Author Archives: Editor

How might the future be different?  The value of Horizon Scanning.

Posted on February 22, 2015 by Editor

Horizon scanning is an essential capability in any progressive resilience programme.  It helps to answer the question whether the resources employed in support of the resilience programme have been allocated in a way proportionate to the current and potential threats … Continue reading →

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The case for strategic resilience

Posted on December 20, 2014 by Editor

While resilience has rightly jumped up management agendas in operational risk domains such as IT and supply chain, thereby building upon the foundations laid by business continuity and disaster recovery practices, there is still a sense that resilience needs to … Continue reading →

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Ten reasons why we should care about country risk

Posted on November 2, 2014 by Editor

A proactive approach to identifying, analysing and evaluating country risks is an essential element of horizon scanning and the wider resilience model; so for me there is something deeply unsatisfying about relying on an Internet search engine at a time … Continue reading →

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From top hat to hard hat: the enduring attraction of bow-tie analysis

Posted on October 19, 2014 by Editor

Having been exposed to some complex and rather user-unfriendly risk assessment techniques, it was a joy to behold the simplicity yet comprehensive nature of the bow-tie risk analysis technique.  The technique has been around for some time with origins attributed … Continue reading →

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Pandemic risk – underrated?

Posted on March 2, 2014 by Editor

Some risks seem to grab the headlines more than others; this doesn’t mean these other ones have gone away, of course.  I’ve just read through Aon’s research into what they term ‘underrated threats’.  While Aon make a distinction between insurable … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Resilience Trends for 2014

Posted on January 2, 2014 by Editor

It’s that time of year again when the urge to predict the future is only mildly tempered by the knowledge that much of what is predicted is based on things which are either already happening or are complete wild cards … Continue reading →

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