Preparing for the Unexpected

Terrorism is a major topic that grabs headlines around the globe almost on a daily basis and for BCM/DR/ERM practitioners, it might be a topic we only learn about from those headlines. This week we'll talk with global terrorism expert and author, Professor Richard English from Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Prof. English is the author of numerous books and we'll discuss his book Te...

In this episode we'll talk to industry expert Dennis Lenard about the Business Impact Analysis (BIA) and it's relationship to the IT Disaster Recovery Plan (ITDRP). In many instances, IT recovery planning is performed solely within the IT department, without communication to other departments in the organization. The BIA provides a wealth of information, but more importantly the communication betw...

This is hour 2 of the Live Broadcast from September 24/18.

One of the newest and most talked about subjects for BCM and DR professionals is how to plan for, and respond to, an active shooter situation. The headlines have been full of examples in recent years and BCM /DR professionals need to have solid understanding of how to manage such situations. For this episdoe, we'll speak with known expert David Shepherd, who will help up us understand the differen...

Continuing with our speaker series from the Continuity & Resilience Today conference in Toronto (May 2018), we speak with Emergency Management subject matter expert and registered nurse, Dee Grimm who will talk about the Lessons Learned from Hurricane Harvey (August 2017). Harvey presented unique challenges as it created unprecedented numbers of evacuees and those left homeless. Even today there a...

December and part of January hold many significant celebration periods and times for individuals to take some sort of holiday. Regardless of religious or spiritual beliefs, these two months have multiple celebrations around the globe - and sometimes people aren't prepared for the possibility of there being a disaster or crisis situation. This show will focus on some key areas for people to conside...

The International Emergency Management Society (TIEMS) held its 25th Anniversary Global Conference in Manila, Philippines, November 13-16, 2018. This episode will provide a conference summary of some of the great speakers and presentations represented; from thoughtful and insightful presentations to some of the detailed research oriented sessions. It was a successful conference and listen in to fi...

Join Host of Preparing for the Unexpected, Alex Fullick as he broadcast live from DRJ 2018 in Phoenix Arizona. Disaster Recovery Journal sponsors two annual conferences that began in September of 1989. The first conference drew a crowd of almost 250 disaster recovery professionals. Today, both conferences combined pull in more than 3,000 disaster recovery professionals from all over the world, whi...

Continuing with our series of speakers from the Continuity & Resilience Today conference in Toronto (May 2018), we speak with Paul Doucet who is the Regional Security Manager, Security Solutions, for the Asia Pacific region for Joint Venture International SOS and Control Risks. Paul with discuss the current global terrorism threats and the plans and communications required when escalating situatio...

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. For most, the assumption is we will learn from only our mistakes and not the mistakes of others or the past. We speak with business expert and author John Vespasian who will provide us insights on business continuity and how history can teach us abo...

This episode will be a recap and summary of the recent Disaster Recovery Journal (DRJ) in Phoenix, Arizona from September 23 - 26/18. Preparing for the Unexpected aired LIVE on September 24th but that wasn't the only highlight of the conference. We'll review some of the sessions presented and provide a recap of some of the guests that stopped by during the LIVE broadcast and gave us some quick ins...

We see many Crisis Management examples every day in the headlines of major news outlets, either on the internet or in print. Quite often the examples referenced in major news outlets don't cover examples - both goo and bad - from other areas for the globe. In this episode we talk with Prof Duncan Koerber, author of 'Crisis Communications in Canada' and get some different perspectives and examples...

We continue with our speaker series from the Continuity & Resilience Today conference (Toronto, May 2018) as we chat with award winning BCM specialist, Marie-Helene Primeau. We talk about how using your Business Continuity Plans (BCP) for smaller incidents and interruptions increases the resilience of your organization and the Return on Investment (ROI). By invoking plan components, teams work mor...

