Business continuity often hinges on a seemingly straightforward assumption: that employees will be present. However, it takes just one sudden event to severely disrupt this critical resource. An abnormally high absenteeism scenario occurs when a significant portion of employees (between 35% and 50%) becomes unavailable without notice, for an indeterminate period. This unavailability can last…
📣 NEW PUBLICATIONWe are proud to announce the publication of an article by Benoit Racette, business continuity consultant, in the May-June 2025 issue of Transport Magazine (pages 72–73). 📰 Article title: What if everything stopped tomorrow morning?Published in the “Transport & Strategies” section, this article highlights the critical importance of organizational resilience in the face…
Benoit Racette Services-conseils inc. is proud to be a sponsor of the RECO-Québec 2025 Symposium, a key event for professionals in business continuity and organizational resilience, taking place on Thursday, May 22, 2025, at the Best Western in Montréal. As an official sponsor of this edition and a long-time supporter of RECO-Québec, we are pleased…
Just weeks after the massive power outage that crippled parts of Spain and Portugal, the country was hit again on May 20 by another large-scale disruption: a major telecommunications outage affecting several regions, including Madrid, Andalusia, Aragon, and Navarre. The outage impacted landlines, home internet services, and in many areas, access to 112 (the equivalent…
On April 28, 2025, a massive power outage struck Spain, Portugal, and southern France, plunging tens of millions of citizens into darkness. The consequences were immediate: halted subways, hospitals in emergency mode, telecommunications down, economic disruption, and widespread confusion. Although this incident happened abroad, it serves as a wake-up call for all Canadian organizations. The…
On April 28, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order aimed at strengthening the enforcement of English language proficiency requirements for commercial vehicle drivers operating in the United States. Although this requirement has long existed under federal regulation (49 CFR 391.11(b)(2)), enforcement was relaxed in 2016 under the Obama administration, allowing non-English-speaking drivers…
Implementing an effective resilience plan (for business continuity, emergency preparedness, crisis management, IT disaster recovery, etc.) depends mostly on the judicious allocation of roles and responsibilities. However, one mistake we often notice within a company is to automatically designate the person in charge of the plan implementation project as the overall coordinator of the plan.…
“We’re too small for that”, ‘It won’t happen to us’, ‘It’s the big companies that need BCPs’: these are all phrases, often heard, that reflect a false perception by SME managers of the relevance of a business continuity plan (BCP) for their company. Yet SMEs are often the most vulnerable to disruption, and the hardest…
Adaptation is no longer an option: the majority of companies are experiencing the consequences of rising climate change, but are largely unprepared to deal with them. Here are some striking figures from a recent study conducted by Québec Net Positif in collaboration with the Ouranos scientific consortium. 📊👇 These statistics prove that without a business…
Did you know that most companies that experience a major crisis without adequate preparation see their survival compromised within two years of the event*? How well is your company truly prepared for the unexpected? As a manager, it is essential to regularly assess your organization’s actual capacity to handle a major incident, operational disruption, or…
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