Movember – a reminder not a gimmick
Sadly, I lost my cousin Bryan to heart disease four years ago, aged just 55. In fact, the 3rd of November marked the anniversary of his funeral. Then 2 years ago I lost my brother Peter who died of a heart attack on Halloween, 31 October 2018. As we move into Movember, it is the greatest […]
As Victoria reopens, should we be thinking about the next pandemic wave, next Autumn?
Melbourne is very excited as the lockdown restrictions ease and the city is busily reopening. Meanwhile in the Northern Hemisphere, the UK and America are experiencing their second wave, which is looming as providing far more infections and deaths than their first waves. We ponder the question, is COVID 19 likely to re-emerge in Australia during the Autumn of 2021? […]
Coles Checkouts: a quick lesson in business continuity and IT recovery
Last Friday, shoppers were forced to abandon their shopping trolleys in Coles stores. Every one of the supermarket behemoth’s 800 stores was affected by a “technical issue” which disabled every single checkout terminal. Although Coles restored their checkout terminals by Saturday morning, this was a significant business disruption. An inability to conduct transactions would have […]
2020 – an explosion of online scams
Due to lockdowns, our reliance on digital means such as telephones and IT has increased remarkably. It is the same for crooks as being out and about is far more detectable. Over the weekend I had two attempted scam attacks, the first a honey pot attack, the second a phone scam. Honey pot attacks are […]
Is now the time for Business Continuity Planning?
Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic, businesses have been forced to adapt quickly, without warning and the ability to prepare. Many employees now work from home. We have watched employers implement new technologies, software, and protocols. We have seen institutions creating physical barriers and marking floors seemingly overnight. Venues, including corporate offices, have introduced capacity limits. We have also observed […]
Managers, capture innovation and stop annoying your staff!
It is tough to know how to support your people working from home as an owner or manager. Many will drop in for videoconferences, which while somewhat useful, they can also provide another layer of annoyance to already challenged employees. Working remotely is a challenge for employees. Apart from the social consequences and remote learning […]
How to minimise infecting those at home when wearing PPE at work
The changing face of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in the workplace in 2020, has gone from a Fluro vest for outdoor workers, to anyone that must face the public being dressed like surgeons. Supplying and wearing such PPE is now commonplace, particularly in Melbourne. Instruction on how to wear, remove and store PPE has been […]
Resilient Services webinar: Disaster Recovery and First-Mover Advantage
Is your business locked down or severely restricted? Are cashflows down and futures uncertain? Does this sound like your situation? Strangely enough, now is the best time to get moving on restarting your business. From a disaster management perspective, planning recovery, and returning to business as usual, is the first thing to do after an […]
Community lead recovery and grassroots sporting clubs
According to an Australian Sports Foundation survey, about a quarter of the nation’s 70,000 grassroots clubs may not survive beyond 2020. The foundation estimates that local clubs have lost around $1.6 billion to the pandemic to June, and these losses will continue to escalate. Should these sporting groups fail to survive, the implications will reach […]
Reducing costs sustainably during COVID-19
Never let a good crisis go to waste. Businesses and government departments have discovered that working from home arrangements have created efficiencies in many cases. Since March, employees have worked from home for health and safety reasons and to stem the spread of the virus. At some stage, the imperative to stay at home will […]