Contingency planning, while often focused on scenarios like office fires, cyber threats, and pandemics, should also prepare businesses for sudden and unexpected events such as the loss of a team member. Employing the term ‘Disaster Recovery’ might serve as a fitting reminder that such plans also need to consider seemingly unlikely yet potentially devastating events. Hence, unsettling though it may be, imperative questions regarding how businesses would proceed if one or more key members were abruptly missing must be addressed. This grim reality shines a light on the importance of robust disaster recovery methods in sustaining business function in the wake of abrupt, significant loss.
For more details, please read: What Would You Do If a Member of Your Team Died Suddenly and Unexpectedly?