What makes a good crisis leader? How is it that they prepare and respond to situations differently? How do successful crisis leaders think and feel? It's not easy being an organization's Crisis Management Team Leader while probably having responsibility for Business As Usual tasks. It's this buy schedule and the management of it, that sets the good crisis leader apart from those not so easily prep...

Managing Business Continuity - Disaster Recovery programs can be a challenge, especially if a BC-DR practitioner doesn't have the right skills to juggle various program components and priorities. We will talk with BC-DR industry experts and project management professionals Ralph Kliem and Gregg Ritchie - the authors of 'Business Continuity Planning: A Project Management Approach'. Ralph and Gregg...

Join Host of Preparing for the Unexpected, Alex Fullick as he broadcast live from DRJ 2018 in Phoenix Arizona. Disaster Recovery Journal sponsors two annual conferences that began in September of 1989. The first conference drew a crowd of almost 250 disaster recovery professionals. Today, both conferences combined pull in more than 3,000 disaster recovery professionals from all over the world, whi...

Join Host of Preparing for the Unexpected, Alex Fullick as he broadcast live from DRJ 2018 in Phoenix Arizona. Disaster Recovery Journal sponsors two annual conferences that began in September of 1989. The first conference drew a crowd of almost 250 disaster recovery professionals. Today, both conferences combined pull in more than 3,000 disaster recovery professionals from all over the world, whi...

Join Host of Preparing for the Unexpected, Alex Fullick as he broadcast live from DRJ 2018 in Phoenix Arizona. Disaster Recovery Journal sponsors two annual conferences that began in September of 1989. The first conference drew a crowd of almost 250 disaster recovery professionals. Today, both conferences combined pull in more than 3,000 disaster recovery professionals from all over the world, whi...

Join Host of Preparing for the Unexpected, Alex Fullick as he broadcast live from DRJ 2018 in Phoenix Arizona. Disaster Recovery Journal sponsors two annual conferences that began in September of 1989. The first conference drew a crowd of almost 250 disaster recovery professionals. Today, both conferences combined pull in more than 3,000 disaster recovery professionals from all over the world, whi...

Join Host of Preparing for the Unexpected, Alex Fullick as he broadcast live from DRJ 2018 in Phoenix Arizona. Disaster Recovery Journal sponsors two annual conferences that began in September of 1989. The first conference drew a crowd of almost 250 disaster recovery professionals. Today, both conferences combined pull in more than 3,000 disaster recovery professionals from all over the world, whi...

Continuing with our speaker series from the Continuity & Resilience Today conference (Toronto, May 2018), this week's episode will focus on BCM Program Trends and what successful programs are doing right. We speak with well-known and well-respected industry recruiter, Cheyene Marling. More than ever business continuity professionals want to know how the most mature programs are approaching busines...

Part 2 of How BCM programs address our fears. People around the world share some common fears, regardless of their location, ethnicity or their place in history. In the1st episode of a 2 part series, we'll identify these common fears and provide examples of how Business Continuity Management (BCM) and Disaster Recovery Planning (DRP) programs help to address these fears. We'll identify key program...

People around the world share some common fears, regardless of their location, ethnicity or their place in history. In the1st episode of a 2 part series, we'll identify these common fears and provide examples of how Business Continuity Management (BCM) and Disaster Recovery Planning (DRP) programs help to address these fears. We'll identify key program components that when developed, leveraged and...

Cyber Security is a relatively new realm in the Business Continuity / Disaster Planning / Information Security world and often, people are clear on what it is or how should help during crises. For this show, we speak with expert Douglas Grant who will share his experiences integrating cyber security best practices into a broader incident management framework, allowing organizations to respond effe...

Communications during disasters is paramount, especially when there is the potential for the loss of human life. The need for communications and the way we communicate, along with what we communicate, has changed with the advent of social media and drones. We speak with social media expert, researcher and author of Social Media, Crisis Communications, and Emergency Management: Leveraging Web 2.0 T...