Episodes
May 28, 2020
COVID-19: Pandemic 'Waves' and Your Work Re-Entry Plan
This is the 2nd episode in an ongoing monthly discussion about Covid-19 with internationally recognized industry expert, Regina Phelps. In this episode we'll talk to Regina about the 3 kinds of possible pandemic wave scenario...
May 21, 2020
Integrating OSINT Into the Emergency Management Cycle
There are many websites and social media sites that provide information during emergencies and not all of it correct. We talk with OSINT (Open-source Intelligence) and Risk Intelligence expert, Dan Davydoff about how OSINT ca...
May 14, 2020
A Challenging Climate: 2020 is a Defining Year for Climate Change and BCM
Climate change is proving to be quite the challenge for today's BCM professionals, and for the most part many aren't aware of how to deal with the challenges climate change poses. We speak with internationally recognized indu...
May 7, 2020
Disasters: A Sociological Approach (including Covid-19)
Disasters are disaster because they impact society; the way we mitigate, prepare, respond, and recover from negative situations, including the Covid-19 pandemic. We speak with globally recognized sociologist, researcher and a...
April 23, 2020
COVID-19: Pandemic Planning Phases and Your Re-Entry Plan
This is the first episode in an ongoing monthly discussion about Covid-19 with internationally recognized industry expert, Regina Phelps. In this episode we'll talk to Regina about the Seven Phases of Pandemic Planning, which...
April 16, 2020
California Wildfire: Lessons Learned by EBMUD
Each year, California is hit by wildfires, impacting communities, organizations and people. October 2019 was no exception and by all appearances, seemed to be one of the worst years on record. We talk once again to Julia Hals...
April 2, 2020
Resilience: It's Not About Bouncing Back
When a disaster or crisis strikes, the wish of many organizations is to bounce back from the situation. However, Resilience is not about bouncing back, it's so much more. We talk with best selling authors Jennifer Eggers & Cy...
March 19, 2020
Cyber Exercises That Prepare You for the Impacts of a Cyber Incident
Join us as we talk to well-known industry expert Regina Phelps, as we talk about 'How to Develop Cyber Exercises That Help Prepare Your Organization for the Impact of a Cyber Incident'.
March 12, 2020
The BCI - US Chapter Overview & Resilience Discussion
The Business Continuity Institute (BCI) is one of the premier promoters of BCM/DR/Resilience training and practices around the globe and that includes in the United States. We talk with the current President of the BCI US Cha...
Feb. 27, 2020
Change Your World: The Science of Resilience
We talk with renown resilience expert, Professor Michael Ungar and his book 'Change Your World: The Science of Resilience". Michael will talk to us about resources that can make us resilient in our organizations, communities and within ourselves.
Feb. 20, 2020
Investing in a Frameworkd for Organizational Resilience
A resilient organizational is something all companies should work towards. We talk to Ed Matley from PWC, who will talk to us about 'Investing in a Framework for Organizational Resilience' a topic he presented at the May 2019...
Feb. 13, 2020
The Coronavirus with Regina Phelps
The current Coronavirus has many organizations and individuals concerned with what to do and how to respond to the situation. We talk with renown industry expert Regina Phelps to hear what organizations can do to protect thei...
Jan. 30, 2020
Business Resilience is VItal for Success and Survival
Resilience. This is something all organizations strive towards but not everyone understands. We talk with resiliency industry expert, Caitlin Durkovich. Caitlin will talk to us about what drives resiliency programs and what q...
Jan. 23, 2020
The Art of Crisis Leadership
Say the wrong word or forget to say anything during a time of a crisis can destroy your reputation and that of your organization. It can take many years to get that reputation back on track and that cost of not managing a cri...
Jan. 16, 2020
Thinking Beyond Business Continuity: Crisis Leadership Strategies
In today's world, crisis management must do more than help respond to a crisis effectively. Taking an integrated approach by connecting the dots between risk management, crisis management, communications and business continui...
Dec. 19, 2019
Conversation with BCM/Resiliency Expert Ann Pickren
This week we talk with BCM industry expert, pioneer and industry leader, Ann Pickren. Ann will talk to us about her time in the BCM/Resilience industry. Along the way she provides some great stories and advice for BCM/Resilie...
Dec. 12, 2019
Catastrophic Response Actions or Extreme BCP
Catastrophic events are very unusual but also very disruptive. The Canadian Province of British Columbia (BC) has a high certainty that a major event will affect its ability to continue delivery government services to its cit...
Dec. 5, 2019
Adaptive Business Continuity - Part 3
We continue our talk with Prof. David Lindstedt, who along with co-author Mark Armour, created the Adaptive Business Continuity movement, which is taking the BCM/DR industry by storm - and getting people talking. We'll learn ...
Nov. 14, 2019
Integrating Cyber Threats into BCM
Today’s most threatening scenario is a cyber-attack. It comes without prior warning, can lay dormant for weeks, may defy detection for months and may have the greatest impact upon organizations. As in most new threats, the re...
Nov. 7, 2019
The Power of Resilience
Resilience is something all communities, organizations and individuals strive for. We speak with international resiliency expert, researcher and author Professor Yossi Sheffi about his book 'The Power of Resilience: How the B...
Oct. 31, 2019
Mastering Business Continuity Management
Mastering Business Continuity Management (BCM) can be a very tough goal since professionals are not just dealing with a couple of departments within an organization, they are working with the entire organization, including it...
Oct. 24, 2019
The Role of Social Media in Organizational Resilience
Social Media has the power to influence are personal and professional lives and not always in a manner in which we expect. It can be full of misinformation that can cause allot of harm and recognizing the good from the bad ca...
Oct. 17, 2019
Resilient Organizations in the Face of Climate Change
As the effects of climate change are increasing in frequency and severe weather events become more pronounced and visible, there is greater need for communities and organizations to tackle the issue head-on. They need explore...
Oct. 10, 2019
Fall DRJ 2019 (Phoenix) - Conference Summary
Another great DRJ conference in Phoenix, Arizona this year (Sep 29 - Oct 2/19). This show highlights some of the sessions, workshops and talks and my own experiences from the conference. Be sure to check out the live events b...