The following news article provides an excellent introduction to the basic facts about coronavirus. Below are some important activities to consider when building your pandemic response plan.
From CBC News: Information about the coronavirus outbreak is spreading fast, but what do we actually know about the illness? CBC News medical contributor and family physician Dr. Peter Lin breaks down the facts about what it is, where it came from, how it spreads and what you can do to protect yourself. To read more: https://www.cbc.ca/1.5433625
How does the organization get started? While this is not an exhaustive listing, a basic Pandemic response plan should at least include the following considerations:
Containment Activities
Reducing risk of infected persons entering the workplace
Social Distancing
Environmental cleaning
Management Activities
Managing Fear
Communicate Sick Leave policy
Prevent Travel to infected areas
Maintain Essential Business Activities
Identification of core people and skills
Business Planning for absence
Contingencies for remote work
Alternate staffing and alternate work locations
For more detailed information about how to better prepare your organization with effective BC/DR Planning tools, or to schedule a tabletop exercise with our Certified Business Continuity Professionals, please contact us via:
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We at Paradigm Solutions International encourage you to sign up early and attend the DRJ Spring 2019 conference. The venue is located in Orlando, FL at the Disney Coronado Springs Resort from March 24th-27th, 2019.
The DRJ conference is a great opportunity to hear valuable presentations from keynote speakers, network with other organizations, attend workshops and view exhibits from the vendors.
Paradigm Solutions International encourages you to attend the 2018 Continuity Insights Management Continuity Insights New York Conference being presented in partnership with the Contingency Planning Exchange (CPE), on October 22, 2018 at the Wyndham New Yorker Hotel in the heart of New York City.
“This is the most diverse conference program we’ve ever had for New York,” said Robert Nakao, Executive Publisher of Continuity Insights. “Our goal is to provide education, networking, and the exchange of ideas and information to all business continuity professionals, from millennials to seasoned practitioners, regardless of the sophistication of their technology, industry, or company size.”
As part of out “Speaker’s Soapbox” series, Continuity Insights will be holding question and answer sessions with conference speakers. They will have a chance to discuss why they chose their topic and why it is important for business continuity professionals. We will be featuring these sessions in the CI Bulletin, as well as on the management conference web site.
Stephen Myers of Paradigm Solutions International will Present “Conducting an Effective Tabletop Exercise: A Step-by-Step Approach.” His interactive presentation will focus on embeding effective tabletop exercises into a business continuity program and how to counduct an impactfula and relevant exercise.
CI: Why did you select this topic to present?
SM: Along with routine operational challenges, each day organizations are exposed to a wide variety of threats including those from natural, technological, biological and human threats. These issues bring about a variety of challenges that could adversely affect corporate objectives. Remember, regardless of the operating environment, someone very important assumes you have this covered (i.e., customers, shareholders, regulators, board members).
The best defense against these threats is to develop a comprehensive testing process that exercises all elements of the global business continuity program. A proven process at the core of the testing program is the conduct of a tabletop exercise.
CI: How has this topic improved your BC program, your team or organization, and/or you professionally?
SM: We have used tabletop exercises to:
Improve understanding of requisite business recovery responses during a crisis event.
Identify opportunities for improvement of preparedness efforts among the teams/team plans.
Identify interdependencies among the business units and 3rd party service providers (critical work inflows and work outflows).
Increase awareness of business impacts resulting from uncontrollable events inside or outside the organization.
CI: What would you like the lesson learned and/or most valuable “takeaway” to be for those attending your session?
SM: When properly executed, tabletop exercises can lead to significant improvements in the global program.
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