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Are We Entering a Post-NAFTA World?

Richard Martin October 16, 2017 No Comments

Strategic Readiness Bulletin Number 3 – 16 October 2017 Are We Entering a Post-NAFTA World? (Download as PDF) By Richard Martin, founder and president, Alcera

Readiness Phases and Readiness States

Richard Martin March 26, 2017 No Comments

This week I want to elaborate more on the concept of Readiness Phases and Readiness States, as these provide the essential framework for forecasting, activation, and response of emergency and business continuity services (of both public and private sectors), as well as contingency plans, and other measures.

I’m Too Busy to Plan

Richard Martin March 5, 2017 No Comments

I’ve often heard this ridiculous statement, inside and outside the military: “We can’t take time to strategize and plan; we’re too busy right now.”

Is Canada Facing an Incipient Refugee Crisis?

Richard Martin March 1, 2017 2 Comments

Strategic Readiness Bulletin Number 1 – 1 March 2017 By Richard Martin, founder and president, Alcera Consulting Inc. Richard Martin issues Strategic Readiness Bulletins on

Don’t Just Stand There Like a Deer in the Headlights!

Richard Martin February 25, 2017 No Comments

What risks (or opportunities) are staring you right in the face? Are you doing anything about them, or are you just hoping that they will go away (in the case of risks and threats) or that they will miraculously come to pass (in the case of opportunities)?

Rolling Barrage

Richard Martin January 16, 2017 1 Comment

I’ve developed the following yearly planning framework as a cyclical process to offset future uncertainty and rapid change with regular performance assessments and updating of forecasts, assumptions, and decisions.

It’s About Time!

Richard Martin January 9, 2017 No Comments

Now that a new year has dawned, we need to delve deeper into the temporal aspects of readiness so we can increase it in a timely and effective manner.

Beware the Prognosticators

Richard Martin January 2, 2017 No Comments

It’s that time again, when all the predictions and forecasts of gloom and doom—or better times ahead—come at us. In the interest of jumping on that gravy train, I make only one prediction for 2017: There will be predictions, and most of them will be wrong.

What I (Re)Learned in 2016

Richard Martin December 19, 2016 No Comments

It’s always good to take stock when readying for the future. In the interests of sharing some of my recent observations, I provide this list of my “lessons learned” from 2016. Not all directly related to business, but still enlightening I should think.

Deliberate Planning Always Trumps an Automatic Response

Richard Martin October 24, 2016 No Comments

“The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations

Are We Entering a Post-NAFTA World?

Readiness Phases and Readiness States

I’m Too Busy to Plan

Is Canada Facing an Incipient Refugee Crisis?

Don’t Just Stand There Like a Deer in the Headlights!

Rolling Barrage

It’s About Time!

Beware the Prognosticators

What I (Re)Learned in 2016

Deliberate Planning Always Trumps an Automatic Response

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