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The Pipeline for the Next Generation of Resilience Professionals?

A consistent theme in my first year of speaking to resilience and business continuity professionals is the pipeline …

Ethics and values

Resilience Rewritten: Healing, Hope, and the Long Road Home

Foreword: Melissa Kenney MBCI is a Business Continuity Advisor based in the UK. With a background in resilience …

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The Power of EDI in Resilience and Business Continuity | BCI

Foreword: This guest article by Chester Avey discusses why, in his view, strong EDI practices are an asset that enhance …

Policy and programme management

Shaping the Future of Resilience: My Experience as a Future Leader at the BCI

As my term as the first Future Leader Board Associate on the Board of the BCI has come to an end, it’s a good moment to …

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Service Resilience and Software Risk – The Evolving Landscape

Am I the only person that has noticed recent events that highlight the financial impact of software-related service …

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Celebrating International Women’s Day Today and Everyday

As we celebrate the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women today, International Women’s Day …

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BCI blog: How Can We Improve Business Continuity Awareness?

Among the greatest challenges that characterise business resilience is the need to integrate and improve the level of …

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BCI blog: SMART business continuity management

If you think that I forgot to turn off caps lock when writing the title, that is not the case. SMART business …

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BCI blog: Improving exercising by introducing a holistic exercise programme

When a practitioner implements a management system, such as crisis, emergency, or business continuity management, they …

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BCI blog: Situational awareness: A lever to face challenges and build resilience

In stressful situations, our perception tends to diminish and fear takes control. Typically, we become consumed by …

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Operation Resilience: Why Public Debt Management Offices Need Business Continuity And Disaster Recovery Plans

Public debt management offices (DMOs) are responsible for raising financing, debt servicing, and managing the costs and …

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Cyber Resilience - digital trust and brand reputation

The ability of organizations to harness digital initiatives to boost their competitive advantage and profitability has …

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Resilient suppliers

For many years now we have been living in a hyperconnected and globalised environment, where we can consume resources …

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How to Build Organizational Resilience Through Employee Engagement BCAW 2023

From system failures and data breaches to human errors and natural disasters, operational disruptions aren’t something …

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BCAW 2023 Using the ‘3 Gs’ in Operational Resilience

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) defines operational resilience as “the ability of financial services firms …

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Personal resilience: the missing link in your operational resilience framework

Picture this: your phone has just been stolen on a busy street. You immediately walk into a coffee shop and get on your …

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Electrical Vehicles (EV) and Operational Resilience

In December 2022, the United States Postal Service (USPS) announced a plan to invest heavily in replacing portions of …

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How to increase business resilience awareness

One of the biggest challenges that any organization faces is being able to increase the awareness and knowledge of …

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Challenges in Auditing Business Continuity Management Systems

Written by: Nazlan Eza MBCI and Mohan Menon Hon-FBCI of the BCI’s Malaysian Chapter

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Why do businesses and organizations fail to prevent cyber attacks?

Cyber-attacks are an ever-increasing threat to businesses and organizations worldwide. But despite increased awareness …

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Building a cyber resilient culture — how to embed a culture of cyber resilience in your organization

The UK government considers cyber to be a tier-one national security priority alongside international terrorism. As the …

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The importance of resilience building and tools to build it

Resilience was the word of the year in 2022, according to the Harvard Business Review (Amico, 2022). Some speculate …

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Management of resilience in a conflict: perspectives from Ukraine

A Ukrainian interviewee was asked to summarise what they considered to be the key to resilience during a conflict. He …

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How has Business Continuity training for staff improved resilience within your organization?

Traditionally, Business Continuity (BC) training has always been a “stuffy affair”, packed with enough acronyms and …