“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat. “I don’t much care where–” said Alice. “Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,” said the Cat. “–so long as I get SOMEWHERE,” Alice added as [...]
… BCM at the crossroads
August 22, 2011 By 1 Comment
I read an interesting piece of thought leadership today – Luc Klein’s paper that challenges us to think critically about what BCM should be, entitled “Is Business Continuity Management a misnomer?” If you haven’t heard about this paper you soon will, and you should click through and read it. The author argues that BCM as [...]
… thought leadership and inspiration
August 19, 2011 By 2 Comments
A combination of reduced inspiration and the increase in financial processing associated with the end of the financial year here, have led to me not posting anything the past few weeks. During this period I have read a number of interesting posts and articles, many of them “starred” in Google Reader and Twitter for future [...]
… BCM lessons from the American Civil War
July 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
This year marks the 150th Anniversary of the start of the American Civil War. While I was in the USA last month I took the opportunity to respect that anniversary by visiting a number of Civil War memorial locations. While listening to the National Park guides and the video presentations it struck me that there [...]
Ethics and interactions
June 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Sometimes the best information exchanges at a conference occur outside the formal sessions. This was certainly the case for me this afternoon. I attended an interesting session from John Orlando, “Ethical Issues in Business Continuity Management and the Future of the Profession“. I have been interacting with John and his work for some time via [...]
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