It's easy to understand and follow when it's advice that makes sense for your life. What if the same advice was given to your business? Some of the advice will invoke thoughts of "oh, that old chestnut" while the others will invoke thoughts of "does that really need to be said?" but once I make the connection, yes it does. "Look both ways before you cross the street." That's for safety. To see if the coast is clear. To know if you need to wait or, if danger is coming fast, yo

Goliath's Curse is about societal collapse...and like anything I consume in my personal life, I hear ties to business continuity loud and clear. Decision-Making The book talks about the wisdom of crowds and how the knowledge of many beats the few. The flipside is making bad decisions is typical in an oligarchy since they are after their own interest. Poor elite choices lead to inequality and vulnerability which results in a hindered response to disaster which leads to risk of

When thinking about the sale process, alternatives come up as a barrier to the sale, as in we have an alternative that does what you are selling. A false alternative to business continuity (I say "false" because it isn't an actual alternative) is insurance, as in I have it, so I don't need to do business continuity = wrong. To recap what I've already said many times before (prior to getting to the new information I'm sharing below), insurance doesn't eradicate the risk, it ju

I have some good news and some bad news. The good news: I read nerdy reports out of pure enjoyment so you don't have to. The bad news: when it comes to making the power grid more resilient, we're screwed. I often hear that the power grid is the biggest concern for potential clients. The key thing about critical infrastructure -- you know, one of the 16 sectors that the nation relies on for us to run as a country -- is you as a single business owner can't do anything about the