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Erika Andresen
4 days ago2 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 22 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 252 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 182 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 112 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 43 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 282 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 213 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 143 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 72 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 232 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 162 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 92 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 262 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 192 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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Erika Andresen
Aug 123 min read
The Blessing and Curse of the Business Survival Pivot
Starbucks is having a problem with changing too much for the times. They were a coffee shop where they wanted people to go to spend time...
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Erika Andresen
Aug 52 min read
All Eyes Are on YOU: Business Continuity on the Global Stage
We know that I specialize in the small business space when it comes to business continuity. A lot of the time the business owners I meet...
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Erika Andresen
Jul 292 min read
Smaller Aspects of Succession Planning
I’ve been on a succession planning panel. The other panelists were a HR specialist and an M&A advisor. When – last in the sequence –...
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Erika Andresen
Jul 222 min read
Hurts So Good: Why Exercises Are Important
2400 years ago, Aristotle wrote: “for the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.” He was talking about...
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Erika Andresen
Jul 152 min read
Bias Requires Crisis Communication
This is coincidentally timed as I plan my topics out weeks in advance. I was teaching my Emergency Management graduate students about...
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