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The Failover Plan Podcast
by Shane Mathew, Leader and Business Continuity/ Crisis Management Consultant
Shane Mathew is a risk-adverse know-it-all with a varied career that led him ultimately to business continuity. Using his past failures in the profession as a guide, he dives into the stories behind some of the world's best business continuity programs. The Failover Plan Podcast discusses insight from innovators and idealists—and the programs they built. In this show, he also deconstructs people who had to learn business continuity and risk management the hard way, through failure- digging deep to find the tools, tactics, and tricks that listeners can use.
Episodes
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EP22: Gamifying Business Continuity | James MacDonnell
Episode Summary: Gamification is the application of game-design elements and game principles in non-game contexts. Today on the podcast, we’re talking with James MacDonnell - Director, Crisis Management and Business Continuity at BDO USA. James is a risk management, business continuity, and…
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EP21:Reaching the Next Generation of Planners | Burley & Navarro
Episode Summary: Industry Groups are an essential part of any profession. They allow practitioners and thought leaders to share knowledge and generate ideas with their colleagues in a collaborative setting. However, a new generation is making up an increasingly large percentage of the workforce —...
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EP20: Developing Your Skills Through Service | Michael Crooymans
Episode Summary: Participation in industry association’s governing boards, oversight committees, mentoring, and consulting groups, can have considerable influence on the development and direction of your profession. In this episode of the podcast, we’re talking with Michael Crooymans, the Global...
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EP19: Dealing with the New Normal During a Crisis (Part 1) | Cyril Moulin-Fournier
Episode Summary: In this 2 part series on the podcast, we are going to hear from both the Crisis Manager directly liaising with the government, and also the person who experienced it directly. Both of these individuals were exposed to the same crisis, a kidnapping event, but from two very…
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EP18: The Bus is Coming! What do we do? | David Lindstedt Mark Armour James Green
Episode Summary So this week on the podcast we’re holding the first of hopefully several round table discussions with some well known voices within business continuity. Today's conversation explores how COVID has changed many BC professional’s worldviews as inspired many to question how the...
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EP17: Building My Own Online BIA App | Michelle Marx
Episode Summary: This week on the podcast, we’re going to speak with a practitioner who faced the challenge of needing a BIA tool. But when she saw that a BC software wasn’t in the cards, she created her own! We’re speaking with Michelle Marx, who is the Resilience and Business Continuity Manager...
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Redux- EP04: Integrating Continuous Improvement into BCM Programs | John Hill
Episode Summary: We're returning to one more old episode because of the HUGE interest it generated. On this week's show, Shane interviews John Hill, a seasoned consultant with over 20 years of experience in Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity. John has found a great way to address the...
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Redux- EP01: Creating BCM Engagement | Scott Baldwin
Episode Summary We're revisiting the episode that started it all! It remains our number 1 downloaded episode because it contains SO many tips on creating BCM engagement, its worth a re-listen. We talk with Scott Baldwin, a BCM program leader who has started several programs in Silicon Valley...
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EP16: Improving Your Skills Through Great Books | Erick Anez
Episode Summary: This week, we ask the question: "During COVID-19, which books would be valuable to discover, or rediscover, to help my professional career?" So we talk with Eric Anez, the Global Head of Business Resilience at Finastra, a financial technology company based in London. Quarterly,...
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EP15: Building Your Personal Brand in BC | Luke Bird
Episode Summary: For young professionals in the business continuity field, developing a personal brand might sound challenging. So on this week’s episode, we’re going to talk with someone who developed a personal brand within our field and explore just how they did it. This week, we talk with…
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EP14: Embedding Your BC Program Throughout the Business | Jamie Goodloe
Business Continuity can sometimes be a lonely road. Though the work seemingly touches all parts of the business, you’re oftentimes focused on a parallel track of activity that isn’t normally top of mind with your business partners. So what can you do to change this? This week on the podcast…
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EP13: Pre-planning is Key with Restoration Services | Ricky Wells
Episode Summary: This week on the show we’re interviewing Ricky Wells, the General Manager at ServiceMaster Advanced Restorations. Ricky has been helping companies restore their facilities after major fires, spills and disruptions. And he’s a big advocate for the act of pre-planning for these...
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EP12: Can Artificial Intelligence and Business Continuity Mix? | Daniel Breston
Episode Summary: This week, we talk with IT thought-leader Daniel Breston, who believes that AI could also prove to be a "valuable ally" in improving the efficiency and effectiveness of activities related to Business Continuity. Current technological maturity, with the help of enormously powerful...
