The majority of companies that are better prepared to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 have implemented an organisational resilience approach. An important aspect of this approach is the inclusion of lessons learned from previous events and disruptions, such as the SARS (2003), H1N1 (2009), and Ebola (2014-2016) global health emergencies. This article discusses how, post-crisis, it is important to capture lessons learned and identify organisational improvement opportunities for use in future emergencies.
Topics covered in this article:
Learning from past experiences and identifying improvement opportunities
Leveraging knowledge and experience to help the organisation build value and emerge stronger
As a partner and the Resilience and Crisis Management leader of Deloitte UK, I have over 25 years of experience in resilience and crisis management. I have helped many global organizations define and design their crisis management framework and have run advanced simulations and war games across many industry sectors to enable them to be more crisis ready. I also have real-crisis experience, providing direct executive support through crisis events on multiple occasions.