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Erika Andresen
12 minutes ago3 min read
Why - as a Business - You Need FEMA
There is a lot of talk about "getting rid" of FEMA. That's a dog that's been walked back before (in the early 90s), and it will be walked...
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Erika Andresen
Jan 203 min read
TikTok Ban and Business Continuity
I've written before about the regulatory whiplash and the cluster of confusion and expense it creates for big manufacturing companies...
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Erika Andresen
Jan 133 min read
Misinformation Leads to Misdirected Anger
2025 continues its jump-out-the-gate-with-tragedy start. If you're a business, knowing how things work will help you in your response and...
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Erika Andresen
Jan 63 min read
"Good Enough" Ain't
This is both the first blog of 2025 and the first since I took my holiday break to write my second book. I am writing about "good enough"...
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Erika Andresen
Dec 16, 20241 min read
Continuity in Christmas!
Pretty much every Christmas movie has business continuity in it. Santa sick? Mrs. Claus steps in. Can't fly the sleigh because the fog is...
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Erika Andresen
Dec 9, 20242 min read
Recovery is not Resilience
I was reading an article in a local Asheville paper recently that was a roundup of a city meeting regarding zoning of the floodplains....
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Erika Andresen
Dec 2, 20242 min read
The Downside of a "New" Normal
Things are meant to change - for better or worse - as part of evolution and life. I've said after a disaster or disruption, the final...
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Erika Andresen
Nov 25, 20242 min read
Your Current Mistake Started 7 Decisions Ago
That was advice given to me in a sitdown with a Colonel when I was about to graduate JAG School. His point was that most bad things could...
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Erika Andresen
Nov 18, 20242 min read
If You Aren't Experienced, You Waste Time
This is just a fact. I'm not ashamed to admit I almost never eat fast food. The last time I had Wendy's was 2015 and I can't say when...
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Erika Andresen
Nov 11, 20242 min read
The Agony of Post-Election Business Continuity
Not business continuity being in the news...but of course no one is calling it business continuity (although that's what it is). I...
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Erika Andresen
Nov 4, 20243 min read
Annual Known Disruptions
Disruptions don't always have to come in the form of a surprise. Annual events - as in on this day every year X happens - can be either a...
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Erika Andresen
Oct 28, 20242 min read
Valuing Your Assets Appropriately
Part of business continuity is figuring out what your most important processes are for operations - to keep things running, even at a...
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Erika Andresen
Oct 21, 20243 min read
How Restaurants Survive No Utilities
I have some stories of just harsh truth, paths ahead, and amazing hope in this blog entry. The reality for many Asheville-area...
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Erika Andresen
Oct 14, 20243 min read
"They Didn't Tell Me!" - Why You Need an Expert to Survive Helene
I am continuing with my experience surviving Helene in Asheville, NC. I didn't think there was anything I could have done to help the...
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Erika Andresen
Oct 7, 20242 min read
Hope for Businesses After a Disaster: Asheville and World Central Kitchen
If you haven't been paying attention, I live in Asheville, NC. Business continuity is difficult after a catostrophic event has occurred...
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Erika Andresen
Sep 23, 20242 min read
Why Small Business Survival IS important
I talk a lot about how small businesses and their survival are key components to community resilience. It can be from just tax purposes...
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Erika Andresen
Sep 16, 20242 min read
Win or Learn
Win or Lose? Nay. Win or Learn. I say it a lot – it’s never too late to learn what you wish you knew earlier (it’s even on the back cover...
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Erika Andresen
Sep 9, 20242 min read
Regulatory Compliance - The Right Amount (?)
What are regulations? Do they have the same standing and effect as a law? What does it really mean to comply or not? What does compliance...
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Erika Andresen
Aug 26, 20242 min read
How Down? Shortcomings of Exercises
I had a leader regale me with his management style regarding when employees came in to complain. Them: “I’m mad!” Him: “I get that you’re...
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Erika Andresen
Aug 19, 20242 min read
An extreme analogy of failing to do business continuity
I’m going to give you an example of something you are glad – very glad – failed. And tell you why it failed. Spoiler alert: it’s the same...
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