Agile Business Continuity

I’ve noticed an increase in the use of terms such as agile and adaptability in the mainstream marketing materials of the usual suspects. I don’t doubt their sincerity but I suspect they are using the wrong shorthand. If you are an executive then the very last thing you want is an agile business. A business [...]

I love the TED talks, or at the very least the idea of the TED talks. Some speakers can be rather more inspiring than others. I still have a number of talks to watch but felt moved to point out a recent talk by science writer Malcolm Gladwell.

I thought I would spend a little time discussing an aspect of dependency modelling theory. I have spent that last couple of weeks working with a client on modelling their business for business continuity purposes. There was a great deal of discussion regarding how to model dependencies within the organisation (internal dependency). We use a [...]

I recommend the book The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb to anyone with an interest in risk management. Not only is it a thoroughly good read it has a solid smattering of mathematics for those of us who like that sort of thing.