I spent a chunk of last weekend scrolling through risk management job vacancies, out of nothing more than professional nosiness (and a need to avoid 24/7 football). It’s not as if the confusion over what “risk” actually means was news to me — I’ve spent the best part of two decades watching it play out […]
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What the Sats Marking Crisis Tells Us About Third-Party Contract Handovers Every July, Year 6 pupils across England find out how they did in their Sats. This year, a lot of schools found out how their exam board did instead, and the answer wasn’t good. Pearson took over the £180 million Sats marking contract from
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In my experience, organisations that come to me for consultancy often share a similar story. They had a business continuity plan in place, sometimes one they had developed internally, sometimes one built by a previous consultant. Something went wrong, and nobody invoked it. Not because the disruption was trivial, but because nobody felt confident enough
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The five standards worth knowing about ISO Spaghetti: Why the Standards Landscape Is Confusing (and What to Do About It) I have lost count of the number of tender documents I have reviewed that specify ISO 22301 and ISO 27001 and ISO 31000, sometimes with ISO 22361 thrown in for good measure. Occasionally all four
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The latest CIR Magazine article, Black swan risks rise amid geopolitical strain, highlights a growing concern across the risk and resilience profession: the term “black swan” is being used so loosely that it is losing all meaning. According to the Allianz Risk Barometer, 69% of UK respondents identified a global internet outage as the country’s […]
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Why Log Keeping in an Emergency Response is critical: The Role of a Loggist Introduction In the fast-paced world of emergency response, where decisions must be made swiftly and under immense pressure, keeping an accurate log of events is a fundamental necessity. A loggist—the dedicated professional responsible for maintaining these records—plays a crucial role in […]
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Log keeping is a cornerstone of effective incident management, ensuring clarity, accountability, and a robust framework for decision-making. For incident management teams, where swift actions and accurate records can be critical, avoiding common log-keeping mistakes is essential. By fine-tuning this process, teams can enhance their effectiveness and ultimately improve the outcomes of any crisis or […]
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Queues, abandoned baggage and headline reports this weekend have shown that, following incidents in 2018, 2019 and 2022, Manchester Airport appears to have failed to learn lessons from previous power cuts and delays. Yesterday, chaos reigned after there ‘had been a “fault” with a cable on the airport’s site, which sent a surge of power […]
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Log-keeper training is a type of training that focuses on the development of skills related to logging and logging-related activities. It is designed to help individuals become proficient in the collection, management and analysis of log data. For the perspective of this blog, we are focussed on loggist training as part of a crisis management […]
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