Next week is the annual meeting of the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors (ASCLD, pronounced “ass-clad.” I know.) so this is my post for a couple of weeks. At the conference, I’m teaching a workshop on Organizational and Managerial Resilience: Practical Approaches. Below are two good articles from MIT Sloan School of Business about that topic that I’ll be referencing in my workshop.
Resilience1 may be (is, frankly) a business buzzword but the concept of and process for continuity of operations (COOP) are extremely important given that forensic science* laboratories, like hospitals, are considered high reliability organizations. Crime doesn’t stop and neither can the lab work. One slide in my workshop gives a pretty good idea of personal resilience:
These can easily be extrapolated to organizations with a few minutes thought. It comes down to organizational culture and “how we do things around here.”
I’m also presenting a poster the return on investment (ROI) for rapid DNA systems. Sneak peek for those who won’t be at the conference.
For a more in-depth read on this very hot topic, click here. You won’t be disappointed. Unless you were looking for cat pictures, then you will be. Because there aren’t any. But here’s a forensic-related article about cats (and the fact they will eat you when you’re dead) and a new vocabulary word, clowder.
The capacity to anticipate, plan for, respond to, and recover from difficulties when (as) they occur.