Riding the Wave-Project Management for Emergency Managers

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Episodes 6-8 focus on pandemic influenza (pan-flu), what a pandemic is, its impacts, and what various institutions, from public health agencies, healthcare providers, and companies, are doing to prepare for this type of emergency event.

In Episode 6, Part 3, Jessica Cole spoke about what actions the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene takes to prepare for pandemic flu. Jessica Cole is the Senior Incident Specific Planner for the Office of Emergency Preparedness and Response (OEPR) at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH).

Sponsored by the MS in ERM Program at Yeshiva University's Katz School: https://www.yu.edu/katz/programs/graduate/ms-risk

Episodes 6-8 focus on pandemic influenza (pan-flu), what a pandemic is, its impacts, and what various institutions, from public health agencies, healthcare providers, and companies, are doing to prepare for this type of emergency event.

In Episode 6- Part 1, I spoke with Jessica Cole, MA, about we spoke about what a pandemic influenza is and its potential impacts.

Jessica Cole is the Senior Incident Specific Planner for the Office of Emergency Preparedness and Response (OEPR) at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). In this role, Mrs. Cole is responsible for the coordination of planning for a wide variety of possible threats, such as novel disease outbreaks and radiological incidents. Prior to this position, Mrs. Cole was the Agency’s Pandemic Influenza Coordinator. In this capacity, she was responsible for the planning and revision of the Agency’s pandemic plan. Prior to her positions in DOHMH, Mrs. Cole was an Adjunct Professor in emergency management, a pandemic planner for a major financial institution, risk management consultant, and pandemic program manager for a private medical services company in addition to working for 4 years as an investigator for NYC’s Department of Investigation. She received two Masters, one from the University of Chicago in Social Sciences and another from John Jay College with a special certification in terrorism studies. She attended Barnard College as an undergraduate.

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In episode 5, part 4, we spoke with Douglas Graham, CEO of Ideation Inc. He has developed a cryptocurrency for use by central banks and a framework that facilitates development of blockchain applications. In part 4, we spoke about the illicit uses of Blockchain technology, its features that would allow greater control if used as a national currency, and where it has been used or tested on a national level in the world.

Sponsored by the MS in ERM Program at Yeshiva University's Katz School- https://www.yu.edu/katz/programs/graduate/ms-risk

In episode 5, part 3, we spoke with Douglas Graham, CEO of Ideation Inc. He has developed a cryptocurrency for use by central banks and a framework that facilitates development of blockchain applications. In this part, we spoke about the risks and opportunities that Blockchain technology poses to the financial industry.

Sponsored by the MS in ERM Program at Yeshiva University's Katz School- https://www.yu.edu/katz/programs/graduate/ms-risk

In episode 5, part 2, we spoke with Douglas Graham, CEO of Ideation Inc. He has developed a cryptocurrency for use by central banks and a framework that facilitates development of blockchain applications. In this part, we spoke about additional applications of blockchain technology.

Sponsored by the MS in ERM Program at Yeshiva University's Katz School- https://www.yu.edu/katz/programs/graduate/ms-risk

In episode 5, part 1, we spoke with Douglas Graham, CEO of Ideation Inc., a company that is building an enterprise resource planning platform for managing and funding early stage innovation. He is an author of the book Ideation: The Birth and Death of Ideas, published by Wiley. He has developed a cryptocurrency for use by central banks and a framework that facilitates development of blockchain applications. We spoke about the basic mechanics of blockchain technology, its applications, and the risks and opportunities it poses. In part 1, we discussed how blockchain technology works and its most common use for the cryptocurrency, Bitcoin.

Sponsored by the MS in ERM Program at Yeshiva University's Katz School- https://www.yu.edu/katz/programs/graduate/ms-risk

In episode 4, part 4 of our extract from our webinar From Surviving to Thriving: How to Manage Crises and Create a Resilient Organization, we heard from Dr. Bernard Jones and Mark Chubb. Dr. Jones is the Founder of ThinkGRC, and Professor at Yeshiva University and Berkeley College, and lead speaker in the webinar. Mark Chubb is Chief Resilience Officer for ManitouNW LLC and a Senior Fire Protection Consultant with Telgian Cor. They discussed two examples of how Wal-mart demonstrated leadership factors in crisis situations, addressing previous negative perceptions, and how building organizational resilience can lead to greater competitive advantage.

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In episode 2, we continued our conversation with Dr. Bernie Jones, MBCI, CBCP, CORP, ITIL Founder of ThinkGRC, and Professor at Yeshiva University and Berkeley College. Dr. Jones is the lead researcher and speaker of our upcoming webinar: From Surviving to Thriving: How to Manage Crises and Create a Resilient Organization. We discuss how relationships and the tendency to work in silos factors into organizational resilience.

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Dancing with the Black Elephant (DWBE) is a podcast series focused on enterprise risk management and related topics, featuring the latest thinking in ERM and current practices.

In episode 1, we spoke with Dr. Bernie Jones, MBCI, CBCP, CORP, ITIL Founder of ThinkGRC, and Professor at Yeshiva University and Berkeley College. Dr. Jones is the lead researcher and speaker of our upcoming webinar: From Surviving to Thriving: How to Manage Crises and Create a Resilient Organization. We discuss how leadership is a critical factor contributing to organizational resilience.