Should we still have our Crisis Management team activated? It depends. That answer might not be the one you were hoping for, but each organisation is different and as such, you need to adapt to your unique situation. In general, we advise clients, if you have a capable team overseeing the ongoing day-to-day pandemic management […]
Were business continuity procedures sufficient for the pandemic?
Each year business continuity leaders and crisis teams come together to execute what can only be described as their worst day. Extracted from their day jobs these individuals, at the mercy of their risk teams, are presented with a real threat that they then must manoeuvre under realistic conditions to a positive strategic outcome. New […]
Workshop: Managing Disruptions in 2021 & Beyond
Managing Disruptions in 2021 & Beyond In April 2021, RiskLogic sat down to discuss key lessons, managing disruptions and case studies out of 2020 and throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. For the first time perhaps in organisational history, we’re experiencing the longest form of disruption. What are the lessons and evolving characteristics of Business Continuity that […]
Pandemic management plan: COVID-19 impact on residential aged care
While Residential Aged Care facilities have dealt with outbreaks before, none were quite as challenging as COVID-19. With the realisation that an existing pandemic management plan was unable to tackle the specific challenges and impacts of this new coronavirus, many are in search of tools to collate and designate critical actions to prepare for and […]
What are the issues as we move into the management phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic?
As the COVID-19 curve flattens across Australia and New Zealand, and organisations prepare to resume business in this ‘new-normal’, RiskLogic’s CEO Dan Shields talks to what it actually means for organisations to manage through this new normal, and discusses the new issues that we are already facing. COVID-19 started light in Australia and New Zealand, […]
Has the COVID-19 Pandemic demonstrated we must be ready for anything?
There is a lot of debate nationally and globally, around the state of crisis preparedness, planning and execution of responses, to what is now being referred to as a mega-crisis. Never has a single crisis resulted in such devastating impacts across all facets of our physical, social, economic and political environments. We talk about business […]
COVID-19: Repatriating and working with international staff
As coronavirus cases surge around the globe, the Australian Government has increased restrictions for travellers entering Australia, either denying entry or mandating a 14-day self-isolation period. Additionally, the global travel advisory has been raised to level 4 ‘Do Not Travel’ in the hopes of discouraging all international travel. In an unprecedented action, the Minister for […]
Novel Coronavirus: when should your crisis management team be activated
COVID-19 (novel coronavirus): when should your crisis management team be activated 31st January 2020 In light of the WHO declaring COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, RiskLogic’s Regional Manager – Simon Petie talks to what organisations can do to mitigate the impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak. In summary: Work on […]
OUTBREAK Response: A Trigger for Business Continuity
23rd January 2020, Dr Rebecca Hoile The 2019 novel Coronavirus (or 2019-nCOV) – first detected in Wuhan, China in December, has quickly spread globally with reports of suspected cases of coronavirus in Australia, US and the Philippines. The same province in China saw the origins of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), and is a region […]
Crisis Management in Tourism – When Tragedy Strikes
22nd January 2020 – Contributors: Briony Morgan, Senior Manager and Jessica Petersen, Manager. The tourism industry has experienced exponential increase in global travel in recent decades, but with this comes new challenges. Organisations conducting travel, such as travel companies, schools or universities, are facing growing pressures to efficiently manage natural disasters or man-made catastrophes around […]