A Few Thoughts Re: Risk Assessment – Defining An “Acceptable Level” of Risk
Posted: April 11, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentAm pleased to have made the acquaintance of Joe Soltis of Soltis Consulting today. I recommend you follow his blog and engage in the concepts he introduces. Stimulating and value-added.
Technology at the wheel?
Posted: April 9, 2013 Filed under: business, business continuity, business management, emergency management, information systems, operational risk, technology | Tags: Business, CIO, disaster, Information technology, Small business, Start Up, technology Leave a commentThink again! So many companies these days think it’s a good idea to let technology get behind the wheel of business or business recovery. This is not going to move you forward. Business is about people and systems. If you happen to have a computer to help with one of those systems, fine, but don’t let that computer boss you around and don’t EVER start thinking that computer cares about you or your company. It doesn’t and it never will.
Likewise, there’s a strong trend to push business decisions on to the people who care for the computer. They are fantastic people and they help you get what you need. You may even get to feeling like they are indispensable because they are always saying things like, “We are working on that now”. Or they make your iPad work after you screamed at it and threatened to throw it out the window. Your tech team may be working miracles but they still can not run your business. Put them back in their car seat and get back to driving!