Insights & Research

Practical perspectives on school safety, crisis leadership, organizational resilience, continuity, and recovery.
Business Continuity: Start with Essential Functions

Updated October 4, 2026. This practical planning perspective replaces the original 2025 risk forecast.

A continuity plan becomes useful when it answers a concrete question: what must our organization keep doing when normal conditions are unavailable? For a school, …

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Weather Disruption: Exercise Your Continuity Assumptions

Updated October 4, 2026. This planning perspective replaces the original Hurricane Helene article and its unsupported impact statistics.

Weather disruption can affect a school or organization well beyond the immediate closure. Leadership teams need to understand …

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Technology Dependencies Belong in Your Continuity Exercise

Updated October 4, 2026. This leadership planning perspective replaces the original cybersecurity and Internet of Things article.

A school’s ability to operate may depend on learning platforms, contact records, building systems, identity access, payment processes, …

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School Crisis Leadership: Prepare for What Continues

Updated October 4, 2026. This school leadership perspective replaces the original online coaching article.

A school crisis does not end when the immediate response ends. Leaders may need to sustain learning, coordinate support, make staffing decisions, communicate …

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