Episodes

Oct. 3, 2019

Dull Disasters? How Planning Ahead Will Make a Difference

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 mo...
Sept. 30, 2019

DRJ 2019: Hour 5

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.
Sept. 30, 2019

DRJ 2019: Hour 4

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.
Sept. 30, 2019

DRJ 2019: Hour 3

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.
Sept. 30, 2019

DRJ 2019: Hour 2

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.
Sept. 30, 2019

DRJ 2019: Hour 1

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.
Sept. 19, 2019

How Highly Efffective People Deal with Disruptions

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.
Sept. 12, 2019

Prepare for Recovery

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 Albe...
Sept. 5, 2019

The Soulful Leader

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 '...
Aug. 29, 2019

Managing Projects in Trouble

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.
Aug. 22, 2019

Meltdown: Why Our Systems Fail and What We Can Do About It

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...
Aug. 15, 2019

How Organizational Health and Wellness Enhances a Resilience Cult

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 ex...
Aug. 8, 2019

Preventing and Managing Violence in Organizations

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 impacte...
Aug. 1, 2019

The Business Analyst and How They Help BCM and DR

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 wi...
July 25, 2019

Disaster Risk Reduction and Public Health Concerns in South Africa

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 R...
July 18, 2019

AGRO Terrorism

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...
July 11, 2019

Community Resilience

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. Pr...
June 20, 2019

Biological Terrorism

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 Grim...
June 13, 2019

Continuity and Resilience Today Conference Summary - May 2019

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.
June 6, 2019

Technology and Emergency Management

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 Manageme...
May 30, 2019

Earthquakes and Earthquake Prediction

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-eart...
May 23, 2019

BCM Challenges for Small Organizations

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...
May 9, 2019

The Cure for Catastrophe: Stop Manufacturing Natural Disasters

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 ...
April 25, 2019

Organizational Resilience

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....