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"...

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...

I was reading an article in a local Asheville paper recently that was a roundup of a city meeting regarding zoning of the floodplains....

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...

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...

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...

Not business continuity being in the news...but of course no one is calling it business continuity (although that's what it is). I...

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...

Part of business continuity is figuring out what your most important processes are for operations - to keep things running, even at a...

I have some stories of just harsh truth, paths ahead, and amazing hope in this blog entry. The reality for many Asheville-area...

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...

If you haven't been paying attention, I live in Asheville, NC. Business continuity is difficult after a catostrophic event has occurred...

I talk a lot about how small businesses and their survival are key components to community resilience. It can be from just tax purposes...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...