On February 6th, 2023, Turkey and Syria experienced a 7.8 magnitude earthquake, killing tens of thousands of people. It is a reminder to prepare ourselves for any disasters that could come our way.
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Crisis Management | Allan Bonner Communications Management Inc.
10 Jan
Auckland
Auckland’s Emergency Management Group Plan is a wake-up call for the rest of the world. In my study of 100 urban emergency plans from the top English-speaking cities in the world, none face up to lack of preparedness the way Auckland does. Auckland’s plan notes that only about 7% of its residents are prepared for
24 Dec
E V A C U A T I O N
Urban designers ignore ordinary people’s preferences. The evidence is the well-worn pedestrian path through vegetation. This shows how people actually want to use an urban space. There’s a term for “foot worn dirt paths scuffed across pristine grass” as noted in a recent Financial Times article entitled “World’s most impractical buildings?” These are called “desire
06 Dec
Avant la crise…
Parce que gérer une crise passe aussi par l’anticipation, je vous propose aujourd’hui quelques conseils simples afin de vous familiariser à l’exercice.
From internal security to checking your insurance to filling out forms – these are the areas that you or your business or organization should be thinking about in order to ensure your cyber security is intact and you are well-aware of following safe cyber practices. Internal Security Digital Liability Organizational Structures Response Systems Planning Ahead
L’organisation est l’une des clés lors de situations de crise. C’est pourquoi je vous propose un schéma simple mais efficace qui reprend les principaux pôles d’action à mettre en place en priorité.
The thoughtful cyber-consultant, evaluator, or internal manager has quite a bit of work to do—with little to no time to spare. There is also the added pressure from industry, government, and super-governments (EU, OECD, UN, etc.) to take action, especially in high need areas such as critical infrastructure, medicine, nuclear power, and such. There is
29 Mar
Radio Prep
Most often I ad lib on radio and TV or in newspaper interviews. But, in the back of my mind is former CBS TV anchor Walter Cronkite’s old quote that there’s no such thing as an ad lib. There might be a turn of a phrase you’ve never made in that exact way, but you
Interview of Allan Bonner on Sirius Radio about the COVID-19 Vaccine Roll Out
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An activity usually has a justification. In organizations a program, policy, or habitual way of doing things is often a result of patent letters, articles of association, board resolutions, heads of arrangement or some other enabling document or action that created the organization and gave it a mission. Missions sometimes are clarified or changed as
Sometimes sometimes a crisis can have an unexpected beginning. In the middle of the night, on the West Coast, the proverbial little old lady awoke in some discomfort. She grabbed for her familiar over-the-counter pain reliever. She fumbled with a few items on her night table, got some water, took the tablets and went back
Why is risk communication important when writing emergency plans?
Allan Bonner and commentator Robin Sears discuss the unique leadership challenges in this pandemic, how leadership sometimes falls short in meeting those challenges, and what leaders need to do going forward.
“Pandemics are a magnifying glass that sheds light on social conditions,” says May-Brith Ohman Nielsen, professor of history at the University of Agder in Norway. Pandemics lay bare the failures of a country’s organization and capacity that went unnoticed during uneventful times. Conflicting policies, staff vacancies, purchase orders for the wrong items, a lack of
Allan Bonner explores a concept proposed by Ulrich Beck: that politicians try to underwrite our safety. These days, they do this by political theatre and photo ops — like eating beef after the Mad Cow scare, or eating in Chinatown after SARS, H1N1 and now COVID-19. Should this be the priority?
There’s no disputing that the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted some flaws in our supply chains, what with the shortages from grocery stores to industrial components caused by the global travel shutdowns. In following such models as Just-In-Time production and outsourcing production overseas, we’ve prioritized efficiency and cost savings…but have we ignored a hidden cost? Allan
With the COVID-19 pandemic dominating our headlines and collective consciousness, it’s easy to forget some basic food safety that could potentially impact our health much more than the coronavirus. Allan Bonner takes Just a Minute to remind us of this important tip.
Allan Bonner talks about health, hygiene and cleanliness during the current COVID-19 scare: sometimes we just can’t avoid using public restrooms. So how do we protect ourselves? Allan gives us some tips — including some that we may not have heard or thought of.
How do we become overdue for a random event like a pandemic like novel coronavirus (COVID-19)? Once a pathogen emerges, how do modern societies give it new ways to flourish and spread? In this look back, Allan Bonner sits down with Dr. Ian Crandall and Maire Percy, Professor Emeritus, to discuss what the risks are,