Before delving into the structure of a crisis management plan, I will share an example of a previous case, in order to put the importance of a crisis management plan into perspective. United Airline 2017 Crisis In early 2017, social media erupted with the news that United barred two teenage…
More businesses are harnessing the power of projects to drive social and economic benefits. Standards get practical about the future of work. In an ideal world, a project economy is where people are empowered to have the skills and capabilities needed to turn ideas into a reality. It’s a phenomenon…
DARQ, a term coined by the business consultancy Accenture, stands for Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Extended Reality (XR), and Quantum Computing (QC). It represents a new group of powerful and emerging technologies that when combined and boosted by the evolving telecommunications’ technologies (5G/6G), will leverage the development…
To be strong, resilient and fit for the future, MSMEs are encouraged to uphold the highest standards. Standards are not only for the minority of businesses with thousands of employees. According to the World Bank, micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) make up over 90 % of all companies and account…
Organizations continually face internal and external factors that contribute to the uncertainty of whether, when and the extent to which they will achieve their business or project objectives. These unexpected, harmful events and other disruptions can lead to huge losses to organizations. The need for organizations to be well-equipped to…
Smart farming expert Angela Schuster reveals some of the ways that digitalization is transforming agriculture and helping feed the planet. One of the goals of smart farming is to make better use of the land and improve yields as a first step in solving world hunger, but what other advantages…
From farm to fork, how safe is your food? On World Food Safety Day, ISO is taking a significant step on the path to ensuring that access to safer, nutritious food benefits all – people and planet. Safer food, better health. This is the theme of World Food Safety Day…
Kaizen Training and Management Consultants Limited (KTMC), located in Jamaica, in the Caribbean, has been a proud partner of the Professional Evaluation and Certification Board (PECB) since 2014, in the capacity of a Reseller. As a Principal Consultant and a Certified Trainer with PECB, I have seen and experienced exceptional…
ISO to provide international platform for developing world’s first consensus-based net-zero guiding principles and the benchmark for the climate agenda. Climate change is the most pressing existential threat to our planet. The IPCC’s most recent report issued a clarion call to organizations and policymakers across the world, encouraging them to…
The implementation of ISO 22301 – Business Continuity Management System (BCMS), ISO 22316 – Security and Resilience and Organizational Resilience (OR), can be adapted into any type of organization, regardless of the size or line of business, and it is imperative for an organization to prosper in the long term.…
