Business Continuity Awareness Week ~ Poets Corner
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There once was a man with no plan
Who was concerned about the business he ran.
He asked for guidance from Normit
And got a good template for it
Now resilience he’s got in the can!
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BC is important for you and for me
It doesn't need to be difficult you see...
You use common sense
and work to deliver....
A policy, a framework and strategies to consider!
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Ring-a-Ring o'Rosies
A pocket full of posies
"A-tishoo! A-tishoo!"
Catch it ~ Bin it ~ Kill it.
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Brian had no BC plan
He is a very clever man
But when he broke his head
He was confined to bed
And his business went down the pan
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The winning entry
Mary had a business plan,
She kept it to herself.
And when the plan was needed,
It was still sat on a shelf.
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It says in our BCP
That when faced with calamity
It’s better to sit
And think for a bit
And then go for a hot cup of tea
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I worked long and hard on my BIA,
I looked at what risks could come my way,
I examined all the links in my chain,
In the hope that this would reduce my pain.
My plan is written - and not on the shelf,
I took advice and didn't do it all by myself,
I now no longer have to wear re-inforced trousers,
Because now my business is as safe as houses.
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The idea to build the ark
Pre-empted a potential disaster
Now, if you plan for a similar fate
Your recovery will be much faster
We all toil in our daily tasks
That potential crisis not on our minds
But by applying a little BC planning
Will ensure we save our behinds
So the moral of the story is clear
Work hard to protect your business
Or you might find yourself starting from scratch
If your plan doesn’t cover that weakness
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Office, office burning bright,
In the middle of the night,
Things will not be luvverly.
You’ve got no Work Area Recovery!
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Steven Paul Oliver Freud -a Business Continuity Poem
By Kim Styles
The Business was thriving!
The stakeholders gloated
The bank balance brimming!
Steve, the inventor promoted
The product was special
A must for all men
The orders rushed in
and the output began
They worked hard and played hard
And rejoiced in their find
A formula so secret
but worth gold to mankind
Steve Paul Oliver Freud
Quietly mumbled with glee
“their fat wallets and Porsches
are all down to me”
A meeting was pending
A leaflet received
Raising some eyebrows
And caused some to be peeved
Business Continuity?
Assessing risks?
Analysing, Planning &
Back up discs?
The room became rowdy
The group became loud
with pahs! and pooh poohing!
and nays from the crowd
Steve Paul Oliver Freud
Stood erect and said
“Don’t worry my fine friends
the Formulas all in my head
You don’t need assessments
You don’t need to plan
You just need the knowledge
And skills of one man
So they shredded the leaflet
And they thought it quite funny
As they applauded their inventor
And counted their money
Steve Paul Oliver Freud
Alone that night alone
Thought up a new formula
For a hair restoring comb!
This one would make him famous!
It was the one to make him great!
So he concocted the new formula
To test upon his pate
Steve Paul Oliver Freud
Rubbed his hands with glee and muttered
As his new formula
Bubbled, popped and spluttered
Then the test tube began to bulge
With a glow so blue and appealing
As the sapphire liquid erupted
And the tripod shot up towards the ceiling
Steve Paul Oliver Freud
looked up in shock and dread
As the tripod rebounded
and hit him square upon the head
The poor concussed inventor
His memory gone for all time
had lost the priceless formula
And the invention so sublime
The moral of this story
Is that all businesses have risks
Through fire, flood or tripod
So assess, plan, use discs!
Plan for a disaster
Plan as you cant be sure
When you’ll need to recover from trauma
Make your business future secure
So Steven Paul Oliver Freud
Known to his friends as SPOF
Retired to the seaside
Saying that he was pensioned off
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The Perfect Continuity Plan
An acrostic written by Mark Needham
Brilliant! Shouted Mr. Lowcost,
Unbelievable! He praised the Big Boss
Such a Plan, so complicated, the very best
Instead of saying, ‘hmmm, I protest
Not sure this is really what we need’
Everyone was sure it’d work, no one paid heed:
Surely we don’t need to test it; it looks great
Surely it’ll go with a bang, in value only appreciate.
Chances are it’s an utter waste;
Only happen once and it’s only just in case
Never will it happen to us, you’re a gloomy bunch
That’s what the Boss said at his boozy lunch.
I know we don’t have to agree but
No, and ‘maybe not’ are utterly
Unfashionable words hereabouts, even
I.T. keep their noses out, keenly
Tapping away at their keys, carrying on hoping
Yet, I’m still not sure we’d happy in coping.
Perhaps I should reason with the boss, I know he’s cutting costs:
Lay out my ‘doomy’ view, warn him of real costs, his possible loss?
And now what’s up; what do you mean? ‘Help, that’s smoke!’
Now’s my big chance; I told you so; ‘Quick, this is no joke!’
Swing into action our BCP: Such a Plan, so complicated, so perfect?
Who? Where? When? How? What’s on page 1003? I didn’t know we had page 1003!
Oh, no; I can’t find a thing; I should have said no but instead nodded that I
agree.
Rare are these events: What should I have done? How was I to know?
Known Where to go; Known What to do: Known Your Plans; Even to say No.
You can download a copy of this by following the link to the importance of Business Continuity.
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