Impressions written by Shelly Munoz
On Thursday, July 27th, BRMA hosted Joy of Metrics Workshop with Dr Jones and Dawn Grzena with 20 attendees (14 members and 6 guests).
In the heart of San Francisco’s financial hub, Indeed hosted BRMA members and guests to its stylish and modern location. The fun collaboration amenities made this event space the right place for a successful ‘Joy of Metrics Workshop’, lead by Dr Bernard Jones and Dawn Grzena.
Let me ask you this. Have you ever sat down with a Ph.D. to discuss what matters in your line of work? To find out what drives leadership? An occasion to gain real insight into methods and techniques for effective metrics? I haven’t done that since college!
I was so pumped to get this opportunity to pick a tenured professor’s brain. I got inspiration from his years of educating, mentoring, and scientific research. Not to mention hearing from a seasoned and established resilience leader like Dawn Grzena. She shared her career experience (the joys and the struggles) using her quick wit and comedic timing. I laughed the whole time.
As we know, resilience metrics provide quantitative and qualitative data that will help leaders understand how resilient our organization is. During the presentation, they pointed out metric improvements, including using qualitative exercise observation metrics and experimenting with predictive analytics. In addition, they shared their extensive metrics research and analysis with us for in-depth reporting. But let’s be honest, it’s not the joy of metrics that drives organizations, it’s the fear of not measuring up!
Metrics development and publishing can be daunting, but this workshop provided both the science and the art. I walked away feeling stimulated with new insights, validated with positive feedback and reaffirmed my camaraderie with my peers revitalizing the BRMA community.
The session brought together our community of contingency and risk practitioners looking for meaningful metrics. This lunch and learn included an interactive approach to instruction, engaging in hands-on exercises, discussion and problem solving activities related to the topic at hand.
You need moments like these to grow professionally and personally. Your career journey will be inspired, your relationships will be stronger, and our sense of community will be nourished. My motivation and sense of purpose were renewed by this experience.
Stay connected through LinkedIn: BRMA – Business Recovery Managers Association group
Dawn Grzena | LinkedIn and Dr. Bernard Jones, CBCP | LinkedIn have their ownLInkedIn group where you can join as well: Enterprise Resilience Metrics group
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