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Dominic MonkhouseBusinesses That Understand This AI Shift Will Own The Next 3 YearsAre you still waiting for AI to “arrive”?My clients are hiring execs faster than ever using AI tools I helped them build.If you're still waiting — you're already behind.The gap between companies playing with AI and those strategically adopting it is already a chasm. And it’s about to get much, much wider.In this episode, I’m going to show you the AI Adoption Flywheel — the exact framework CEOs are using right now to turn AI experiments into real results, even when most of...
2026-01-1606 min
The BCPcastS4, Episode 7 - Crisis communications & cyberCrisis Comms isn’t just for cyber and cyber is much bigger than comms. But in the Venn diagram of Business Continuity topics, there’s a lot of overlap on these two.
2020-12-1626 minThe BCPcastS4, Episode 6 - Trust the process: planning & exercisingWhere should we focus our efforts for the best return? We’re looking at the nuts and bolts of Business Continuity: plans, planning, testing and exercising.
2020-11-2522 minThe BCPcastS4, Episode 5 - Working in Business ContinuityHow to break into the industry, Business Continuity degrees, the best industries to work in and how to improve welfare for BC professionals.
2020-11-0423 minThe BCPcastS4, Episode 4 - How to lead the crisisIn the second episode on Managing the crisis we’re talking about Crisis leadership. What makes a good leader, how to run the crisis and how to get better at it.
2020-10-1422 minThe BCPcastS4, Episode 3 - Managing the crisis – who’s in charge?Over the next two episodes, we’re looking at Managing the crisis. Who is the right person to lead your crisis response? The BC Manager or the CEO?
2020-10-0725 minThe BCPcastS4, Episode 2 - Business Continuity or Resilience?There’s been a shift in recent years away from “Business Continuity” to the more holistic “Resilience”. Is it just renaming and rebranding the same job or something more significant?
2020-09-1624 minThe BCPcastS4, Episode 1 - Out of the ShadowsThe theme of this season was meant to be “Business Continuity – out of the Shadows and into the Spotlight”. Our thinking was that over the last few years, cyber attacks, extreme weather, increased regulation and political uncertainty have shoved the BC profession to centre-stage.
At the start of 2020, that was a quite novel and we thought we might have to work to sell the idea.
Then COVID-19 happened.Now, we don't need to make the case for Business Continuity anymore.
Instead, we’re making Coronavirus and the greater attention on BC the theme of this first episode.
2020-08-2617 minThe BCPcastThe BCPcast Live - COVID - 19 ResponseCOVID-19 is the biggest continuity incident of our time.
So we gathered together some of our favourite Business Continuity Podcast guests to review and unpack the business response to Coronavirus.
2020-05-1345 min
The BCPcastS3, Episode 6 - How to have a successful Business Continuity careerHow do you start? What skills do you need to develop? What can you do to make yourself stand out? And what makes the job worthwhile?
2019-06-1922 min
The BCPcastS3, Episode 5 - Why good Supply Chain Management is in short supplyIt’s pretty frightening to think a separate business could bring about the end of your own. So does supply chain management get enough attention? If not, why? And how can we get better at it?
2019-05-3014 min
The BCPcastS3, Episode 4 - How to protect your reputationIt takes years to build a reputation and seconds to ruin it. How can a company keep its reputation intact when things start to unravel, especially when the public is watching?
2019-05-0918 min
The BCPcastS3, Episode 3 - What does good plan preparation and execution look like?Without due diligence and testing and iterating, a plan that looks pretty on paper can have ugly consequences in the real world. What are the best examples of plan preparation and execution?
2019-04-1121 min
The BCPcastS3, Episode 2 - How to tackle diversity in Business ContinuityThe call for greater diversity in people of different genders, race, sexual orientation and disability is dominating our conversations.
The Business Continuity profession is no different. How do we hire the best people, who may not fit the traditional types usually associated with Business Continuity?
2019-03-2030 min
The BCPcastS3, Episode 1 - How to make people care about Business ContinuityWhat are the best ways to engage people in Business Continuity?
Let’s be honest, it’s not something that fills most people with excitement. But a good or bad BC plan can make or break a company when things go wrong. How do you get people to think outside of their role and care about their employer’s resilience?
2019-02-2826 min
The BCPcastS2, Episode 8 - Tuba GursoyInspired by the stories we heard from Katherine Corbishley earlier in the season, we spoke to hospitality veteran Tuba Gursoy to find out what we can learn from someone working at the coal-face, in an industry where dealing with incidents and difficult situations is an everyday occurrence.
2018-06-0515 min
The BCPcastS2, Episode 7 - John RobinsonAnother returning favourite, John Robinson is a Business Continuity consultant and the Managing Director of Inoni. In this episode we look at the importance of the information flows in a crisis to determine escalation and guide decision making.
2018-04-2519 min
The BCPcastS2, Episode 6 - Katherine CorbishleyKatherine Corbishley is Business Continuity Supervisor at a large, global corporate law firm. We discuss her experience of dealing with power outages around the world and how prior experience in the hospitality industry has helped her as a continuity professional.
2018-04-1118 min
The BCPcastS2, Episode 5 - Richard BaleRichard Bale has had a storied career working for London Buses and major American banks in the city – as well as working for recovery providers on the supplier side. We talk about generator failures, terrorist incidents, hurricanes and what really constitutes a ‘crisis’.
2018-03-2824 min
The BCPcastS2, Episode 4 - Mel GoslingMel Gosling of Merrycon was another of our interviewees from season one. We invited him back to share recovery stories from his time as an IT Manager and the lessons he’s learned from running crisis exercises as a consultant.
