Episodes

In recent year, typhoons have struck the Philippines and Vanuatu,; earthquakes have rocked Haiti, Pakistan, and Nepal; floods have swept through Pakistan and M9izambique; droughts have hit Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia; and more. All led to loss of life and loss of livelihoods, and recovery will take years. One of the likely effects o climate change is to increases the likelihood of the type extreme weather events that seems to cause these disasters. But do extreme events have to turn into disast...

Host Alex Fullick of Preparing for the Unexpected as he broadcasts live from DJR 2019. listen in for all Innovations in Managing Risk and Resiliency live from JW MArriot Desert Ridge in Phoenix, Arizona.

Host Alex Fullick of Preparing for the Unexpected as he broadcasts live from DJR 2019. listen in for all Innovations in Managing Risk and Resiliency live from JW MArriot Desert Ridge in Phoenix, Arizona.

Host Alex Fullick of Preparing for the Unexpected as he broadcasts live from DJR 2019. listen in for all Innovations in Managing Risk and Resiliency live from JW MArriot Desert Ridge in Phoenix, Arizona.

Host Alex Fullick of Preparing for the Unexpected as he broadcasts live from DJR 2019. listen in for all Innovations in Managing Risk and Resiliency live from JW MArriot Desert Ridge in Phoenix, Arizona.

Host Alex Fullick of Preparing for the Unexpected as he broadcasts live from DJR 2019. listen in for all Innovations in Managing Risk and Resiliency live from JW MArriot Desert Ridge in Phoenix, Arizona.

As part of a well-functioning BCM DR program, we should be learning from our mistakes and ensuring we can adapt and learn from the events of the past. History has allot to teach us if we just pay attention.

In today's show, we will highlight the individual, organizational, and community lessons learned from the many disaster events the Canadian Province of Alberta has experienced over the past several years. We’ll talk with Alberta Health Services (AHS) Business Continuity Officer, Ken Hoffer. We’ll learn about the changing way in which AHS addresses their response processes by developing what’s called Psychosocial Response Teams (PRT) which are designed to provide a coordinated immediate psychosoc...

It's tough to lead in today's business world, let alone lead when there is a crisis. We'll talk with licensed clinical psychologist, researcher and author, Dr. Arthur P. Ciaramicoli who will talk to us about his latest book 'The Soulful Leader'. We'll chat about how his AIE (Authenticity, Integrity and Empathy) approach can help build strong organizations, strong communities and strong resilience employees; key attributes needed during times of crisis. We'll learn what characteristics are attrib...

Despite our best efforts, sometimes our BCM, DR programs and projects fall off the rails and we have trouble getting them back on track. We speak with the author of Managing Projects in Trouble - Achieving Turnaround and Success Ralph L. Kliem, PMP.

In today's business world, organizations can be very complex in nature; from system complexities technical in nature and those that are process and procedural in nature. In either case, these systems can create allot of chaos and confusion when they fail. We talk with 'Meltdown: Why Our Systems Fail and What We Can Do About It' author, Chris Clearfield (co-authored with Andras Tilscik). Chris with discuss what causes our internal - and external - systems to become so complex, creating the opport...

A culture of health (inclusive of mental health), within the workplace can contribute to the overall effort of an organization to improve and sustain the health and productivity of its workforce. We talk with mental health expert Dr. Robert Quigley, who will help us understand why mental health concerns are vital to the ongoing success of organizations. We’ll identify some of the triggers that can cause mental health issues for individuals – and ultimately organizations, known as NCDs - and what...

Workplace Violence is something that many organizations must deal with. Even if the risk is not great, organizations must still account and prepare for the risk, which if not dealt with, can cause major trauma for the impacted organization. We talk with Dr. Marc Siegel, author of 'Preventing and Managing Violence in Organizations' about how we can identify the risk of workplace violence and what we can do to protect, and include, impacted stakeholders. Marc will also provide us some guidance on ...

