From Checkbox to Proof:
Building BCM Exercise Programs That Demonstrate Resilience
Join us for this 45-minute online session in partnership with the Business Continuity Institute, where our panel of industry experts will explore how BCM teams can move beyond checkbox exercises to generate real proof of resilience. If you're looking to get deeper insight from your exercise program, this session is for you.
Michael W Janko
Author & International Risk and Resilience Expert
Nico Pörsti
Head of BCM Solutions, Fortiv
· Registration hosted by BCIAbout this session
Most BCM teams are running more exercises than ever. Completion rates are up. Audit findings are down. And yet, when the pressure is real, recovery still falters — decisions stall, escalation paths break down, and the distance between what the plan assumed and what the situation actually demanded becomes impossible to ignore.
The problem is not effort. It is intelligence.
Today's BCM exercise programs are drowning in completion data and starved of resilience intelligence. We know who attended. We know which plans were exercised. We rarely know whether our workforce can actually perform under pressure — and we almost never feed what we learn back into the program in a way that makes the next exercise smarter than the last.
This session, delivered in partnership by Fortiv and the Business Continuity Institute, is designed to change that.
What you'll take away
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Why completion data is not the same as resilience intelligence — and why the gap matters when pressure is real.
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What it actually takes for an exercise program to generate proof of resilience, not just records.
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The Exercise Intelligence Maturity Roadmap — a practical tool to assess where your program stands today.
Your speakers
Michael W Janko
Author | International Risk and Resilience Expert
Accomplished operational resilience, business continuity and crisis leader with decades of domestic and international experience. Trusted advisor to international teams on effective methods on avoiding and minimizing impacts of risk. Leading teams, following and guiding the way to unparalleled success in over 3,900 crises and business continuity events. Co-founder of Impact Analysis, a YouTube channel exploring risk and resilience topics.
Author: Excellence in Operational Resilience — How to Lead, Follow and Guide the Way (Routledge, March 25, 2024)
Nico Pörsti
Head of BCM Solutions, Fortiv
Nico Pörsti is a Business Continuity and Resilience leader focused on helping organizations maintain operations through disruption. As Head of BCM Solutions at Fortiv, he works at the intersection of sales, product, and advisory — guiding clients from legacy resilience frameworks toward AI-native approaches. With a background at Deloitte's Crisis and Resilience practice, Nico has supported organizations across multiple industries in crisis management, business continuity, and live incident response.
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Register NowWednesday, June 24th · 10 AM ET / 3 PM UTC+1 · 45 minutes · Zoom
