Power cuts, cyber incidents, supplier failures, floods, pandemics and civil disruption no longer count as rare events for organisations in Africa and beyond. Regulators and boards now ask whether critical services can be sustained and how quickly they can be restored. This five-day programme helps senior practitioners move from a document-heavy continuity plan to a living resilience strategy. You study business impact analysis, risk and threat assessment, recovery time and recovery point objectives, dependency mapping, alternate site and remote work arrangements, crisis communication, ISO 22301 concepts, exercise design and emerging digital tools for monitoring and response.
The content is aimed at business continuity managers, risk and compliance officers, operations and IT service heads, bank and insurance resilience leads, emergency planners, internal auditors and executives who sponsor continuity work. Delegates apply each method to a shared fictional enterprise and then to their own. The programme runs in classroom, online and in-house formats and ends with a CPD-accredited certificate. Afterwards you can brief leadership on resilience priorities, structure a continuity programme and plan a credible scenario test.
Resilience has moved from a back-office compliance task to a strategic concern. Supply chains stretch across borders, digital platforms underpin most customer services and a single failed vendor can stop an entire operation. Organisations that treat continuity as an annual paper exercise often discover during a real incident that plans are outdated, people are untrained and critical dependencies were never identified.
This advanced course takes a strategic view of the field. Participants begin with the connection between enterprise risk, operational resilience and continuity management, then examine how to identify critical services, map the people, processes, technology and third parties they rely on, and set tolerances for disruption. Strategy sessions cover choosing recovery options, building governance and funding the programme. A dedicated block explores innovation, including cloud-based recovery, automated alerting, data analytics for early warning and lessons from agile organisations that adapt quickly under pressure.
Learning relies on scenario work. Delegates run an impact analysis, build a strategy paper and take part in a simulated crisis, which gives them the confidence and materials to lead a programme refresh when they return.
Participants will leave the course able to:
Delegates finish with:
The programme treats continuity as a leadership discipline and uses active techniques:
Day 1: Resilience Strategy and Context
Day 2: Critical Services and Impact Analysis
Day 3: Threats, Strategies and Plans
Day 4: Crisis Response and Exercising
Day 5: Innovation, Governance and Sustained Improvement
The course is intended for experienced professionals responsible for keeping organisations operating, including:
A CPD-accredited Certificate of Completion from Vision Reach Global Consultancy is awarded to participants who attend the full programme and take part in the exercises, including the crisis simulation.
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By the end of the Strategy and Innovation in Business Continuity & Operational Resilience programme, you'll be able to differentiate business continuity, disaster recovery, crisis management and operational resilience, identify critical services and set impact tolerances and recovery objectives, conduct a business impact analysis and map internal and third-party dependencies, and assess threats and select proportionate continuity and recovery strategies. The full breakdown of topics is covered session by session in the Course Outline tab above.
The course is intended for experienced professionals responsible for keeping organisations operating, including: Business continuity and resilience managers, Enterprise risk and compliance officers, Heads of operations and service delivery, IT service continuity and information security managers, Banking and insurance operational risk leads, Emergency preparedness and disaster management coordinators, Internal auditors reviewing continuity arrangements, Public sector, utility and telecom executives, and Supply chain and vendor management heads.
Strategy and Innovation in Business Continuity & Operational Resilience Training Course typically runs as 5 Days. It's available as in-person classroom, live virtual, and in-house corporate training — every course can also be delivered on-site for your team on dates that suit you.
Strategy and Innovation in Business Continuity & Operational Resilience Training Course is scheduled in-classroom in Nairobi, Kenya, Mombasa, Kenya, Naivasha, Kenya, and Kisumu, Kenya, and 14 other locations, plus a live interactive virtual classroom you can join from anywhere. Check the schedule panel above for exact upcoming dates and fees in each location.
The next live virtual cohort of Strategy and Innovation in Business Continuity & Operational Resilience starts October 19, 2026, with new classroom cohorts also running on a rolling basis. Pick a date and location in the schedule panel above, then click "Register for the Course" — it takes a few minutes and your seat is confirmed once payment or a signed purchase order is received.
Yes — delegates who meet the attendance requirement receive a Certificate of Completion for Strategy and Innovation in Business Continuity & Operational Resilience Training Course from Vision Reach Global Consultancy, issued in the name you register with, so double-check the spelling at checkout.
Strategy and Innovation in Business Continuity & Operational Resilience Training Course is pitched at advanced professionals. If you're unsure whether it's the right fit for your current role or background, message our training advisors before you register and they'll help you confirm.
Fees for Strategy and Innovation in Business Continuity & Operational Resilience Training Course vary by delivery location and format and are shown in real time in the schedule panel above once you pick a date. Register 3 or more delegates on the same course together and a 5% team discount is applied automatically — larger cohorts can request a custom corporate quote.
Yes — Strategy and Innovation in Business Continuity & Operational Resilience Training Course can be delivered on-site at your offices (or virtually for distributed teams), with case studies and examples tailored to your industry and the specific challenges your team is working through. Switch to the "In-House" tab in the schedule panel above to request a proposal.
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