Preparing for the Unexpected
Preparing for the Unexpected is about how people, organizations and communities plan, prepare, test, communicate and respond to sudden unplanned events such as natural and manmade disasters and crises. The show is for everyone who wants an understanding of how plans are created for individuals, organizations and communities and for anyone who wants to know what they can do in their own lives to help protect themselves from unexpected events. There is a myth that disasters happen to others but in reality, they happen to everyone. It's just a matter of when and how well-prepared you are. The greater the level of awareness, communication and knowledge, the quicker one bounces back from adversity. The overall aim of Preparing for the Unexpected is to reduce the suffering, effects and impacts caused as a result of disasters and unexpected life events by increasing knowledge and awareness of Operational Resilience, Business Contingency, Disaster Planning, Crisis Management, and related activities.
Episodes
Join me Thursday, April 17/25, as I talk with respected resilience and risk management expert, keynote speaker, and executive, Daniela Parker. We discuss Vendor Risk Management and Third-Party Risk Management.
During our talk we touch on:
1. Defining Vendor Risk Management and Third-Party Risk Management.
2. Evaluating vendors and partners.
3. Where and how, to get started.
4. Executives and their preferred vendors.
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Join me Thursday, April 10/25, as I talk with respected resilience, risk management, author, speaker, and ESG expert, Harsha Sastry. We discuss the topic of ESG and Resilience.
During our talk we touch on:
1. Defining ESG (Environment, Society, Governance).
2. Defining resilience (it's more than you think).
3. Discussing the "E" (environment) in ESG.
4. The financial environment.
5. Discussing the "S" (society) in ESG...
Join me once again as I speak with trainer, scholar, resilience professional, researcher, and author, Daman Dev Sood. In this episode we talk about his latest book "My Experiments with Third Party Risk Management" - a topic top of mind for many businesses.
During this episode we touch on:
1. Defining 3rd Party Risk Management
2. What is a vendor?
3. Parameters of Risk (related to 3rd parties),
4. Regulation, guidelines, and mand...
Join me Thursday, March 6, 2025 on the VoiceAmerica business channel, as I talk with crisis communications expert, speaker, and co-author of 'Leaders Under Fire: The CEO's Survival Guide to Navigating Corporate Crisis' Jeff Chatterton.
During our talk on Crisis Communications we touch on such subjects as:
1. Telling stories,
2. Controlling the narrative,
3. Follow the steps,
4. Green light / red light communications,
5, The r...
Join me for Part 2 of my talk with multi-award winning and globally recognized Business Continuity and Crisis Management expert, Regina Phelps. Today Regina brings out her crytal ball to talk about what 2025 holds for BCM, Crisis, and Resilience professionals...all of us really.
During our talk we touch on:
1. The next pandemic? (H5N1),
2. Common infections diseases surges,
3. Health & Human Services Impact Responses,
4. The homeo...
Join me for Part 1 of my talk with multi-award winning and globally recognized Business Continuity and Crisis Management expert, Regina Phelps. Today Regina brings out her crytal ball to talk about what 2025 holds for BCM, Crisis, and Resilience professionals...all of us really.
During our talk we touch on:
1. The current risk landscape (The Top 7 risks from the Global Economic Forum)
2. State-based conflicts,
3. Extreme weather ...
Join me as I talk with award-winning and globally recognized business continuity and resilience expert, Margaret Millett. We talk about 3 key areas that are creating waves in the resilience industry, and Margaret doesn't hold back on her thoughts.
We touch on:
1. Political instability and geopolitical risks,
2. Talk shortages and skills gap in the resilience profession,
3. Mental health in the resilience profession.
Margaret...
Join me Thursday, February 13, 2025 on the VoiceAmerica Business Channel, as I talk with top-ranked communications professional, author, and an award-winning journalist, Sean Mallen, as we talk about Crisis Communications.
During our discussion we touch on:
1. Crisis Management vs Crisis Communications,
2. Reputation,
3. Empathy,
4. Transparency,
5. Responsibility,
6. Social Media impacts,
7. A 'rapid response',
8. S...
Join me, as I talk with author, international speaker, and 9/22 survivor, Michael Hingson. It's an inspirational discussion about such topics as:
1. Surviving 9/11,
2. Staying calm and controlling fear,
3. Misperceptions about disabilities,
4. Operating with prejudice,
5. Guide dogs and Michael's new book "Live Like a Guide Dog",
6. Trust,
7. People and adversity,
8. Resilience,
9. The human-animal bond,
10. You...
Join me as I talk with speaker, author, and confidence builder, Anne Bonney as we talk about Burnout, and how it impacts us in our personal and professional lives.
During our talk we touch on such subjects as:
1. Defining burnout,
2. The 5 factors of burnout,
3. Predictability,
4. Control,
5. Seeing progress,
6. Having an outlet,
7. Social support,
8. Self-efficacy,
9. Identifying stresso...
Join me as I talk with longtime experienced Innovative Resilience & Business Continuity Leader, David Young, as we talk about Presenting Risks for Competitive Advantage, Metrics Driven Risk Assessments, and using Artificial Intelligence to help foster resilience.
During our extensive chat we touch on:
1. The Kinds of risks for competitive advantage,
2. Presenting risks to executives and clients,
3. Moving beyond the usual ri...
Join me as I talk with speaker, author, and confidence builder, Anne Bonney as we talk about Confident Resilience, and how we can build ourselves up to help us in our personal and professional lives.
During our talk we touch on such subjects as:
1. Defining Resilience as Mental Toughness (or Confident Resilience),
2. Physiology,
3. Emption energy and awareness,
4. Our 'outlets',
5. Confidence & hindrances,
6. Characteri...
Join me as I talk with recognized Business Continuity & Resilience industry thought leader, Shane Mathew. We talk about the nuances of decision-making during a crisis, but also how we prepare our Crisis Team members and decision-makers before a crisis occurs.
1. The importance of good decision-making,
2. How the Chernobyl disaster triggered the conversation of decision-making,
3. Fear and decisions,
4. The 'Netflix Dilemma'...
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