Mar 21 2016 16 mins
G’day, this is Ken Simpson and welcome to episode 26 of Beyond the Black Stump. The podcast that seeks to encourage leadership and learning in the risk and resilience disciplines.
Another variation in show format today. No interview or guest, instead let’s talk about one of the core practices within the Business Continuity discipline, and how we could make that a core contributor to the wider concept of resilience.
We touched on this in the last show with Rina also. This is a subject that I have written several papers and blog posts about so the show is also a bit of an experiment to use the audio format as an alternative to the written paper.
The written versions are all linked in the show notes if you are motivated to read further.
The practice I am talking about today is known by different names, and unfortunately they actually describe very different practices. Do you use these words interchangeably?
- Testing,
- Exercising,
- Rehearsing
Perhaps you just lump all of these things under the compliance-oriented label of “verification”?
Like a number of areas of our practice unless we are very clear about what we are doing – and more importantly, why we are doing it, we will continue to struggle with Executive relevance and the aspiration to one day be considered a profession.
Links for today's show
- Research on CEO perspectives on resilience
- My articles on this subject
As always I would appreciate a comment or rating on iTunes – and there is always the LinkedIn community if you want to engage. Finally, this show was derived in part from a paper I wrote in 2014 that was short-listed for BC Paper of the Year in 2015. If you would like to receive a complimentary copy of that paper, just click the link in the show notes and subscribe to the Black Stump Book Club mailing list. If you are already a subscriber, thank you, and the White Paper will already be in your email.
Join me next week for our March Book Club episode with Andy Osborne. Andy is an easy guy to speak to and writes in a very entertaining style. He is also a great proponent of building capability rather than documenting plans, and has also been known to use a range of his sporting experience to highlight BC issues. Hopefully you will find it a good complement to the issues explored in today’s show.
Until next week, stay safe on your journey.