2018-03-1423 min
The BCPcastS2, Episode 3 - Fiona DavidgeFiona Davidge is the Enterprise Risk Manager at the Wellcome Trust and this episode is a little different. We’re examining disruption and crisis management from another angle – the relationship between risk and business continuity functions.
2018-02-2823 min
The BCPcastS2, Episode 2 - Vicki GavinVicki Gavin is Head of Business Continuity for The Economist and is a returning contributor from season one. In this episode we discuss some of the major incidents she has handled and how to deal with the natural, human fight-or-flight response called ‘panic’.
2018-02-1429 min
The BCPcastS2, Episode 1 - Alastair LeeFor the first episode of the second season of The BCPcast our guest is Alastair Lee. Alastair is one of the few people we spoke to who took an academic route to business continuity, and he’s had a varied career as a result, including roles at Essex County Council, The Guardian and Virgin Media.
2018-01-2926 min
Business Connections Live - The UK's Leading Online Business TV ChannelCyber Security and the impact of GDPRCyber Security And The Impact Of GDPR On this edition of Business Connections Live Steve Hyland asks Mike Osborne, Executive Chairman of Databarracks and Linda Bazant, GDPR Specialist of LRB Consult Ltd about Cyber Security And The Impact Of GDPR This hot subject is on everybody’s lips. But how will it effect the day to day running of businesses and what size business will be affected by GDPR. How to protect your business and recovery from cyber threats – in simple, non technical language and your responsibilities to report a serious breach to the Information Comm...
2017-09-291h 09The BCPcastBCPcast Episode 6 - Box-tickersIn the 6th and final episode of series one of the BCPcast, we take a closer look at one of the areas that, to the uninitiated, often represents the more off-putting and complex aspects of continuity: compliance.
We examine how good BC and DR practices are connected to (and represented by) regulatory compliance, and consider the merits of different approaches and attitudes towards certification.
2017-01-2322 minThe BCPcastBCPcast Episode 5 - Total Meltdowns and the Emergency Planner's ParadoxEpisode 5 of the BCPcast investigates what happens when carefully laid, and well-rehearsed plans collide with reality. This one is about big disasters, their effects, and the positives, if any, that can come out of them.
We also confront the uncomfortable paradox that many emergency planners grapple with throughout their careers - that disasters are inherently unknowable, and no amount of planning or speculation can truly emulate the chaos of real disruption.
The result is an uncomfortable double bind: you hope the worst never happens, but it's the only time your plans truly get tested.
2016-11-1533 minThe BCPcastBCPcast Episode 4 - Plans are useless, planning is everythingIn the fourth episode of the BCPcast, we’re going to look at the point at which business continuity and disaster recovery stop existing as ideas and start to take shape as actions, as we examine the very practical process of planning for the worst, and the testing that ensures those plans work.
How should you structure planning sessions? Who should you invite? And what obstacles and outcomes can you expect?
2016-10-2634 minThe BCPcastBCPcast Episode 3 - We're All Human, We're All VulnerableIn episode 3 of the BCPcast, we take a look at a comparatively new source of risk that has landed in the lap of many already-overworked continuity professionals: cyber.
Cyber-crime is a multi-billion dollar industry, and it’s evolving at a staggering pace. Highly regimented criminal organisations are employing talented technical professionals to access and exploit privileged systems and data, whilst isolated threat actors enjoy easy access to sophisticated malware that’s affordable and easy-to-use.
In this episode we talk to continuity professionals and a cyber intelligence expert to look at some non-traditional planning exercises and education programmes that can help to i...
2016-08-1828 minThe BCPcastBCPcast Episode 2 - Terrorists And SupermodelsIn the second episode of the BCPcast we turn the tables, and examine why BC and DR have a reputation for being difficult and expensive among so many organisations.
We examine the visceral emotional reaction that disruptive events can ellicit, and consider the etymological implications of dealing in areas like "disaster". We interrogate the disparity between anticipated consequences and eventual reality, why fear-based selling puts people off, and why the London Risk Register provides a baseline of continuity to all organisations, wherever they reside.
2016-07-0520 min
Cloud InsidersDon't Panic! - The Cloud Insiders Guide to Business ContinuityPeter Groucutt of Databarracks and Peter Grant from Xtravirt talk risk, cost of downtime and the rewards inherent in good planning. Join us for an interesting discussion regarding business continuity and disaster recovery in a web-scaled, cloud-based world. Our guests Peter Groucutt, MD of Databarracks and Peter Grant, CTO of Xtravirt, discuss the types of risk organisations need to be aware of, the value of analysing each and the role cloud-based services play in Disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS). The discussion includes the changing nature of risk, the emergence of cyber crime and how organisations both...
2016-06-2900 minThe BCPcastBCPcast Episode 1 - An Aptitude For DisasterIn the first episode of the Business Continuity Podcast, we meet the people who keep some of the largest organisations in the UK running throughout disruption, and ask the question: what makes someone good in a disaster? And why are certain people attracted to situations where everything goes wrong?
We also cover the first of our resilience quick fixes: What is one thing you could do tomorrow that would improve your ability to withstand and recover from major disruption?
For more information, get in touch at info@thebcpcast.com, or go to www.thebcpcast.com
2016-05-1717 min
The BCPcastThe Business Continuity Podcast – PreviewEver wondered how suet pudding could bring one of the UK’s busiest trading floors to a grinding halt? Or why there used to be a caterpillar in the London Risk Register?
The business continuity podcast is a straightforward, jargon-free discussion with people who deal with disasters for a living.
We delve into the exercises and methodologies that keep organisations like The Economist, Fujitsu and the London Fire Brigade secure and resilient, and explore just how much continuity planning goes into something like the London 2012 Olympics.
Listen to the Business Continuity Podcast trailer below, and check back in the coming we...
2016-04-2801 min