Organisational Resilience

Economic crises and consumer trends are just a couple of the pitfalls that can dramatically affect the way in which a given organisation does business and survives. As Mike Bluestone duly observes, resilience is the key for any business wanting to thrive in an ever-changing…

There are a number of external factors that can significantly impact a business of any size, especially for employees travelling to and from work and to customer meetings, states Klaus Allion. From extreme weather conditions, train strikes and industrial action through to road delays and…

BSI, the business standards and improvement company, has announced its results for the year ended 31 December 2017.  Global revenue has risen for the eighteenth year in a row to £473 million, representing an increase of 18%, while underlying operating profit has grown by 19%…

Buckinghamshire New University academic Louisa Berry will be speaking about the importance of making an organisation resilient at the next Breakfast Briefing to be held at University Campus Aylesbury Vale on Friday 23 February. Berry is course leader for the MSc in Organisational Resilience at…

With ISO 22316:2017 Security and Resilience – Organisational Resilience – Principles and Attributes now upon us, John Robinson decided to apply his own test – focused on Brexit – in a bid to ascertain what’s of value in this document for security, risk and resilience…

Protecting reputation tops business leaders’ list of priorities ahead of financial achievements and business leadership. That’s according to the world’s first benchmarking study of Organisational Resilience published by the British Standards Institution (BSI). The study finds that reputation is seen as the most important element in…

Business standards company the British Standards Institution (BSI) has announced its results for the year ending 31 December 2016. Record global revenue of £401.8 million (representing a rise of 21%) was achieved despite increasing levels of economic, political and social uncertainty in global markets. Underlying operating…

BSI, the business standards company, has boosted its newly-created cyber security and information resilience business stream with global membership of CREST, the organisation that spearheads the highest possible levels of security testing standards. In achieving this status, BSI now joins an elite group of seven organisations*…

Given all of today’s current and recurrent issues, are we able to realistically plan to protect ourselves against the possibilities and realities of security risk? Is it in fact realistic in any way to think that we can effectively protect or otherwise prevent our organisational…

Major risks and threats will always exist, and plans must be in place to address them. However, the ability to maintain and manage the fundamentals and ongoing operational activities – and the minor risks to them – often becomes more important on a day-to-day and…