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  • Should We Trust Institutions Like Facebook, Or Quit Them? – Forbes

    Should We Trust Institutions Like Facebook, Or Quit Them? – Forbes

    “Is it possible to trust the leaders of institutions like Facebook in this age of radical transparency? Facebook is hardly alone in facing public scandal over trust. We’ve seen a wave of recent scandals involving institutions that we trust with critical aspects of our lives and communications.” I write for Forbes on Facebook’s recent mishandling of… Read more

  • Japanese Resilience and Preparation in Advance of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics

    Japanese Resilience and Preparation in Advance of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics

    From floods in western Japan brought on by unusually torrential rain to earthquakes in both Osaka and Hokkaido to a record-setting heat wave, Japan has been hit by multiple natural disasters in 2018. This is not unusual, but climate change is making it worse. In their position on the Pacific Ring of Fire, the Japanese people… Read more

  • Integration of Risk Management in Private Sector Practices: Insights from the VI Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction

    Integration of Risk Management in Private Sector Practices: Insights from the VI Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction

    I am proud to have participated in the VI Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction for the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia hosted by United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR). It was the third high-level meeting of ministers and authorities on the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015 – 2030 in the… Read more

  • Building Resilience at the Caribbean-Central American Action Workshop

    Building Resilience at the Caribbean-Central American Action Workshop

    We all know how hard the 2017 hurricane season hit the Caribbean. We will not soon forget the devastation caused by a series of storms that just would not quit. And while it is hard to believe — and harder still to face — the 2018 hurricane season is upon us. Our communities need to… Read more

  • Gender Parity in BCM

    Gender Parity in BCM

    Presenting research that looks at the needs, interests and challenges of women in the field of business continuity management Read more

  • Closing the Protection Gap

    Closing the Protection Gap

    There are a lot of examples of heroism that came from the response to Hurricane Harvey. Nature has a way of reminding us that we are at its mercy. While we’ve made remarkable technological advances to guard ourselves, our businesses, and our complex supply chains against natural disasters, nature remains a formidable foe. Globalized markets… Read more