The Resilient Journey

According this week’s guest, recent events related to gun violence in the United States reinforce the need for every employer, organization or municipality to make sure they are prepared. This is – foreseeable risk. Hello everyone and welcome as the Resilience Think Tank presents the Resilient Journey Podcast. My guest this week is Steve Crimando, a subject matter expert and trainer specialized in...

According to the Gun Violence Archive, a mass shooting is when there are 4 or more victims in a single incident. The US has experienced over 50 mass shootings, with more than 70 dead and nearly 300 wounded, and that’s in May of 2022 alone! Hello everyone and welcome as the Resilience Think Tank presents the Resilient Journey Podcast. Welcome to episode 40. My guest this week is preparedness expert...

If you’re a business continuity professional, this is a topic that deserves your attention. It will help your organization be more resilient and I would encourage you to pay attention to the next 28 minutes or so. Hello everyone and welcome as the Resilience Think Tank presents the Resilient Journey Podcast. Welcome to episode 39.. This is part 2 of my conversation with Vice President of Marketing...

Hello everyone and welcome as the Resilience Think Tank presents the Resilient Journey Podcast. Welcome to episode 38. My guest this week is Vice President of Marketing for R3 Continuum – Jamie Gassmann. In the first of 2 episodes with Jamie, we discuss an area of focus for the think tank in Q2 – mental health. Jamie and I will cover an area that should get your interest as a business continuity a...

The phrase "May you live in interesting times" is an expression that is claimed to be an ancient Chinese curse. While it might sound like blessing, it rarely is. Living through the pandemic and now the great resignation, these are indeed interesting times. Hello everyone and welcome to episode 37 of the Resilient Journey. My guest today is one of those people we claim needs no introduction. Indust...

If you’ve never had to respond to a cyberattack or been forced to make difficult time-sensitive decisions, and if you haven’t given serious thought to how you would respond, it’s safe to say you could be headed for a whole lot of trouble. Hello everyone and welcome to episode 36 of The Resilient Journey podcast, sponsored by ClearRisk. Today I want to get you started on the road to effectively res...

As a Business Continuity or Crisis Management professional, it’s important for us to understand the human side of a disruptive event. And if we have insights into the best way to help employees after a trauma, we’re one step ahead of the game. Welcome to episode 35 of the Resilient Journey podcast, sponsored by ClearRisk. Today I’m joined by Jody Copeland, a registered psychotherapist. Listen as J...

My friends at the Resilience Think Tank have a series of articles called “What Resilience Means to Me”. For some resilience is operational or organizational. But for others, it’s deeply personal. Hello everyone and welcome to episode 34 of The Resilient Journey podcast sponsored by ClearRisk.  Today we get personal. My guest is Traci Powell. Traci is the founder of a woman’s counseling and trauma...

Practically every practitioner in the world knows that we have to do it. Some do it. And some do it very well. Some don’t do it at all. We’re talking about exercising today on the Resilient Journey. Hello everyone and welcome to episode 33 of the Resilient Journey podcast sponsored by ClearRisk. Today we’re talking to a man who runs exercises for a living. Rob Burton is my guest today. Listen as R...

I’ve always said that the main reason I started this podcast was because I love asking questions and gathering information that helps other people grow. My guest today feels exactly the same way. Hello everyone and welcome to episode 32 of the Resilient Journey podcast, sponsored by ClearRisk. Today I’m joined by a really interesting guest – Alex Fullick joins me for a very important conversation...

Hello everyone and welcome to episode 31 of the Resilient Journey podcast, sponsored by ClearRisk. Today I’m joined by the CEO of SEMO Electric Cooperative. He’s the host of the Friday Feature, a short weekly video clip of positivity. His name is Sean Vanslyke, and he is a leader. And that’s what we’re going to discuss today – leadership. Listen as Sean provides six tips for being a leader, even i...

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode 30 of the Resilient Journey podcast, sponsored by ClearRisk. My guest this week – Alexandra Hoffmann joins us from France, as we kick off a two-part series on leadership. Listen today as Alexandra reminds us why we can’t interchange the terms business continuity and resilience, she talks about the leadership skills resilience professionals need to demonstrate...

