Another day, another politician that thinks that contingency plans shouldn’t be developed. This time it’s the head of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, who has told his officials not to work on contingency plans for Greece’s possible exit from the euro. Why? Apparently it’s because the plans could be leaked and cause turmoil in financial markets.
In other words, Europe’s top politician has effectively told everyone that he believes that Business Continuity planning is a dangerous discipline and that Business Continuity Plans should not be developed just in case they are leaked to the media.
Trying to sell the benefits of investing in Business Continuity is hard at the best of times, but now we have Jean-Claude Juncker and his helpful ideas. It’s not as bad as the person who once told me that he didn’t want to develop a Business Continuity Plan as it was tempting fate, but it’s getting close.
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