Today I thought I would start to lay the foundations of my own thinking on this subject. Previously I have posted about the work of the Resilient Orgs project in New Zealand and some aspects of the High Reliability school. I don’t see a lot of value in offering one of the dictionary definitions as [...]
… the first 10 days.
November 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
This is my 10th post, so perhaps a time to reflect on the very short history of this blog and my experience in getting started. Sitting down to write something every day, with no certainty that anybody will ever read what is written, is a little daunting. I have been heartened by the responses and [...]
… a pre-Pandemic world
November 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Recently I had the opportunity to see this obsession with Greenfields approaches taken to the most amazing extreme. I was asked to review an update of a client’s Pandemic Plan. The plan, like so many, is structured along the lines of the WHO’s Phases – and outlines activities that are intended to be undertaken at [...]
… Brown is the new Green!
November 26, 2009 By 8 Comments
I don’t know about you, but I cannot remember the last time I got to work a “Greenfields” client. What a shame then that so many people still treat all situations as being greenfield. Sometimes you can find that there is no real BCM Program in place, but generally there is some form of “tick in the [...]
… the “High Reliability” school
November 26, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Yesterday I posted about the “Resilient Organisations” school of thought from New Zealand. One of the quotes I like from their material is this; Resilience is not something you do … it is something that you are. Today I wanted to build on that thought by looking at the High Reliability Organisation (HRO) school and [...]
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