In an earlier post this year, I talked about the importance of validating the Business Impact Analysis (BIA) results. In today’s post, I want to address the actual validation process. In small to medium-sized organizations, a Business Continuity Manager will have easier access to senior leaders in order to gain alignment on BIA results. If you …
Overcoming hurdles in workplace violence prevention programs
In my career, I’ve managed through several hurdles when leading workplace violence prevention programs. As both an in-house leader and as a consultant, I’ve constantly come across the same set of hurdles. For example, I often hear that “you are going to scare people when rolling out this program” or “threats like these are a …
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Bray Wheeler joins Bryghtpath
We’re excited to announce the addition of Bray Wheeler to the Bryghtpath LLC team! Bray joins us from Target Corporation where he most recently led the development of Target’s enterprise response management program. Bray spent fourteen years at Target where he worked in progressively responsible positions in assets protection, corporate security, crisis management, intelligence, and …
Top 12 Global Risks of 2018
At Bryghtpath, we spend a lot of time thinking about global risks, the uncertainty that they create, and how to best position strategies with our clients to help them weather the coming storm. As we approached 2018, we thought long and hard about what the next year may bring us in terms of challenges. The …
Determining the effectiveness of a workplace violence prevention program
You have recognized the necessity of creating a workplace violence program. You have gathered resources, created a workplace violence prevention policy, developed and trained a team and have developed a reporting process. But, it has been some time since you have evaluated how you are doing. Either you are trying to determine the effectiveness of …
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A look at women in Business Continuity
As a woman who has spent nearly her entire career in the field of Business Continuity – and now as a Business Continuity Consultant – I’ve always been interested in how few women have risen to executive positions in business continuity and related fields. A couple of studies around Women in Business Continuity Management (BCM) …
Why failing to validate your business impact analysis results is a huge mistake
You may have missed our Managing Uncertainty Podcast episode from December 26th on To BIA or Not to BIA, where my colleagues discuss the trend of not completing a Business Impact Analysis (BIA). This was a follow-up podcast to a previous episode of Managing Uncertainty that discussed the Traditional BIA. Both podcasts are great and really …
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How we work at Bryghtpath – Collaboration Tools
We’re often asked about how we work at Bryghtpath. Questions often range from “how did you get your business started?”, to “Do you have a contract template that you can share?”, and even “How did you get your website setup and designed?”. In this blog series, kicking off the new year, I hope to pull …