Exploratory scenario planning (XSP) is a process which can be used for resilience planning, helping managers to make decisions and plans in the face of critical unknowns and unclear futures. Rather than working toward a single vision, practitioners develop distinct potential futures (‘scenarios’) and consider how to measure and prepare for each.
Aon plc has released the results of a new global pulse survey focused on how companies are rethinking their human capital strategies in response to the humanitarian and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Interactions and dependencies between IoT devices can result in cascading failures. A new paper published by the IEEE Internet of Things Journal explores this area and looks at resilience measures.
In a new report, ‘A World in Disorder’, published by the World Health Organization, the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) provides an assessment of pre-COVID pandemic planning, highlights lessons learned, and makes recommendations for improvements for future pandemic preparedness.
Gary Harrold, Chief Executive Officer at Swiss Post Solutions UK & Ireland highlights some of the lessons that can be learned from the current pandemic for improving future operational resilience practices.
September 1 was the beginning of National Preparedness Month (NPM), which seeks to encourage communities and business across the US to prepare for all types of emergencies and disasters. This year’s National Preparedness Month theme is ‘Disasters Don’t Wait Make Your Plan Today’
A new review published in Frontiers in Public Health suggests that COVID-19, the illness caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, will become seasonal in countries with temperate climates, but only when herd immunity is attained. Until that time, COVID-19 will continue to circulate across the seasons.
From the Black Death to the Spanish Flu, history teaches that social tension accumulated over an epidemic can lead to significant episodes of rebellion, according to a study by Massimo Morelli and Roberto Censolo from Bocconi University.
To help businesses build resilience in the wake of COVID-19, New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) has teamed up with Deloitte and PwC to create a new video series. Insights in the series have been drawn from NZTE’s Export Business Continuity Service workshops, which helped more than 400 companies navigate the fallout from COVID-19.
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Business continuity can be defined as 'the processes, procedures, decisions and activities to ensure that an organization can continue to function through an operational interruption'. Read more about the basics of business continuity here.
