this post are focused on my recommended mass notification tools. In a previous post, we discussed how toRead More
