When given the option between success and failure, you would assume no one would pick failure. Kind of like Eddie Izzard's bit about cake...

JAWS was re-released in theaters this weekend for its 50th anniversary. Since it is one of my favorite movies, I went to see it on the big screen...and within the first 20 minutes I had multiple issues spotted for business continuity (no one here is shocked). Upon discovering a swimmer had been attacked by a shark, Chief Brody set out to close the beach. The mayor was NOT having it (and even called the medical examiner and had him swear he was wrong about the cause of death:

The object of poker is to make good decisions. Like business. It's winning over the long term with the best hand all the while losing as...

I'm not trying to trademark this concept, at all. But let's talk about how strategic planning is, at base, trying to divine the future....

Seismic shifts happen in various industries, even without tariffs entering the chat. It takes some expertise and reading tea leaves, but...

Pistachio nuts are all the rage right now. Lots of pistachio-flavored items for sale beyond the usual ice cream (see: matcha powder,...

I see business continuity everywhere. If it helps achieve a goal by making sure that the mission is accomplished, I see it as an act of...

I need to set the stage for what is, so it becomes what was. One of the biggest challenges for business continuity is leadership buy-in....

For a lot of business owners, knowing the quantitative impact to their bottom line is what can seal the deal in making strategic...

Succession planning can be problematic. Not just from a logistics standpoint, but also from just how integrated the out-going leader is...

I am not a fan of being constricted by anything, really. I'm also a fan of using what you already know but in a way you're not thinking...

This should not come as a surprise once I explain what I mean. The plan outlines the steps that will happen and the roles each person...

Guess what I'm not going to tell you. That you need to spend all of your money on business continuity. Why? You can throw thousands upon...

I've had two people who read my new book make a similar comment: it's already out of date because of what Trump is doing to federal...

Don't get me wrong - setting up a Go-Fund-Me if your business is located in an area that has just been hit by a disaster is great to help...

The last time I talked about cannibalization in a business sense was as a corporate lawyer. It's basically when, as a business, you...

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...

I've written before about the regulatory whiplash and the cluster of confusion and expense it creates for big manufacturing companies...

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...

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"...