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“No, *I* Want to Do It!” – Why You Can’t Have a Child Mentality in Business
You know how young kids stubbornly insist on doing something themselves even though it will take longer, not be done as well, or just...
Erika Andresen
Feb 19, 20242 min read


Business Continuity via Love (Served Two Ways)
Valentine’s Day week has a theme: love. And business continuity. I often speak about how and why business continuity is important to a...
Erika Andresen
Feb 12, 20243 min read


(Taylor) Swift Thinking vs Slower Advanced Thinking
This is the headline: Taylor Swift’s Chiefs-themed ring brings thousands of orders to Kansas City small business. In manufacturing there...
Erika Andresen
Feb 4, 20242 min read


Hot Mess in Big Names
There is a reason you cannot rely exclusively on third party providers (3PP) for your business being operational continuously. 3PPs are...
Erika Andresen
Jan 29, 20242 min read


Communication is a Human Driven Task and Thusly Vulnerable
I like to tell people the first thing to go in a disaster is your phone. Communications get interrupted very quickly and easily. But I...
Erika Andresen
Jan 21, 20242 min read


Outside the Box (and Season) Thinking
I’ve talked about seismic shifts in industries before. If your business relies heavily on the weather or climate to be successful, you...
Erika Andresen
Jan 15, 20242 min read


Business Continuity cares when you personally don’t
Business Continuity is designed to ferret out the issues you are not thinking about in your business. Systems, processes, physical...
Erika Andresen
Jan 7, 20242 min read


Public-Private Redefined, or, "Moo"
Remember the Friends episode where Joey says “It’s all a moo point.”? Then Rachel says, “A moo point?” He responds, “Yeah, like a cow’s...
Erika Andresen
Jan 1, 20242 min read


Business Continuity is a Gift
There are a lot of professions that are gifts to the world. Doctors, nurses, first responders, scientists who create things, researchers...
Erika Andresen
Dec 17, 20232 min read


Hero’s, not the Fool’s, Journey
I’ve never hid the fact I’m what some regard as woo-woo. It’s time the woo-woo presents itself as a parallel to business ownership and...
Erika Andresen
Dec 10, 20232 min read


They're Called Growing "Pains" For a Reason
Business continuity is generally understood to prepare businesses for two things: disasters and disruptions. Disasters are defaulted to...
Erika Andresen
Dec 3, 20232 min read


Devil in the Details: Knowing Too Much About Travel
Bah, there is no such thing as knowing too much information about travel. As an invited in-person speaker, I need to “business...
Erika Andresen
Nov 26, 20233 min read


You want "sexy"?
It’s not sexy. It’s got to get done. And you are so proud of yourself and feel accomplished afterwards. What is it? Adulting. You get to...
Erika Andresen
Nov 19, 20232 min read


Ewww, Legal. No, no! You want to hear this!
Ugh. Lawyers. I was invited to write a journal article about the legal issues of business continuity for the Journal of Business...
Erika Andresen
Nov 12, 20232 min read


You Already Know What You Know (If You're a Veteran)
Last week was national Veteran Owned Small Business Week! This week has Veteran's Day. I'm a veteran so I am choosing to focus on...
Erika Andresen
Nov 5, 20232 min read


We must, we must, we must be robust!!
As the sun sets on 2023's National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, I want to offer a last bit of advice by asking a question: What is the...
Erika Andresen
Oct 29, 20232 min read


Using 1995 Movies to Demonstrate Today’s Cybersecurity
1995 saw a series of films come out about the internet, hacking, and cybersecurity. We don’t really get that in film right now. Why? It...
Erika Andresen
Oct 22, 20233 min read


The Question isn't "Are IT and Cyber different?" - It's "How are IT and Cyber different?"
It would be natural to assume that the IT department does cybersecurity. Both deal with computers, right? When I was a corporate lawyer,...
Erika Andresen
Oct 15, 20233 min read


Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Ransomware
It seems like it should always be cyber awareness month as it is truly a year-round concern. Kind of like Valentines Day is supposed to...
Erika Andresen
Oct 8, 20233 min read


Who is NIST? (psst, they aren’t just for cyber!)
The National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) “aims to enhance economic security through collaboration between industry and...
Erika Andresen
Oct 2, 20232 min read
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