… perception risk (where you stand determines what you see)

Global Risk Map 2012 - source World Economic Forum report

In the past week I have read two different reports on the major risks facing the international business community in 2012. The two reports are; World Economic Forum’s Global Risks 2012 Business Continuity Institute’s Horizon Scan 2012 The two reports reflect some different risks, and certainly convey very different scopes and perspectives. This should not [...]

… Anticipation and Adaptation

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Yesterday I wrote about the tension between Planning and Adaptive Capacity as a differentiator between traditional BCM and resilience. Today I am going to explore this aspect further, and start a series that will explore some other dimensions on which we could map resilience. My thinking here is informed by a range of material on [...]

… planning and preparedness are not the same thing

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There is a discussion on the ‘BCM & Risk’ LinkedIn Group (sorry, but this is a members only forum – free to join), where the original question posed was; “Do you have a plan or are you being prepared? do you reckon these are two side of the coin or same but different words or [...]

… 3 words for 2012

First day of the working year here in Australia. Thought this would be a good day to outline the 3 words that I hope to use as a focus for my research and writing this year. Last year the key focus words were Craft, Observatory and Community. I am fairly happy with how I went [...]

… resilience and innovation

Friday was the final day of the Organisational Resilience program at the Australian Emergency Management Institute. Just like Days 1 and 2 it did not disappoint. Day 3 started with a presentation by Dr Robert Kay from Incept Labs. His presentation addressed the theme of innovation and some early research insights on how CEO’s view [...]