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Last year we took a look at evolving crises and compiled a top ten review of crisis influencers for 2014. As a precursor to our review of the cases making an impact in 2016, we thought we would issue an update on the 2014-15 case studies. 1. Infectious Disease: Ebola in West Africa, the largest recorded […]

How many companies think they can ignore reputation risks, fail to understand the basic principles of horizon scanning and have no idea how to manage a corporate crisis? Well it seems Thomas Cook can count themselves amongst the few that do.  VALUES As CEO Peter Fankhauser finally issues an apology on behalf of Thomas Cook […]

Footballers are famous for it, Olympians do lots of it and even surgeons and pilots are known to partake! It hones the skills, improves decision-making and allows us to develop new skills whilst testing our abilities. And what else? Well surprisingly the more we do it the better we perform. So why is business so […]

You have recognised the risk, recorded it and planned what to do about it. What comes next?  There is plenty of guidance around for identifying and recording risks and lots of good ideas for monitoring and review but surely what ultimately counts is how aware we are of the risks we face as a business […]

In the world of risk and crisis management, one thing is certain: each year will deliver a series of events that make us sit up and take note, either in their unique nature, their far reaching impact or for their human factor.All of them will deliver lessons we can learn from. The following have made an […]

Is the world of risk, continuity and crisis about to change as new concepts and approaches linked to resilience gain momentum or are we seeking solutions to the same old stories repacked through a different language? Protecting organisations is big business, or at least it should be, as no one wants to fail and few […]

The proposition that human resources hold one of the golden keys to successful business continuity will be presented on day two of the BCI World Conference and Exhibition in the Listen Stream where we will argue that the HR role in business continuity is often understated, possibly not understood and for many organisations undervalued. This blog first appeared in the Business […]

Could businesses in Britain be setting themselves up for a fall by underestimating the effect of potential Scottish independence on the economic recovery? No one can have missed the deluge of leading broadcast stories and press headlines in response to the most recent polls on the Scottish Independence vote and the apparent swing in favour […]