Pandemic and other crisis 

Cenera's Calgary consultants can help you plan a response and enhance resilience

No one can predict the timing and detailed profile of the predicted pandemic outbreak in our community. Some things are clear, however: the scale of the crisis will be widespread and comprehensive, seriously affecting your employees, customers, and ability to operate over a significant period of time. Less than 5 per cent of all businesses are ready for a pandemic crisis. To prepare, businesses need to understand the range of possibilities, grasp the implications for the organization, respond confidently and effectively when it comes, and orchestrate as quick a recovery as possible.

In the pandemic scenario, the generic response plan strategically placed in binders in your office could be worse than useless; it could create a false sense of readiness that could be fatal to your business when the outbreak hits.

Our approach is practical and function-based

Cenera experts have during the last decade provided broad and sustained improvements to our clients’ organizational effectiveness and business performance – and our approach to pandemic response support is no different: we work with your organization to meet your requirements and desired outcomes. Our goal is to integrate business continuity planning with your current plans, operating environment and business processes. Most importantly we work with you to ensure a plan is practical and of great value when the moment of truth arrives.

A functional approach is key to developing a solid assessment and plan that fits your situation.  It begins with an objective evaluation of which business functions will need to, and be able to persist through the course of a widespread outbreak. From there, you can establish a clear decision-making and action structure that is responsive to any challenges you may face.

As part of our Business Continuity Planning offering, our expert consultants will work with your staff to analyze and understand your business processes and the links between them. With your people fully engaged at all stages, our consultants will then use these results to develop a plan with you that meets your unique needs to respond to the conditions a crisis might impose on your business or organization.

With the outcomes of our approach you will:

• Have a plan that is tailored to your unique business needs, and that accounts for and is integrated with your existing processes and plans.
• Overcome the resistance that so often undermines effective planning by engaging all stakeholders, both internal and external, in the planning process.
• Focus on practical solutions to real and potential problems that are easily understood and employed.
• Have a product that you own and that will evolve with you rather than being left behind.
• Demonstrate to your staff and clients that they can have confidence in your readiness through effective planning.
• Develop the capability to respond to crisis rather than be swept along by it, helping you to minimize losses to business and revenue through effective planning.

Service offerings

• Critical Function Analysis
• Scenario Projection and Gaming
• Stakeholder Interdependency Survey
• Supply Chain Exposure Assessment and Planning
• Emergency Communication Strategy
• Crisis Procedure Documentation
• Information Systems Continuity
• Plan Audit and Simulations
• Staff Training, Testing, and Development

Cenera expertise

• Proven experience in analyzing your business processes.
• Understanding and commitment to practical, manageable solutions.
• Extensive experience in crisis planning for businesses, military, and other organizations.

Read more about our approach to Business Continuity and Pandemic Planning

Read about our Crisis & Continuity Planning team.