About Databarracks’ Business Continuity Podcast

Business continuity and disaster recovery are often maligned as dry, academic areas of study. Throughout a series of interviews with leading continuity practitioners, the Databarracks BCPcast takes a more human approach.

Continuity is both simpler than you might think, and incredibly easy to get wrong in the heat of the moment. We’ll explore how people and organisations have recovered from some of the most infamous disasters in recent history, along with a few weird ones for good measure.

The Business Continuity Podcast is funded, promoted and made by Databarracks.

Episode 5

Total Meltdowns And The Emergency Planner's Paradox

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Episode 5 of the BCPcast investigates what happens when carefully laid, and well-rehearsed plans collide with reality. This one is about big disasters, their effects, and the positives, if any, that can come out of them.

We also confront the uncomfortable paradox that many emergency planners grapple with throughout their careers - that disasters are inherently unknowable, and no amount of planning or speculation can truly emulate the chaos of real disruption.

The result is an uncomfortable double bind: you hope the worst never happens, but it's the only time your plans truly get tested.

Total Meltdowns And The Emergency Planner's Paradox

Listen on Spotify

 download

Episode 5 of the BCPcast investigates what happens when carefully laid, and well-rehearsed plans collide with reality. This one is about big disasters, their effects, and the positives, if any, that can come out of them.

We also confront the uncomfortable paradox that many emergency planners grapple with throughout their careers - that disasters are inherently unknowable, and no amount of planning or speculation can truly emulate the chaos of real disruption.

The result is an uncomfortable double bind: you hope the worst never happens, but it's the only time your plans truly get tested.