Chief Resilience Officer coming soon!
Pete O'Dell
Chief Exec/Founder of Perdata Inc - Trusted friendship solution with an AI assist
The Forbes article above by Mark Nevins gives an excellent overview to why a CRO (Chief Resilience Officer) is an important consideration for most companies.
While one of the recommendations is that this is a new position reporting to the CEO, I'd avoid that discussion and focus on the need versus the title and reporting. A competent resilience leader will be effective if they understand the company, know how to navigate the different areas inside the company and can confront the C-Suite when needed.
The article also recommends separating preparation from the actual response to events. I think this is a good idea as long as the preparation clearly identifies who will be the primary responder for different flavors of emergencies or incidents. A financial crisis will clearly demand different response capabilities from a hurricane that threatens supply lines or facilities.
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The CRO, at whatever level, needs to be a unifier, evangelist, anticipator and many other roles that can help the organization bolster its resilience, the ability to bounce back stronger from a direct hit. Understanding the people inside who can be repurposed is a key element of preparedness. Another is finding the external companies that could be needed as partners ahead of time - there is little worse than trying to scrape up new resources from unknown companies in the middle of a full blown crisis.
There has been a definite upsurge in incidents worldwide, and I think there is little chance of a calming period. The CRO will need to unify the existing with the future, and build a framework that gets as much proactive intelligence as possible, maximizing the time available to prevent or respond.
Pete O'Dell is the CEO of Swan Island Networks, whose TX360 Physical Security Situational Awareness platform informs corporations with worldwide proactive intelligence that can save lives, property, reputations and operational continuity.
Senior Special Agent at the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Inspector General
11 个月Interesting insight Pete O'Dell. I particularly appreciated your comment, “Understanding the people inside who can be repurposed is a key element of preparedness.”