No Business Continuity Management (BCM) professional can know everything about business operations, as there's just so much to know. However, a BCM professional can learn allot about an organizations operations by speaking with a Business Analyst (BA), whether they be Business or Technical in focus. We speak with experienced BA expert Bill Baxter who will speak to us about the roll of the BA and what we can learn from them to help us understand business - and technical - operations. When buildin...

Water pollution and Service Delivery issues have long plagued South Africa for multiple reasons. We'll talk to Dr. Roman Tandlich of Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa who will outline his studies in Disaster Risk Reduction and Public Health Implications; a paper presented at the TIEMS Conference in Manila, Philippines (Nov 2018). We'll learn some of the challenges encountered by South Africa with its water supply and how the government, planners and its people are steppinig up to addr...

Terrorism isn't just about the guns, firefights and explosions we see on the news channels. An often overlooked terrorism threat is Agricultural Terrorism (agro-terrorism). We'll speak with Emergency Management subject matter expert and registered nurse, Dee Grimm who will speak to us about the threat of Agro-Terrorism. We'll learn about the various kinds of agents that can be used in agro-terrorism and how these agents can be used to impact society. We'll hear about the challenges faced by grow...

Along with Organizational Resiliency, Community Resiliency is a hot topic in today's Business Continuity / Disaster Planning world. For this episode we talk to Professor Geoff A. Wilson from the University Of Plymouth, UK. Prof. Wilson is also the author of 'Community Resilience and Environmental Transitions', which will be our focus for this show. Prof Wilson will talk to us to better understand Community Resilience and what disturbances - both natural and anthrogenic in nature, impact our comm...

Terrorism comes in many forms; it's not just the guns and firefights we see on the news channels. One form is Biological Terrorism and we'll speak with Emergency Management subject matter expert and registered nurse, Dee Grimm who will speak to us about what BIO-Terrorism is. We'll learn about the various kinds of biological agents and their effects upon us and the treatments for those that have been exposed. Dee will also discuss how the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) categorises a biological...

The Continuity and Resilience Today CRT conference was held May 29-30, 2019 in Toronto. It was the second CRT conference and was full of skilled experts and knowledgeable speakers.

Technology is present in every aspect of our daily and business lives; this includes being an important factor in Emergency Management. We speak with the author Dr. John C Pine about his book Technology and Emergency Management. We'll discuss how technology is changing Emergency Management and how it can be leveraged to better aid our Emergency Planning, Response, Recovery and Mitigation capabilities. Dr. Pine will also tell us about some of the existing technologies being utilized, as well as s...

Earthquakes are powerful natural forces that have the ability to cause allot of devastation and early prediction is something still to be defined. Yet, it's happening. We speak with Dr. Dimitar Ouzounov, an expert in pre-earthquake phenomena, Earth's lithosphere-atmosphere coupling, and short term earthquake forecasting using space technologies. Dr. Ouzounov talks to us about a current AMADEUS initiative that is helping to determine earthquake probabilities and their potential impacts; something...

Business Continuity Management (BCM) can be a major challenge for small organizations, sometimes even more so than for larger organizations. We speak with long-time BCM expert Alex Jankovic, who helps us identify what some of these key challenges are and why they are concerns for small organizations; from the program initation phase to implementation to the ongoing maintenance phase. Alex also talks to us about some of the solutions available to small organizations that can be leveraged to help ...

Sometimes we manufacture our own negative situations because we don't pay attention to risk. We speak with Professor, Global Risk Expert and author, Robert Muir-Wood about his book 'The Cure for Catastrophe - How We Can Stop Manufacturing Natural Disasters'. We'll discuss how we create some of our own consequences with regards to natural disasters and define a true natural disaster. We'll hear about examples from around the globe how we have responded positively to disaster occurrences, yet how ...

Organizational Resilience is a hot topic in the Business Continuity industry today. For this episode we talk with renowned global experts and authors of 'Organizational Resilience: Managing the Risks of Disruptive Events' Dr. Marc Siegel and Dr. James Leflar. We discuss what Organizational Resiliency is and how it benefits an organization, using a risk management based approach. We'll talk about Risk Committees/Councils and how they can help bring various organization disciplines such as BCM, DR...