Business continuity quotations: volume two!
“Just because the river is quiet does not mean the crocodiles have left.” “A business continuity planner is more powerful than all the king's horses and all the king's men, because with a plan in place we "can" put Humpty Dumpty back together again!” "The most serious failure of leadership is the failure to foresee" “An untested plan is only a strategy.” “Consultants always know that when you see the light at the end of the tunnel...order more tunnel.” “To be or not to be (anymore), that is the (BCP) question ..." “Better to have the business continuity plan and not need it, than to need the plan and not have it.” “Make ‘business continuity’ ‘business as usual’ and imbed it into your management routines as decisions are made, instead of an afterthought check off the box exercise later.” “The tendency of an event to occur varies inversely with one's preparation for it.” “Business continuity plans are like men's breasts - hopefully never going to be used for what they were originally designed for - but if they are we are in big trouble!” On testing: “BCM is not a project, it is a culture!” On BIA: “Business continuity management is all about understanding the subject matter and applying common sense.” “When written in Chinese the word crisis is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.” “When disaster strikes, recovery is not enough!” “A strategic imperative for corporate survival.” “If there’s too much uncertainty, do not proceed (would you cross a busy road if you weren’t sure whether or not a bus was about to run you down?)” "Chance favors the prepared mind." "Cars have brakes so they can go faster" "If it's stupid, but it works - it isn't stupid." “The longer the project, the more likely it is that things will change, and the more you will need to re-work.” "At the onset of an emergency, everyone's IQ goes immediately to '0'". “While no plan can guarantee success, inadequate plans are proven contributors to failure.” “I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.” “You can't prepare for everything - but you can prepare for anything.” "We live in the midst of alarms, anxiety beclouds the future; we expect some new disaster with each newspaper we read." "I will prepare and someday my chance will come." "Good enough never is." “If a builder builds a house and does not make its construction firm and it collapses and causes the death of the owner of the house, that builder shall be put to death.” "One cannot leap a chasm in two jumps." "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." "In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity." "It's not whether you get knocked down; it's whether you get up." “Progress is impossible without change; and those who can't change their mind cannot change anything!” “Plans are nothing, planning is everything”. -or- “Plans are useless, planning is indispensable.” “A good plan violently executed today is better than a perfect plan next week.” “Any company trying to compete must figure out a way to engage the mind of every employee.” “Plan for what is difficult.” “Sometimes it does us a power of good to remind ourselves that we live on two volcanic rocks where two tectonic plates meet, in a somewhat lonely stretch of windswept ocean just above the Roaring Forties. If you want drama – you’ve come to the right place.” “ The telephone company is urging people to *please* not use the telephone unless it is absolutely necessary in order to keep the lines open for emergency personnel. We'll be right back after this break to give away a pair of Phil Collins tickets to caller number 95.” “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” “Victorious warriors win first then go to war while defeated warriors go to war first then strive to win.” “Failing to plan is planning to fail.” “What goes up slowly, comes down fast.” “Planning is an unnatural process; it is much more fun to do something. “People only accept change if needs must and only see needs when in crisis.” “Plan ahead: It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark!” “Learn avidly. Question repeatedly what you have learned. Analyze it carefully. Then put what you have learned into practice intelligently.” “Everything can be reduced to the 80/20 rule: 80% of the work is done by 20% of the people, 80% of the problems are caused by 20% of the people.” Communications and notifications in an event: “It is the way we communicate with others that determines the quality of our lives...” “If you can’t summarise your project simply, such that it can be explained to a stranger in the time it takes to go from one floor to the next in a lift (an Elevator Statement), then you shouldn’t even start it.” “Lack of, or poor, communication is one of the most common causes of project failure. Remember, if you don’t communicate – someone else will.” “If you can’t specify what you intend to achieve or produce, how can you produce it?” “The ‘goal posts’ will be moved” “Planning is easy – it's doing the work that's difficult.” “There's nothing new under the sun.” “Business continuity is not a project with a beginning and ending date, it is a program to be managed indefinitely.” “Disaster recovery is 'business driven' and is therefore dependent upon involving the business side of any organization." “It's difficult to make predictions - especially about the future.” “He will win who, prepares himself,” “I was Chairman for two days. I had an airplane with my engines, hit a building I insured, was covered by a network I owned and I still have to increase earnings by 11 percent.” "Don't worry about the world ending today. It's already tomorrow in Australia." Awareness and Culture: “There are risks and costs to a programme of action...but they are far less than the long ranging costs of comfortable inaction.” "What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens." "You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today." "If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough." Plan your work; work your plan" “That which is not impossible is inevitable - it's simply a matter of when.” “A plan is always perfect until the battle begins.” “We don't have a plan, so nothing can go wrong.” "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts." “You can never plan the future by the past.” COMPETITION: SUBMIT YOUR FAVOURITE BUSINESS CONTINUITY QUOTE FOR THE CHANCE TO WIN A VIDEO IPOD VCS (Voice Continuity Services) has kindly offered to sponsor the following competition and will provide prizes to the top three winners: First prize: $5000 credit towards VCS services plus a Video IPod VCS provide telecommunications continuity and teleworking for business continuity services. See http://www.voiceserv.net for more details. To enter the competition simply fill in the form below, provide us with your favourite business continuity quotes, either ones you have discovered or ones you have written yourself and click 'submit'. The competition will remain open until September 13th 2006 and then all entries will be judged by Continuity Central editor David Honour and VCS CEO MIke Bemis. COMPETITION NOW CLOSED...
•Date: 4th August 2006 • Region: World • Type: Article •Topic: BC general |
