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How relevant and resilient is your professional body?
On Monday, 6 September, the Independent Professional Body Forum hosted a webinar where very important questions, asked in all business arenas right now, were positioned at the members of the forum: Are you relevant? Are you resilient? And, are you ready for the next “what if”?
Michael Davies, well known resilient expert in South Africa, very kindly gave up his afternoon to position how organisations, during the last 18 months have had to very quickly ‘catch up’ if they did not have business continuity plans in place when we were hit by the Corona Virus early last year. And then in July this year, South Africa was struck again with another crisis when the looting and rioting took place. The question now is not whether your professional body came out of it in one piece (although we really hope so) but whether you are now ready for the next big thing that could bring your organisation to its knees, unless you have learnt from the last year and now have a plan in place for the next ‘what if’, and of course, the various controls in place to support the plan.
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On Monday, 6 September, the Independent Professional Body Forum hosted a webinar where very important questions, asked in all business arenas right now, were positioned at the members of the forum: Are you relevant? Are you resilient? And, are you ready for the next “what if”?
Michael Davies, well known resilient expert in South Africa, very kindly gave up his afternoon to position how organisations, during the last 18 months have had to very quickly ‘catch up’ if they did not have business continuity plans in place when we were hit by the Corona Virus early last year. And then in July this year, South Africa was struck again with another crisis when the looting and rioting took place. The question now is not whether your professional body came out of it in one piece (although we really hope so) but whether you are now ready for the next big thing that could bring your organisation to its knees, unless you have learnt from the last year and now have a plan in place for the next ‘what if’, and of course, the various controls in place to support the plan.
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Level 4 - To return or not to return to work – that is the question?
We have managed to adapt to a new way of working as professional bodies and associations, some with more ease and agility, some with a bit more difficulty, but the uncertainty continues and the way forward for association leaders in still tinged with grey. With the announcement by President Ramaphosa on Thursday, 23rd April 2020, of a move into Level 4 of the phased in return to economic activity, many associations have tried to determine whether the support of their respective professions and professionals would be considered as “supporting other essential services” and whether plans should be implemented to have their teams return to working in person, albeit still under strict health and safety guidelines.
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We have managed to adapt to a new way of working as professional bodies and associations, some with more ease and agility, some with a bit more difficulty, but the uncertainty continues and the way forward for association leaders in still tinged with grey. With the announcement by President Ramaphosa on Thursday, 23rd April 2020, of a move into Level 4 of the phased in return to economic activity, many associations have tried to determine whether the support of their respective professions and professionals would be considered as “supporting other essential services” and whether plans should be implemented to have their teams return to working in person, albeit still under strict health and safety guidelines.
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Call to Action - Professional Bodies and Associations working together to make a difference
The Institute of Risk Management South Africa (IRMSA) has spearheaded an initiative resulting from the identifaction of two of the most significant risks to have emerged from the Covid-19 pandemic; the potential of social unrest and a likely increase in crime. Both these risks if left untreated, have the potential to result in riots, looting, damage to property and harm to people. Not forgetting (on the back of unemployment, the loss of income and poverty) hunger, starvation and desperation.
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The Institute of Risk Management South Africa (IRMSA) has spearheaded an initiative resulting from the identifaction of two of the most significant risks to have emerged from the Covid-19 pandemic; the potential of social unrest and a likely increase in crime. Both these risks if left untreated, have the potential to result in riots, looting, damage to property and harm to people. Not forgetting (on the back of unemployment, the loss of income and poverty) hunger, starvation and desperation.
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