An Argument for Relationship-Building to Build Business Continuity Programs   People have a hard time imagining what could happen when it has not yet happened.  Imagining and working on a plan to recover from a possible disruption that has not happened before is not typically part of an accountant’s job – accountants work with […]

[…] the organization, it’s easy to declare an early victory! However, lasting and meaningful change takes time because it involves every aspect of the organization and its personnel. Leveraging the short-term targets established in step 6, business continuity practitioners can use each success as an opportunity to build on what went right and identify what […]

Why is it that so few small businesses prepare for emergencies? Or is that even the right question? Maybe the question should be more along the lines of “why do so few small businesses focus on preparedness in response to the avalanche of messages prompting them to do so?” Just to recap some of […]

When I was asked to create a business resiliency taxonomy I did some research to see what had already been created. To my surprise, none of my colleagues had ever seen one or had though to put it together. The highest level of the newly created taxonomy is the overarching term business resiliency or […]

[…] the space shuttle disaster, a new responsibility was added to the CEO’s job description: assuring stockholders, directors, employees, and customers that the company would survive a potentially business-ending crisis. Despite these high-profile events and additional crises over the remaining decades of the century, the fields of crisis management, emergency planning, and business continuity continued […]

The debate over the use of software for business continuity planning is typically focused on the perceived value of the system functionality. Software vendors champion their automation features while critics cite the licensing cost and the complexity of implementation and administration. Most organizations hinge their final determination on whether the system capabilities are viewed […]

Can small businesses recover from significant disasters? The answer depends on a number of variables such as the size of the business, its location, its financial strength, and the direct and indirect effects of the event. Did you know there were approximately 22.9 million small businesses in the U.S. in 2002? Did you also […]

It seems like less than a decade ago we didn’t have any standards on business continuity in the United States, and now we have four from which to choose. I’m not complaining, but now it’s almost like going to the restaurant that has so much on the menu you find it difficult to choose […]