On a wing and a prayer

On a wing and a prayer is how many businesses operate with fingers crossed that “it won’t happen to me.” The last decade has seen a rise in catastrophic natural disasters, terrorism threats and other devastating events such
as oil spills, hijackings, workplace accidents, war, etc.

To make matters worse, in 2008 we entered a global economic crisis that has flow on effects to all levels of business and government throughout the world and a pandemic was declared in June. How do we prepare ourselves and our business for these kinds of events?

It is imperative that we protect our business and critical operations. If we fail to prepare ourselves adequately we will pay the price. The possibility of an event with significant impact on business operations, system outage, devastation from cyclone, flood or fire, a fatality on site, or something that can damage our reputation is always upon us.

Crisis has been broadly defined as an escalating incident that poses a serious threat to the operation, viability or reputation of an organization (Pollock, 2002). All organisations can be impacted by crises.

Every business should have a crisis or emergency plan. It can save lives, company assets and your entire business.

With good planning your organisation can avoid some or all adverse impacts. If a crisis were to occur
today ask yourself, would you be ready? Have you planned for the worst?

For more information on crisis management or business continuity please visit our website www.adarnaconsulting.com.au

Samantha Ford
Managing Director
Adarna Consulting Pty Ltd