I thought I'd share something with you just to make you smile ... or take pity on me!
I had a meeting with my boss last week, and when I arrived, he was, as usual, on the phone. I tried to sneak in without disturbing him, but unfortunately I was not alone.
I had a pet carrier with me, and Russell and assumed, wrongly, that it was my adorable Border Terrier. At this moment, the passenger in the carrier decided to make herself heard, meaning I had to rush out of the office pronto!.
The project which launched just over 6 months ago is now due an review and update ... PDCA in practice ;)
This piece of work was so rewarding; working with a committee of like minded, and indeed "other-minded" folks to establish the core questions we need responses to from the supply chain, was fascinating.
It's been a busy few weeks at the Continuity Forum!
The new ISO22301 is with us and the Forum is busily putting our Webinars together, busily putting our breakfast briefings together, busily... You get the picture. Busy.
But that leads me to thinking about conversations this week. Everyone is fraught keeping up with the latest information, whether on standards or on other business developments. It's the 21st Century, and I can no longer avoid becoming a member of the Twitteratti, and have signed up not only to Twitter, but also to the idea of researching best Twitter/continuity practice.
In August 2011, Gayle Hedgecock was the guest speaker at BANG!
During an entertaining evening, she posed the question: "Just how many Continuity questionnaires must I fill in each year?"
In her case, it was scores of the things; others were lucky and had fewer to do, but it became clear that ALL the questionnaires were different, even though in reality they were asking the same questions. It was just that the questions were phrased slightly differently, or were in a different order. In some cases, they were asking questions that had little relevance to Continuity...
So, on the 16th August, a group of thirteen respected Continuity professionals got together to try to make life just a tiny bit easier and the 3PQ project was born!
BANG is a group of friendly business continuity professionals who physically get together once a month and share experiences all year round via our LinkedIn group.
Each time we get together, typically the last Wednesday of every month in the City, London, we invite a guest speaker to talk about a hot topic. Speakers include a wide variety of industry thought leaders from multiple business sectors. Whatever the subject, whatever the debate we like to push boundaries, challenge the unchallenged.
In August 2011, Gayle Hedgecock was the guest speaker at BANG! During an entertaining evening, she posed the question: "Just how many Continuity questionnaires must I fill in each year?"
In her case, it was scores of the things; others were lucky and had fewer to do, but it became clear that ALL the questionnaires were different, even though in reality they were asking the same questions. It was just that the questions were phrased slightly differently, or were in a different order. In some cases, they were asking questions that had little relevance to Continuity...
BANG is a group of friendly business continuity professionals who physically get together once a month and share experiences all year round via our 
