BCM: Significant Insights from Practice w/ Kush Srivastava
Preparing for the Unexpected
Join me as I talk with recognized Business Continuity Management expert and co-author of "Business Continuity Management: Significant Insights from Practice", Kush Srivastava. During my chat with Kush, we touch on: How the book came to be and its purpose, Where leaders falter in implementing BCM and learning from history, Best practices in BCM, BCM tools and applications (the pros and cons) and understanding the drivers, Understanding what the role of a BCM professional needs to be (and the skills required), Management involvement in testing &...
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Connection, Culture, and Resilience w/ Dom Passalacqua
Preparing for the Unexpected
It's time for a new persepctive - taken from the past. I talk with business continuity and resilience expert, Dom Passalacqua. Dom gives a very new and fresh perspective on resilience by sharing some incredible stories of resilience from working with the First Nations of Australia. Dom touches on: 1. Connection (to country…which isn't quite what you think it might be...), 2. Culture (defining, understanding, respecting. Listening, well-being…), 3. Continuity, Resilience, and Wisdom (Problwms aren't always what they appear, Understand a person's tory, Insight,...
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Risks, Tools, BCP Plans, and Leadership Preparedness w/ Marie-Helene Primeau
Preparing for the Unexpected
Join me as I talk with globally recognized resilience & business continuity expert and co-founder of Premier Continuum, @Marie-Helene Primeau. We touch on a few topics during our talk: 1. Top risks and tools (research, channels, look at solutions, BCM risks...) 2. The role of Business Continuity Plans (BCP) (consequence-based, less focus on scenarios, dependency testing, improvement opportunities...) 3. The importance of preparedness and leadership (understanding how gaps in preparedness and response occur, get to know the leaders/sponsor expectations...)...and more! Don't miss...
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Vendor and Third-Party Risk Management w/ Daniela Parker
Preparing for the Unexpected
Join me Thursday, April 17/25, as I talk with respected resilience and risk management expert, keynote speaker, and executive, Daniela Parker. We discuss Vendor Risk Management and Third-Party Risk Management. During our talk we touch on: 1. Defining Vendor Risk Management and Third-Party Risk Management. 2. Evaluating vendors and partners. 3. Where and how, to get started. 4. Executives and their preferred vendors. 5. Capturing risks and mitigation activities. 6. Stakeholders (Project Management). 7. Complacency...
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ESG and Resilience w/ Harsha Sastry
Preparing for the Unexpected
Join me Thursday, April 10/25, as I talk with respected resilience, risk management, author, speaker, and ESG expert, Harsha Sastry. We discuss the topic of ESG and Resilience. During our talk we touch on: 1. Defining ESG (Environment, Society, Governance). 2. Defining resilience (it’s more than you think). 3. Discussing the “E” (environment) in ESG. 4. The financial environment. 5. Discussing the “S” (society) in ESG. 6. Employee training and development (Org leadership are missing out on this opportunity)....
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Third Party Risk Management w/ Daman Dev Sood
Preparing for the Unexpected
Join me once again as I speak with trainer, scholar, resilience professional, researcher, and author, Daman Dev Sood. In this episode we talk about his latest book "My Experiments with Third Party Risk Management" - a topic top of mind for many businesses. During this episode we touch on: 1. Defining 3rd Party Risk Management 2. What is a vendor? 3. Parameters of Risk (related to 3rd parties), 4. Regulation, guidelines, and mandates, 5. TPRM in Operational Resilience and Business Continuity Management, 6. Performing a 'Materiality Assessment' (and it's 5 step...
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Leaders Under Fire: Navigating Corporate Crisis w Jeff Chatterton
Preparing for the Unexpected
Join me Thursday, March 6, 2025 on the VoiceAmerica business channel, as I talk with crisis communications expert, speaker, and co-author of 'Leaders Under Fire: The CEO's Survival Guide to Navigating Corporate Crisis' Jeff Chatterton. During our talk on Crisis Communications we touch on such subjects as: 1. Telling stories, 2. Controlling the narrative, 3. Follow the steps, 4. Green light / red light communications, 5, The recipe for crisis communications, 6. Emotions and empathy, 7. "7 to 11 words" (you have to listen to know what that...
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PT1 - Crystal Ball Predictions for 2025 w/ Regina Phelps
Preparing for the Unexpected
Join me for Part 1 of my talk with multi-award winning and globally recognized Business Continuity and Crisis Management expert, Regina Phelps. Today Regina brings out her crytal ball to talk about what 2025 holds for BCM, Crisis, and Resilience professionals...all of us really. During our talk we touch on: 1. The current risk landscape (The Top 7 risks from the Global Economic Forum) 2. State-based conflicts, 3. Extreme weather events, 4. Goeconomics, 5. Misinformatino and disinformation, 6. Societal polarization, 7. Critical changes to "Earth...
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PT 2 - Crystal Ball Predictions for 2025 w/ Regina Phelps
Preparing for the Unexpected
Join me for Part 2 of my talk with multi-award winning and globally recognized Business Continuity and Crisis Management expert, Regina Phelps. Today Regina brings out her crytal ball to talk about what 2025 holds for BCM, Crisis, and Resilience professionals...all of us really. During our talk we touch on: 1. The next pandemic? (H5N1), 2. Common infections diseases surges, 3. Health & Human Services Impact Responses, 4. The homeowner insurance crisis, 5. Failing infrastructure, 6. Government instability...and more! I even share my thoughts from a Canadian perspective and how...
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Political Instability, Skill Gaps, and Mental Health w/ M Millett
Preparing for the Unexpected
Join me as I talk with award-winning and globally recognized business continuity and resilience expert, Margaret Millett. We talk about 3 key areas that are creating waves in the resilience industry, and Margaret doesn't hold back on her thoughts. We touch on: 1. Political instability and geopolitical risks, 2. Talk shortages and skills gap in the resilience profession, 3. Mental health in the resilience profession. Margaret once again shares some great insights into three very current and relevant topics. Don't miss what Margaret has to share. Enjoy!...
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