Tony Ridley

Travel Risk Management: Are you ready for a crisis?

If you know that business travel is not without its risk and the potential for crisis, then you need to read this article. In this article we are going to talk about the management and containment of crisis as it relates to travellers and travel manager... Read >

Crisis Leadership- The Golden Hour and the First 24 Hours!

In the vast majority of cases, regardless of the duration, the end success or successful resolution to a crisis is determined by the initial actions in the first 24 hours. Often referred to as the "Golden Hour" in emergency medicine, the initial hour of t... Read >

The Egypt Evacuations Secret

Unnecessary! Despite the wide spread acceptance that due to the evolving situation in Egypt, evacuations are the order of the day, evacuations are largely unnecessary and add to a continuous disturbing trend. Very rarely do citizens need to be evacuated. ... Read >

The truth about government travel advisories, warnings and alerts

If you’re like most people and you believe that government travel advisories, warning and alerts represent the most accurate advice for business travellers then you are terribly mistaken. Here are the key elements that all business travellers and travel ... Read >

Business Resilience–Priority of People or Process?

The vast majority of companies, regardless of what they themselves believe, are significantly influenced in their resilience planning by the personalities that represent the process. Whether it is a sole champion or a department that is charged with the e... Read >

Human Capital Risk Management-What’s Missing?

In spite of the considerable investment and development around the preservation of assets and the mitigation of risks across conventional corporate assetssuch as facilities, information, equipment and products, the same methodology and motivation remains ... Read >

Threat Analysis and Risk Management-Asleep at the Wheel?

Despite countless events and incentives to change, a startling number of companies are still behind the business curve with regards to their risk management. In much the same way a train travels on a set track that has been planned, surveyed, laid and mai... Read >

Health Crisis-It’s Not Just About Swine/Bird Flu

The evolving threat from any health crisis should be a major concern to all those charged with ensuring their company’s resilience. When Swine Flu first surfaced, the public interest was akin to the gold medal tally board during the Olympics, if my countr... Read >

Buying Security Services–Buyer Beware!

Due to the often abstract manner in which security is applied to an enterprise’s assets, determining standards and associated costs is typically quite challenging for even the most experienced of companies and their procurement departments. Furthermore, t... Read >

Great Human Migrations-Chinese New Year, The Hajj, Christmas and a Golden Weeks

This year’s Chinese New Year (CNY) celebrations is predicted to result in 210 million travellers, akin to the entire population of Indonesia or Brazil up and holidaying at the same time. Up 10% on last year. Air travel alone will see an increase of 29 mil... Read >

Ashes in our mouths-How a volcano shed light on the true state of affairs in corporate travel risk m

Volcanos that erupt and disrupt the world’s travel plans don’t happen every day but travel disruptions and threats to travelers do. It often takes a dynamic or amplified event to display just how much planning and oversight goes into day-to-day risk manag... Read >

Business Class is Cheaper than Economy: Whole-of-journey Travel Risk Management

The majority of travel departments/managers are only empowered, authorized or capable of looking at travel management from a cost perspective exclusively. However, to truly ensure that the process of travel is efficient, profitable and safe; a much wider ... Read >

Natural Disasters-Asset Preservation and Business Continuity

Disruptions due to natural phenomena are far more prevalent than many individuals and certainly companies are aware. For some inexplicable reason people appear to be unable to retain the frequency, probability, damage, disruption and location of natural d... Read >

What every traveller should know about the Philippines bus hijacking

If you want to learn the real impact and lessons learnt from the Philippines bus hijacking on the 23 Aug 2010, then you will want to read this article. Specifically we’ll cover the role and impact of the media, the heightened awareness created by the even... Read >

World Class Corporate Crisis Management and Communications Teams

Many companies navigate the routine complexity of business with adequate or acceptable management, however it is the truly stellar company/s that excel not only on a routine basis but especially in times of crisis. It is select skills, experience and trai... Read >