Preparing for the Next Major Disaster Takes a Backseat

Getting decision-makers in business or government to take proactive steps toward disaster readiness and resilience for their organizations can be a challenge.

See my Op-ed in the current edition of the Puget Sound Business Journal, Opinion: Twenty years after Y2K, preparing for the next major disaster takes a backseat

Hopefully, there will be maybe one (1) person/leader who takes this to heart and:

• Starts asking questions within their own organization about the level of readiness
• Networks with others who are peers to see what they and their organizations are doing
• Benchmarks their efforts to what other like organizations are doing
• Checks the budget to see what the dollar investment is going toward disaster resilience
• Asks the Risk Manager for their organization about insurance coverage and financial risks
• Inquires among his direct reports what their personal "business continuity" plans are detailing
• Reports on the organization's readiness to their board of directors

Any of the above would be positive steps forward.