Ross Edwards Consulting
Crisis readiness & continuity advisory
Executive readiness for high-consequence disruption
REC helps organisations strengthen crisis management, business continuity and executive decision-making so leaders can act decisively and sustain critical operations under pressure.
Crisis readiness depends on more than documentation
REC reviews and tests crisis and business continuity arrangements to assess whether roles, escalation, decision-making and continuity priorities are clear and workable.
The focus is whether leaders and teams can coordinate, make decisions, communicate and sustain critical operations during disruption.
Advisory services
Crisis readiness and executive decision support
Review and strengthen governance, escalation, roles and executive decision-making for significant incidents and crises. Develop practical structures and decision support tools for leaders and response teams.
Incident and emergency response arrangements
Develop and review plans, procedures and response structures for operational incidents and emergencies, including roles, activation thresholds, coordination and response actions.
Business continuity
Identify critical functions, dependencies, recovery priorities and continuity requirements. Develop proportionate strategies and plans to maintain or restore priority operations.
Exercises, reviews and improvement
Design and facilitate targeted exercises and after-action reviews to test arrangements, roles and decision-making, and then translate findings into prioritised improvements.
When to use REC
REC supports organisations when crisis, emergency management or business continuity arrangements need to be established, strengthened or tested.
Common triggers include:
new or untested crisis, emergency management or business continuity arrangements
unclear escalation, roles or decision rights
recent disruption, incident or near miss
organisational change, growth or increased complexity
upcoming exercises, assurance activity or board scrutiny
uncertainty about critical operations, dependencies or recovery priorities
Crisis Readiness & Continuity Review
The REC Crisis Readiness & Continuity Review assesses governance, escalation, executive decision-making, communication and continuity arrangements for significant disruption.
The Review examines:
governance, roles, accountabilities and handover arrangements
escalation thresholds, activation criteria and decision pathways
executive operating rhythm and decision-support tools
critical functions, dependencies and recovery priorities
internal and external communication arrangements
key vulnerabilities and assumptions that could undermine response or continuity
The outcome is a prioritised assessment of what is working, where gaps remain and what should be addressed first.
Practical outputs
Depending on the engagement, REC provides practical outputs such as:
readiness findings and prioritised actions
crisis and continuity roles, accountabilities and escalation pathways
executive operating rhythms and decision-support tools
mapping of critical functions, dependencies and recovery priorities
exercise scenarios and facilitation support
after-action findings and improvement plans
How REC works
Understand
Clarify organisational context, critical operations, existing arrangements and priorities.
Assess
Review governance, plans, roles, escalation, dependencies and assumptions to assess whether arrangements are clear, practical and workable during disruption.
Strengthen
Prioritise practical improvements, refine arrangements and support implementation where required.
Led by Ross Edwards
REC is led by Ross Edwards, whose career began in the Australian Defence Force and has since spanned emergency management, crisis management and business continuity across government and complex operational environments.
He advises organisations on crisis readiness, business continuity and executive decision-making, with a particular focus on governance, escalation, role clarity and continuity of critical operations.
Partner delivery
REC provides associate and partner delivery support for consulting firms and specialist advisory teams requiring additional crisis, emergency management or business continuity capability.
Contact REC
Contact REC to discuss your readiness priorities or advisory requirements.
Ross Edwards
Principal
Ross Edwards Consulting
ross@rossedwardsconsulting.com.au
Based in Sydney. Available Australia-wide.
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