Can simplification become simplistic?

I’m looking for some feedback on whether the soon to be released Damocles Risk Assessor App should have seperate screens for before and after impact risk – or should they be on the one screen?

Let me count the ways …

If I was living in the Ukraine I might have benefited from reflecting on which hazards I would potentially be exposed to. A then, how vulnerable I am. If I wasn’t living in the Ukraine I would still benefit from this process. A useful checklist to kickstart consideration is the Hazards from NFPA 1600 –… Read More

Taking a step back …

I recall – in the late 1980s – reflecting on the wisdom displayed in the concepts illustrated below (despite the bemusing “causal/casual” typo 😂). It demonstrates the value of “peeling back the onion”. The value asking “why”? The value of questioning to the void. It also flags a warning. It flags the need to think… Read More

When our “lifelines” are vulnerable

Flexible, Scalable, and Proven.

Looking to build your business continuity capability? A sound approach to meeting the needs of individuals, small businesses, and large corporates. Agile Business Continuity Crosswalk The question is, which best suits you? The answer is, they’re not mutually exclusive.

How can I get the Agile Business Continuity app as a tool for use across the organization?

Scale up to Your Flying Fish ‘YourFlyingFish’ – Agile Business Continuity App tailored for you The Agile Business Continuity app can be customized for your organisation – your hazards, your care-abouts, and your risk tolerance – supporting clarity, consistency and conversations

Free app to support your nimble business continuity capability

The Agile Business Continuity app uses a risk-based approach recognizing people have different contexts. We all might share some of the same exposures to extreme events. We all might share some of the same things we care about. However, context is crucial. It is useful to consider how your hazards interface with your vulnerabilities. To… Read More

Can you build me a Business Continuity Management Framework?

‘YourFlyingFish’ – Agile Business Continuity App tailored for you The Agile Business Continuity app can be customized for your organisation – your hazards, your care-abouts, and your risk tolerance – supporting clarity, consistency and conversations

Poor risk communication leads to foreseeable outcomes

It was Monty Python who introduced me as a child to the black humour of the “bleeding obvious”. It is the government of South Australia which is playing out a Covid example. So thirty scenarios is confusion – not clarity. Worse – it generates civil disobedience.

Significant Hazards

Who had pandemic in their significant hazard list in October 2019?

The biro and pencil – urban myth 101 but also a useful story

One of my favourite scenes from the movie ‘Saving Private Ryan’ illustrates the importance of the “minimum necessary” principle. It also reminds me of the story about America spending big on biro development while Russia achieved the same outcomes using a pencil 😂. Myth. But a good joke – which unfortunately became internet mischief. I… Read More

AgileBCP – favorite feature number 5 – a comprehensive and integrated workflow.

AgileBCP is a tool which supports all nine elements of this comprehensive and integrated workflow.

AgileBCP – favorite feature number 4 – comprehensive, incisive information about critical resources.

AgileBCP uses a ‘5 P’ heuristic with 3 questions informing each P. Yes, that’s fifteen questions 😂

AgileBCP – favorite feature number 3 – a structure focused on purpose.

Yes, it’s as simple as that 😂

AgileBCP favourite feature number 2 – risk as a lens into the future

Risk is a concept. It helps us get a better handle on our future uncertainties. The risk lens can be applied BEFORE a disruption event – and AFTER a disruption event. Nature’s warning colour – red – is used to stimulate discussion.

AgileBCP – favourite feature number 1 – risk criteria

As we enter our finalising stages of our User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for the AgileBCP software platform, it’s time to let the cat out of the bag on some key features. First, for the things you care about, our Business Continuity algorithm focuses on criticality (to operability) and vulnerability (to impact). Central to our thinking… Read More

Improving governance – an opportunity

Introducing an aide-memoire – “YourOughtWe decision-making app” I think it is a useful tool to support better decisions. It addresses several of the key needs being voiced across our community. If you want your “governance people” to look at my offer please share this note and direct them to YourOghtWe description and YourOughtWe example

Comes with a caution …

I was sitting quietly in the corner at the party – enjoying watching people catch up with each other. He quietly came over and sat down next to me. “G’day mate, what you been up to?” said the friend of long-standing who I had not seen for many years. So I gave him the short… Read More

Hindsight and Foresight

I’m sure there are quite a few old sayings about “hindsight always being useful to learn from – but foresight being better to not have to“. Sage. I was reminded of the value of foresight in a recent conversation on LinkedIn. Reflecting on the essence of the conversation – supporting good decisions with foresight –… Read More

OughtWe decision app – illustrated with a pinch of fun, and a small example

Introducing the OughtWe decision app

To illustrate the key processes, this blog uses only three criteria (head, heart, gut). OughtWe – as an Expert System – uses a set of default criteria developed across the disaster management sector over decades.

Like these four different versions, even binary choices can be nuanced

Establishing context – naming and describing the decision to be made, identifying options and their rationales, generating decision criteria and attributing weightings to them, applying the decision criteria to evaluate each option, and taking the preferred option into a plan.