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EP11: Is Business Continuity at a Crossroads? | James Green
Episode Summary: This week, Shane talks with James Green, Director of Risk Advisory Services for SAI Global. James recently wrote a featured article in the Disaster Recovery Journal called: "Is Our Profession at a Crossroads?" where he asked and tried to answer the question that many in our...
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EP10: Can You Build Business Continuity Plans in a Productivity App? | Chris Rivera
Episode Summary: This week, we explore a simple option for those who aren't quite ready for business continuity software. We talk with Chris Rivera, a Evernote Certified Consultant and former BC practioner, who believes there are some unique characteristics to the commonly available productivity...
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EP09: Adopting Adaptive Business Continuity | José M. Garay
Episode Summary: This week, we interview a user of the Adaptive Business Continuity (ABC) principles as a follow up to our episodes about ABC's founders a few weeks ago. Because the concepts of ABC are new and many are still interested in learning how it works, I interviewed José M. Garay, a...
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Ep.08: Why Were Some in Business Continuity Sidelined During COVID? | Michael Herrera
Episode Summary: This week, Shane interviews Micheal Herrera, founder and CEO of MHA Consulting and BCMMetrics, who recently wrote an article titled- "Sidelined: The Strange Fate of BCM During the COVID Pandemic.” His article observes what many witnessed- that many BCM professionals were either…
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Ep. 07: Spotlight on Business Continuity Programs in Healthcare | James Mitchell
Episode Summary: This week, Shane interviews James Mitchell- the Director of Organizational Resilience at the 724-bed Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, TX. His responsibilities encompass Emergency Management, Business Continuity and Enterprise Risk. The last few months he has been heavily...
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Ep. 06- Driving BC from the top during COVID | Sheeba Philip
Episode Summary: Shane continues a series of interviews with business & operational leaders who had no previous business continuity experience and were thrust into launching a recovery strategy in not-so-ideal circumstances. Sheeba Philip is the CEO for Akola (Akola.co) a globally-inspired…
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Ep. 05- Building a WFH Strategy in 1 Day | Anitha Abraham
Episode Summary: Shane starts a series of interviews with business & operational leaders who had no previous business continuity experience and were thrust into launching a work from home strategy in not-so-ideal circumstances. Anitha Abraham is a leader of a Medical Center business unit with…
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Ep. 04- Integrating Continuous Improvement into BCM Programs | John Hill
Episode Summary: On today's show, Shane interviews John Hill, a seasoned consultant with over 20 years of experience in Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity. John has found a great way to address the consistent appearance of process issues when preparing organizations for regulatory...
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Ep. 03- Adaptive BC (Part 2): Where do we go from here? | Dr. David Lindstedt & Mark Armour
Episode Summary: Shane continues the discussion with business continuity industry disruptors- Dr. David Lindstedt and Mark Armour- authors of "Adaptive Business Continuity: A New Approach" and creators of the Adaptive Business Continuity movement which started in 2015. In this episode, we...
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Ep.02- Adaptive BC (Part 1): How did we get here? | Dr David Lindstedt & Mark Armour
Episode Summary: Shane interviews business continuity industry disruptors- Dr. David Lindstedt and Mark Armour- authors of "Adaptive Business Continuity: A New Approach" and creators of the Adaptive Business Continuity movement which started in 2015. In this episode, we discuss not only how they...
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Ep. 01- Creating BCM Engagement | Scott Baldwin
Episode Summary Shane Mathew talks with Scott Baldwin, a BCM program leader who has started several programs in Silicon Valley (Ebay, Charles Schwab, Symantec) in his career. Scott has found some unique way to keep things fresh. We’re learn more about his approach to not only starting a program,...
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Coming Soon- The Failover Plan Podcast
We're anxiously preparing for the launch of The Failover Plan Podcast in July. In this introduction, listen to Shane describe why he started this journey, and exactly what we will be talking about in our upcoming episodes. Subscribe to our newsletter and to the podcast so you can hear the first...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Shane Mathew is a risk-adverse know-it-all with a varied career that led him ultimately to business continuity. Using his past failures in the profession as a guide, he dives into the stories behind some of the world's best business continuity programs. The Failover Plan Podcast discusses insight from innovators and idealists—and the programs they built. In this show, he also deconstructs people who had to learn business continuity and risk management the hard way, through failure- digging deep to find the tools, tactics, and tricks that listeners can use.
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Shane Mathew, Leader and Business Continuity/ Crisis Management Consultant
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Shane Mathew is a risk-adverse know-it-all with a varied career that led him ultimately to business continuity. Using his past failures in the profession as a guide, he dives into the stories behind some of the world's best business continuity programs. The Failover Plan Podcast discusses insight...
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