The honest inventory.
WHAT PEOPLE PLAN FOR
Fire, flood, theft.
WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS MORE OFTEN
Losing access to an account A domain expiring A developer disappearing A phone or laptop failing A key person being unavailable A compromised site Data lost with no backup
WHAT THOSE HAVE IN COMMON
None involves a disaster.
All are ordinary events that stop a business operating.
THE QUESTION TO ASK
If this stopped working today, what would happen?
For each of: your website, your email, your phone, your records, your premises, yourself.
WHAT MOST BUSINESSES DISCOVER
Several single points of failure nobody had considered.
WHY IT MATTERS
Recovery is far cheaper to plan than to improvise.
WHERE TO START
List what your business depends on.
Then, for each, what happens if it fails.
