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Creating a People-Centric Business Continuity Plan

Kim Hirsch | November 17, 2020

If global organizations didn’t acknowledge the importance of strategic business resilience planning before 2020, they certainly do now. From food manufacturing to financial services, the COVID-19 pandemic has affected every industry and worker. Since the pandemic began, many companies have gone back to the drawing board when it comes to risk management, aiming to develop a robust business continuity plan which fully enables their business to operate even during times of great duress. One of the biggest lessons learned from the pandemic is the necessity for enterprise resilience. We have all heard CEOs discussing their ability to respond to disruptions…

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