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 tasks that were entirely office based. Listen as she describes the actions she had to take (without any BC planning) to get her team working from home and continuing her vital tasks.
This story highlights the importance of having a resource with operational understanding assigned to help with crafting a BC strategy and that many people do not have automatically have the technology or a work process that will work from home!
Key Points
1:49min- Anitha's job and the role of her team
4:10min- When she first started to feel the impacts of the pandemic
6:13min- How much time she had to develop a work from home strategy
8:29min- Interlude- Shane's thoughts on Anitha's situation from the BC Manager perspective
9:41min- Impacts of shifting to WFH
12:10min- How she began to develop her WFH processes
14:30min- Developing the IT and process cheat sheet for her team
16:45min- Dealing with transfer of work product between team members during the lock down
18:45min- Changes to technology or equipment necessary for this change
20:48min- Lessons learned and the need to plan earlier
22:19min- Impacts to productivity because of the change to the process
25:40min- Shane's lessons learned from this situation.
Guest Bio:
Anitha Abraham began her career as a Neonatal Intensive Care Nurse. After 5 years, she joined the Ob/Gyn research team at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX where she now serves as the supervisor.
Links:
EP22: Gamifying Business Continuity | James MacDonnell
EP21:Reaching the Next Generation of Planners | Burley & Navarro
EP20: Developing Your Skills Through Service | Michael Crooymans
EP19: Dealing with the New Normal During a Crisis (Part 1) | Cyril Moulin-Fournier
EP18: The Bus is Coming! What do we do? | David Lindstedt Mark Armour James Green
EP17: Building My Own Online BIA App | Michelle Marx
Redux- EP04: Integrating Continuous Improvement into BCM Programs | John Hill
Redux- EP01: Creating BCM Engagement | Scott Baldwin
EP16: Improving Your Skills Through Great Books | Erick Anez
EP15: Building Your Personal Brand in BC | Luke Bird
EP14: Embedding Your BC Program Throughout the Business | Jamie Goodloe
EP13: Pre-planning is Key with Restoration Services | Ricky Wells
EP12: Can Artificial Intelligence and Business Continuity Mix? | Daniel Breston
EP11: Is Business Continuity at a Crossroads? | James Green
EP10: Can You Build Business Continuity Plans in a Productivity App? | Chris Rivera
EP09: Adopting Adaptive Business Continuity | José M. Garay
Ep.08: Why Were Some in Business Continuity Sidelined During COVID? | Michael Herrera
Ep. 07: Spotlight on Business Continuity Programs in Healthcare | James Mitchell
Ep. 06- Driving BC from the top during COVID | Sheeba Philip
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