Without Personal Recovery Plans Your Business Continuity Plan Could Fail!

by. Tim Daughtery

Yesterday in the evening I was outside with the neighbors and all our children were playing, this blog idea came to me. We talk a lot here about business processes , RTO/RPO’s  etc. Truth is – while these topics are obviously critical to developing a sound business continuity plan, you cannot execute a plan without people.  And in order for people to be available, their own personal recovery efforts (family, shelter, food) have to take place first.

This got me to thinking about the how “continuity” is actually very ingrained in our thought processes (or should be as you’ll see in this blog).  In fact, continuity planning is part of everyday life! Don’t believe me? Let me share the rest of my story about my evening in the neighborhood and you can see for yourself where proper “continuity” planning is needed even in our personal lives.

One of my neighbors, let’s call her Mrs. Bright, was planning on going for a walk with some other mothers in the neighborhood. Mrs. Bright needed to get her water from inside her house before they went for their walk.

(Did I mention this takes place in a small town in Texas and it tends to get hot here during the summer?)

Anyway, Mrs. Bright goes to get her water from her house and comes back without it. She goes on to explain that she locked her house when she walked out and she can’t get back in. So why didn’t she just open her house with her keys? As the story unfolds, Mrs. Bright locked her keys in her car that is sitting in the driveway. How she initially got into the house escapes me but that’s not important. Mrs. Bright had her cell and called Mr. Bright but he was still coming home from work and sitting in traffic.

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