My favourite Italian city is Venice. It is this week at any rate. Until this week, and for the past year, my favourite Italian city was Verona (see ‘A night at the opera‘) and up until about this time last year it was Rome. I’d probably have been a big fan of Milan at some […]
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A nifty fifty?
It’s finally caught up with me. I tried to ignore it and hoped it would go away but whatever I did it was destined to happen anyway. I was utterly powerless to prevent it. Resistance was futile. In the end I just had to take it on the chin. I’m talking about my recent birthday. One with a zero at the […]
Murder most fowl
The Osbornes recently suffered a tragedy in our menagerie (which is almost good enough to be the title of this blog, but not quite). Regular readers will know that I’m a bit of a yokel and that I live in semi-rural idyll with a variety of strange creatures – of the furry, feathered and buzzing variety, […]
Oz’s Business Continuity Tip of the Month : “The unsung hero”
The trouble with managing risks successfully is that the benefits often go completely unnoticed. When things go horribly wrong it can be very visible – sometimes quite dramatic, sometimes quite distressing. But when we avoid things going wrong people are often none the wiser. And people generally don’t give much thought to the risk that […]
Boys’ toys
At the weekend I bought a new toy and I’ve spent the last couple of days playing with it. The ‘toy’ in question is a chainsaw. Unlike other midlife crisis sufferers, I have no desire to buy a motorbike or a sports car or a speedboat, or to go bungee jumping or white-water rafting. In fact one […]
Risk Management Simplified – the movie
A while ago I wrote a blog called ‘ In the limelight ‘ about my experience of being filmed for the e-book version of ‘Risk Management Simplified’. Having finally got over the cringe factor of watching myself on screen, I thought I’d share the results with my blog readers. So, in a slight diversion from my usual […]
Oz’s Business Continuity Tip of the Month : “Under cover?”
“We’re insured, so why do we need a business continuity plan?” is a more common question than you might think, particularly amongst smaller businesses (and some larger ones too, actually). And it’s a reasonable question, if a tad naïve. Granted, there are a number of insurance options that may help from a business continuity perspective, […]
Oz’s Business Continuity Blog : “An icy crisis”
In my last blog I wrote about the trials and tribulations of working from home during a recent snowy period. What I didn’t mention was that the hassle of trying to work from home amid the Osborne menagerie was compounded by a small domestic crisis – the dreaded frozen pipes, which meant no running water in the kitchen […]
Oz’s Business Continuity Tip of the Month : “Re. the BC plan”
With the new year in full swing, many of us will already have forgotten all about our resolutions, focussing instead on the challenges that lie ahead. A new year is often a time of significant change, and this year is likely to be no different. In fact, many of us may be facing the prospect […]
A spectacular disaster
I wasn’t planning to write about Barney (our spaniel puppy) in this blog, but his antics last week sort of made it inevitable. Barney’s rapidly approaching doggie adolescence and, as one of the books on puppy training that I read recently warned me would happen, he’s reached the stage where he’s either forgotten or chooses to […]