This course is only open to alumni of the MIT Professional Education's Crisis Management & Business Resiliency course.
In this next-level follow-up to our Crisis Management & Business Resiliency Program, we deep dive into issues you and your industry peers chose. Topics are unique to each year’s course, as selected by previous attendees of the CM & BR Program. Participants will acquire knowledge and insights from leading industry topical experts as well as your course colleagues. We can also discuss your own pressing organizational, program, management and resiliency challenges privately or in class.
Student Projects: Individual teams of students will select industry issues or specific problems/processes for study. These Projects require students to work together in small groups during the week and present their results to the Class at the end of the course. Following the Course, if interested, a Team’s Student Project can result in a published article and/or conference presentation.
This course is the next-level follow-on to the MIT Professional Education's Short Programs course Crisis Management & Business Resiliency. As in that course, faculty and invited industry experts will present select current topics and analyze recent case studies.
However, this advanced program also provides a forum for attendees to discuss current and/or pressing industry issues as well as their own issues and concerns. The course provides much networking time with peers in an open and dynamic environment for them to be able to ask questions; exchange ideas, information, and processes; assemble best practices; explore alternatives; and provide solutions. Additionally, projects/industry issues will be assigned requiring students to work together in small groups during the week and present their results at the end of the course.
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- Discussions of current and pressing industry issues with subject experts and peers
- Opportunities to address attendees’ own issues and concerns
- Case studies of recent events; lessons learned
- Gathering and exchange of innovative solutions, concepts, information, and best practices
- Small working group interactions, research, learning, and dynamics
- Networking with peers; attendees’ contact information
- Dedicated time for professional and personal growth
- After-class networking activities
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This course generally meets 8:00 AM - 5:30 PM EDT each day (see Course Schedule for full details).
Topics and speakers are determined each year by previous Crisis Management & Business Continuity program attendees.
Student projects will be self-selected by groups of students to work on during the course; summary presentations/results will be made on the last day of the course. Students teams will self-assemble based upon interests, company/agency size, company/agency business (e.g., health care, banking, local government). Student project issues can include pandemic lessons learned; pandemic preparations for the next one; business impact analyses; notification systems; business continuity vs business resiliency; risk management; exercises; cyber security; cloud vendors; selling BC to your organization; individual organization experiences; analysis of a recent event – yours or someone else’s; or other topic as approved by Instructors.
The research and results of one or more of these projects can result in published articles in industry magazines and/or presentations at relevant conferences. This is the decision of the project team; Dr. Steve can facilitate the publishing/presentation process.
Who Should Attend
This course is open to alumni of the MIT Professional Education's Crisis Management & Business Continuity course.
*Note that the Professional Education alumni discount is not valid for this program because all registrants of this program are MIT Professional Education alumni and this has been factored into the Course fee.
Please Note:
- Course days generally run from 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM EDT, with generous breaks, lunch breaks, and much networking time included.
- Topics, speakers, and schedules are subject to change.
- After-class networking activities to be determined.
DAY ONE – Monday, June 22
- Welcome, Introductions, Course Information
- Steve Goldman, Dick Larson, Sandra Galletti, MIT
- ICS / CM / BR Organizations
Dr. Steve Goldman and Class
- - - - Lunch - - - -
- Next-Generation Incident Command System
- Stephanie Foster, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
- Student Projects
- Steve Goldman and Sandra Galletti, MIT
DAY TWO – Tuesday, June 23
- Deep Dive into BR Program Metrics, Benchmarks, and ISO-22301
- Don Byrne, Metrix 411
- Business Impact Analysis: Its Use and Abuse
Barney Pelant, Pelant Associates
- - - - Lunch - - - -
- Community Resilience
- Yael Blanka Rauová
- Invisible Wounds, Visible Leadership: Integrating the Human Side of Crisis
- Manya Chylinski
- Work on Student Projects
- Student Project Teams
DAY THREE – Wednesday, June 24
- The Crosswalk for Resilience: Collaboration for Success
- S. Nicole Scott, Devine Direction, LLC
- The New Rules of Crisis Management
Dr. Jo Robertson, TriNet
- - - - Lunch - - - -
- Comparing Software Tools and Notification Systems
- Kathy Ekberg, FHL Bank, and Berhen Widjaja, DIRECTV
- Successful Drills and Exercises – Best Practices
- Steve Goldman and Sandra Galletti, MIT
- Work on Student Projects
- Student Project Teams
DAY FOUR – Thursday, June 25
- Beyond Third Party Risk: The Gotchas That Can Make or Break Your Organization
- Donna Speckhard, USAA
- Our 18-month Third Party Critical Service Provider Outage!
Ashleigh Allison, Noridian Healthcare Solutions
- - - - Lunch - - - -
- Build your Exercise on AI – Live Demonstration!
- Jason Hoss, Whirlybird Labs and Steve Goldman, MIT
- Work on Student Projects
- Student Project Teams
DAY FIVE – Friday, June 26
- Presentation of Student Projects
Student Project Teams
- - - - Lunch - - - -
- Current Issues, Future Challenges
- Class
- Course Review, Final Thoughts, Adjourn
- Steve Goldman, Dick Larson, Sandra Galletti, MIT