Hello everyone and welcome to episode 29 of The Resilient Journey podcast, sponsored by ClearRisk. Today I’m joined by author, speaker and professor, Dr. Samantha Montano. Listen as Dr. Montano speaks of inconvenient truths related to emergency management post Katrina, and discusses changes in our climate that should cause risk managers and resilience professionals to take notice. I ask her why ce...

Hello everyone and welcome to a special edition of the Resilient Journey podcast sponsored by ClearRisk. Today I’m joined by the Chief Strategy Officer for N-Ix, Nazariy Zhovtanetskyy. I interviewed Nazarii from his home in western Ukraine on March 3, 2022 – one week after Russian troops began their invasion of Ukraine. Nazariy’s company, N-Ix is a software development company. They have 1,800 emp...

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode 27 of the Resilient Journey podcast sponsored by ClearRisk. Today I’m joined by the COO of Orpheus Cyber, Karla Reffold. Listen as Karla provides practical advice about understanding risks related to cyber and supply chains, she talks about managing your vulnerabilities effectively and explains the difference between vulnerabilities and threats. As a bonus, Ka...

Hello everyone and welcome to episode 26 of the Resilient Journey podcast sponsored by ClearRisk. Today I’m joined by longtime member of the business continuity industry, fellow of the BCI and expert on supply chain resilience – Betty Kildow. Listen as Betty provides practical tips for making supply chains more resilient. Betty gives advice on how to leverage risks and vulnerabilities, shares what...

We talk about organizational resilience, operational resilience and personal resilience. But what about community resilience? And what about resilience in communities of color? Hello everyone and welcome to episode 25 of the Resilient Journey podcast sponsored by ClearRisk. In this episode, I’m honored to be joined by founder and CEO of the Institute for Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Manage...

We’ve all heard the popular idiom ‘work smart not hard’. Well, in 2022 there are a lot more tools at your disposal to not only help you work smarter, but also to make you more efficient. Hello everyone and welcome to the Resilient Journey podcast, sponsored by ClearRisk. Today we are joined by Founder and CEO of ClearRisk – Craig Rowe. I asked Craig to join me today, not because he’s the CEO, or b...

The business continuity industry is at a very pivotal crossroad. Many people are asking about the difference between resilience and business continuity, or how to tie risk management and business continuity together – well this episode will help. My guest this week is Sarah Garrington. Sarah is the head of resilience for a law firm based in the UK. She is a conference speaker and frequent podcast...

Relationships are important in business. But what about the relationship between Risk Management and Resilience? Hello everyone and welcome to episode 22 of the Resilient Journey podcast, sponsored by ClearRisk. This week I’m joined by one of the most dynamic business leaders I’ve ever had the opportunity to work for. He’s the Chief Risk Officer for OMERS in Toronto – it’s Rodney Hill. In this epi...

In last week’s episode, we took you inside the mind of a C Suite executive. This week, we’re going into a much scarier place – the mind of a consultant. And it’s not just any consultant – it’s ME! Hello everyone and welcome to episode 21 of the Resilient Journey podcast sponsored by ClearRisk .  This week I’m your guest and I’m joined by Resilience Think Tank co-founder Ashley Goosman who is stepp...

Do you want to advance your career? Have you often thought that you’d like to get inside the mind of your executives so that you knew what was important to them? Well, you’re in the right place because that’s exactly what we’re going to do. Hello everyone and welcome to episode 20 of the Resilient Journey podcast, sponsored by The Resilience Think Tank. Today we have the privilege of speaking with...

Thank you for listening to The Resilient Journey podcast! Please follow us on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you listen - like Podbean for example. This episode replays some of the best moments from our first "year" (We started in September). Big thanks to my friends at ClearRisk for sponsoring The Resilient Journey! Want to speak with Mark?  Reach out here. If...

Welcome to The Resilient Journey! Today we wrap up an important and deeply personal conversation with Luke Bird on the topic of mental health and personal resilience in the face of a life changing crisis. Luke is a global award-winning continuity & resilience professional and Global Board Director for the BCI. He’s also someone who recently experienced a mental health crisis after the sudden and u...

Do you consider yourself to be an emotionally strong person? Maybe you feel like you deal with difficult circumstances well? Let me ask you this, are you strong enough to admit when you need help? Today we start an important and deeply personal conversation with Luke Bird on the topic of mental health and personal resilience in the face of a life changing crisis. Luke is a global award-winning con...