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Themes
Technology, supply chain, and people incidents teach different lessons.
Operationalresilienceexamples
Learn from real disruption responses.
Explore scenarios that show how organisations prepare for and recover from disruption across supply chains, technology, and customer services.
What do operational resilience examples show?
Examples highlight how organisations identified critical services, set impact tolerances, and executed response plans during real disruptions.
Live
Exercises
Scenario tests should feel as real as possible.
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Improving outcomes
Each event should produce actionable improvements.
WHY IT MATTERS
Why studying scenarios accelerates resilience
Builds muscle memory. Teams react faster when they have practiced realistic events.
Exposes gaps. Examples reveal dependencies, tooling needs, and communication issues.
Earns support. Leadership sees the tangible benefits of investing in resilience.
SCENARIOS
Common disruption stories to explore
- Cloud outage Simulate a regional cloud failure affecting customer portals.
- Supplier collapse Plan for a critical vendor going offline unexpectedly.
- Cyber incident Practice containment, communication, and recovery after ransomware.
CADENCE
How to turn lessons into action
- Document findings Capture timelines, decisions, and friction points after each exercise.
- Assign owners Translate lessons into remediation tasks with deadlines.
- Share success Publish short summaries so teams understand improvements.
- Refresh scenarios Rotate scenario themes each quarter to keep coverage broad.
Example-driven quick wins
Create a scenario library
Store descriptions, injects, and response plans for reuse.
Invite partners
Include suppliers and technology partners in exercises.
Score maturity
Rate readiness before/after each example to show progress.
SCENARIO GLOSSARY SNAPSHOT
Scenario glossary snapshot
Scenario test. A structured exercise simulating severe but plausible disruption.
Inject. A scripted event introduced during a scenario to elicit a response.
After-action review. A session capturing lessons learned post-exercise.
FAQS
Examples FAQ
How often should we run scenario examples?
Plan at least quarterly exercises, mixing tabletop sessions with technical drills.
Who should participate?
Include service owners, technology, communications, vendors, and executives when decisions are required.
How detailed should scenarios be?
Use enough detail to test processes, but leave room for improvisation to reflect real life.
Do we need formal case studies?
Documenting outcomes builds institutional memory and satisfies regulators in certain sectors.
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Resilience strategy
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Scenario testing guide
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Impact tolerance basics
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Business continuity
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DORA overview
Understand EU expectations for scenario testing.
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