It is very difficult to “un-scare” people, and fear can be as contagious as any disease. Right now, the monkeypox outbreak is bad and getting worse. It represents an unprecedented spread of this disease. At last count, the U.S. has identified 6,617 confirmed monkeypox cases, and at least 85 other countries
Subject Matter Experts
Speak Up or Shut Up? The Great Communication Conundrum
National Weather Disasters Are Becoming More Prevalent and Severe… and Help Is not Necessarily on the Way
Customer Insights: The Importance of Safety and Preparedness
By Michelle Cassidy and Kurt Blomdahl, Fusion Risk Management: As highly impactful events continue to plague the world, risk and resilience professionals are tasked with planning for and responding to these significant events. Currently, many of us are responding to multiple events at one time. These events are ever changing, and
Emergency Return to Work During COVID
By Ashley Goosman, Disaster Empire: Returning employees to offices during COVID. Emergency return to work during COVID is a challenging proposition. Many of you shared having employees working in offices throughout the pandemic. For the most part, the employees and contractors accessing offices are considered essential employees that need to continue
The Importance of Incident Response Training for First Responders
By Charlie Maclean-Bristol, FBCI FEPS: In this article, Charlie Maclean-Bristol, FBCI FEPS, author of the new book, Business Continuity Exercises: Quick Exercises to Validate Your Plan, discusses why incident responders are important to have within your company and the benefits of training them to a high standard. This article was originally published
The Post Pandemic Workforce
By Lynnda Nelson, President at ICOR: As organizations reimagine the post pandemic organization, the impact of how the workforce returns to work and determining when remote work "works" and when it doesn't, is top of mind. In this blog we will discuss the positive and negative aspects of remote working and factors
A Case for Business Continuity Managed Services
By Bob Farkas, Virtual Corporation: Fifty-one percent of organizations surveyed by Mercer Consulting were caught without business continuity plans when the current COVID pandemic erupted. Moreover, other surveys revealed the potentiality and impact of a pandemic were virtually ignored. Low priority and insufficient investment in business continuity continue to jeopardize the
Healthcare Workers Continue to Deal With Workplace Violence
By Oscar Villanueva, Managing Director of Security Services & Crisis Preparedness, R3 Continuum: Tips for Workplace Violence Prevention in Healthcare. Workplace violence in healthcare settings has been an issue for some time. Threats of violence against doctors, nurses, and other medical personnel can come from irate patients or family, from co-workers
