Preparing for the Unexpected

The Disaster Recovery Institute Canada (DRIC) is an esteemed organization when it comes to training and certification for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery professionals. This episode we are honoured to have with us the new President of DRIC, John Yamniuk.

John has many years experience in the world of Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity. We touch base on the future of DRIC and its many initiatives currently in flight, as well as the plans for the future.

We'll also talk about the various certifications offered by DRIC and how they draw upon DRIC's 10 Professional Practices.

Leveraging his years of experience, we'll hear about real-life experiences that can help any organization build strong training and awareness programs.

It's a discussion that's not to be missed.

To paraphrase a well-known saying, 'We must learn from our mistakes and from the mistakes of others'. In BCM, DR and Crisis Management we talk allot about Lessons Learned and making changes but a Lesson Learned without action, is simply a Lesson Identified or Observed. All too often, the lesson we could learn from remains an observation. World renowned speaker and author of The Lessons Learned Handbook, Nick Milton, will join us to talk about how we identify lessons, learn from the lessons and put the learnings into action. We'll talk about how we can collect data to ensure the lessons we've faced in the past, help us to move forward, not come back to haunt us. Stop talking about Lessons Learned and listen to expert Nick Milton, teach us how to take these lessons and build a learning culture that benefits the entire organization and strengthen our BCM and DR programs.

Sometimes communicating the various facets of Business Continuity Management (BCM) can be difficult to do to those who aren't well-versed in the industry. We use our own terminology and concepts when communicating BCM - or Disaster Planning - and often that just creates more confusion for listeners. This episode will focus on several key words beginning with the letter C that can be used to help people understand what Crisis Management & Communication is and its importance in the overall BCM/DR world. Tune and see if your Crisis Management & Communications plans and protocols capture these C's.

Business Continuity Management (BCM) is always trying to progress itself - sometimes successfully and sometime with not so much. For BCM and Disaster Recovery (DR) to stay relevant with other industries such as Privacy, Security, Information Security et al, it needs to think differently. We'll be joined by BCM thought leaders and authors David Lindstedt Ph.D. and Mark Armour who together, wrote the book 'Adaptive Business Continuity; A New Approach'. David and Mark will offer some new ways of thinking about BCM and provide some insight in to what works in today's industry and what isn't working - and needs to change. It's sure to be an eye-opening show.

Continuing on from Part I, we'll continue to discuss the challenges posted to BCM and DR programs. No matter the industry, the size of your organization, or the location(s) of your business, Business Continuity Management (BCM) and Disaster Recovery (DR) programs always seem to experience a common set of challenges. Drawing from 20+ years of experience, Alex Fullick will discuss these many challenges that seem to transcend industry and location - and which seem to appear at one time or another - in every BCM/DR program. Listen in to hear why some of these challenges occur and how to deal with them when you begin to encounter the same issues in your program.

No matter the industry, the size of your organization, or the location(s) of your business, Business Continuity Management (BCM) and Disaster Recovery (DR) programs always seem to experience a common set of challenges. Drawing from 20+ years of experience, Alex Fullick will discuss these many challenges that seem to transcend industry and location - and which seem to appear at one time or another - in every BCM/DR program. Listen in to hear why some of these challenges occur and how to deal with them when you begin to encounter the same issues in your program.

This episode will focus on the Ontario Association of Emergency Management (OAEM).

We'll talk with the president of the OAEM, Mr. Mike O'Brien and how he and his OAEM colleagues are building a central community for Emergency Managers.

We'll discuss topics such as; the OAEM conference (October 2018), the organizations goals and objectives, what sets Emergency Management apart from Business Continuity professionals, necessary skills for good Emergency Manager and tips for how current Emergency Managers can become more effective in their current role.

It guarantees to be an informative show with a very informed guest.

When we think of Crisis Management Teams (CMT) we automatically focus on leadership, logistics, technology and business teams but one team never seems to be fully developed or initiated; the Salvage & Restoration Team. Perhaps that due to the fact that if we're lucky, we never need the team to be initiated. But what if it needed due to the seriousness of the disaster experienced by an organization? This show will focus on the activities, roles & responsibilities and considerations a BCM/DR professional needs to understand when it comes time to activate (or just plan) the Salvage & Restoration team - the often forgotten component of the CMT structure.

The Business Recovery Managers Association (BRMA) is North California's largest business recovery association. In fact, 2018 sees BRMA celebrate its 25th anniversary! In this episode we'll talk to it's President, Fiona Raymond-Cox and previous representative, Julia Halsne. We'll talk about the association and all the benefits it offers it current members and prospective members. Fiona and Julia will talk to us about how we determine our critical vendors and customers and what we need to consider when dealing with them. We'll also talk about how to keep our BCM/DR teams motivated and engaged and how to keep employees and managment engaged in the BCM/DR program, when many would rather place the program on the back burner.

Quite often when Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery practitioners try to convey the various aspects of a Business Continuity Management (BCM) or Disaster Recovery (DR) program, we miss the mark. We use our own language to convey messages and processes that aren't in others' diction. This episode will describe 7 terms that start with R that a practitioner can use to help describe to executives or non-BCM/DR practitioners what a BCM/DR program is all about and what each phase of the program contains. The 7 R's will help anyone understand what a BCM/DR program is all about. We'll even touch on a bonus 8th R - something everyone would be sure to enjoy.