SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
How would you cope and how would it impact your life if you had to self-isolate for two weeks.
In a previous role I was business continuity manager for a major government service.
The service infrastructure was monitored, maintained and managed by a team of six in a data centre. Only they could do their role due to security constraints. I had to develop business continuity plans agreed with the government department for coping with loss of members of the team due to a Bird Flu pandemic in the UK back when Bird Flu was a high risk. It seemed very unlikely to happen - but I had to consider all scenarios including all of the team being off sick - ramping numbers down from 6 to zero - working out how the service would be impacted and what we would do to cope.
The Bird Flu pandemic didn't happen - however a few months later I had to activate the business continuity plan due to very heavy snow across south of England; roads were blocked - and only one member of the team managed to get to the data centre. And working with the department we stopped work on all aspects of service delivery as we had planned - and it worked well - but if we hadn't had the plan in place it would have been a confused scramble.
Though it seems excessive and over-the-top to consider such things in such detail in advance - it is what business has to do - and perhaps it is really what individuals should think about.
So looking at where we are with Coronavirus (Covid-19) how would a two week period of self-isolation impact you and your family. Could you manage? What about your work? Your income (if zero hours for instance).
Maybe we each have to start thinking about this - just in case.
My brother is currently skiiing in Italy...what does he do when he gets back? His wife and daughter are a midwife and nurse respectively working in major hospitals in Aberdeen and Glasgow. Has he to isolate himself from work and them for two weeks? He can work from home easy enough. But what about his wife and daughter?
In a previous role I was business continuity manager for a major government service.
The service infrastructure was monitored, maintained and managed by a team of six in a data centre. Only they could do their role due to security constraints. I had to develop business continuity plans agreed with the government department for coping with loss of members of the team due to a Bird Flu pandemic in the UK back when Bird Flu was a high risk. It seemed very unlikely to happen - but I had to consider all scenarios including all of the team being off sick - ramping numbers down from 6 to zero - working out how the service would be impacted and what we would do to cope.
The Bird Flu pandemic didn't happen - however a few months later I had to activate the business continuity plan due to very heavy snow across south of England; roads were blocked - and only one member of the team managed to get to the data centre. And working with the department we stopped work on all aspects of service delivery as we had planned - and it worked well - but if we hadn't had the plan in place it would have been a confused scramble.
Though it seems excessive and over-the-top to consider such things in such detail in advance - it is what business has to do - and perhaps it is really what individuals should think about.
So looking at where we are with Coronavirus (Covid-19) how would a two week period of self-isolation impact you and your family. Could you manage? What about your work? Your income (if zero hours for instance).
Maybe we each have to start thinking about this - just in case.
My brother is currently skiiing in Italy...what does he do when he gets back? His wife and daughter are a midwife and nurse respectively working in major hospitals in Aberdeen and Glasgow. Has he to isolate himself from work and them for two weeks? He can work from home easy enough. But what about his wife and daughter?
