The Calm Before the Storm

BY DAVID HUTCHESON, MBCI

The current outbreak of AH1N1 (swine flu) has set the world on alert for a possible pandemic, however the spread has been slow and the virulence thankfully mild. Already we are seeing articles and comments from businesses that the threat of a pandemic was all hype and ‘just another Year 2000’.

For those whose job is to prepare for such events, what has happened in the last few weeks has shown just how difficult the Business Continuity role can be!  As the outbreak spread, companies rushed to have plans implemented (or perhaps created) and all the common problems of getting anyone to pay attention to BC disappeared.

Now that the threat appears to be weakening the focus is already moving rapidly elsewhere given the continuing recessionary times we are in. Read More