Open Continuity - We deliver continuity 10 times quicker at
1/10th the cost of our peers!
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What do we do?Open Continuity are the worlds first business continuity practice to crack the delivery of continuity to medium sized companies. We make sure our clients have a business continuity capability that keeps them in business and meets the increasing demands of their clients for suppliers that have effective and auditable operational risk controls. In a nut shell, we make sure you are able to survive a disaster and can take advantage of this ability to make more money in the mean time. In order to crack business continuity for medium sized businesses, we had to turn traditional business continuity practice on its head. The consequence of this innovation is that we can deliver continuity for our clients, at least 10 times quicker than practices using traditional approaches, and at less than 1/10th the cost. What we've done is provide better value for our clients and a fair return for our consultants. How could we help you?By working with us, your business gets plans and solutions in place that will protect what you've worked so hard to build. You'll also comply with regulations and meet the increasing client demand that their suppliers have business continuity in place. All in all, by working with us, you get a plan in place quicker, that's more accurate and costs you much less! ?Which means you'll be protected against disaster and win or retain more clients. What's different about Open Continuity?Traditional approaches have evolved mostly in large banks and are lengthy and bureaucratic. In order to meet the needs of medium sized businesses, we've revolutionised the process of delivering business continuity so that you get your plans quickly and with much less impact on your staff. We've quite literally turned continuity on it's head. We use a unique, market proven approach that swaps the normal continuity life cycle around so that we start with a scenario exercise and use the learning from this to put in place an instant plan based on knowledge of what you really must do to manage a crisis. Best of all, we are building our business around local franchises. Which means you deal with owner operators that know your area, they are on hand 24/7 and bring partner level consulting skills to bear on your business. Last but not least, they're not on your payroll. Because our consultants are business owners, they care about the quality of their work and the satisfaction of their clients. They understand the importance of building a relationship and that our marketing is peer to peer. If they didn't care they'd loose their franchise. We don't leave things to chance though. Our selection criteria for our franchisees requires that they care about quality, delivery and have the natural talents to deliver great customer experiences. Why turn Continuity on its head?Bottom line - the traditional approaches we had, took too long to deliver sub-standard plans that invariably required additional rework. Traditional approaches have been created by consultants mostly to meet the needs of large wealthy and indifferent banks. They are lengthy and bureaucratic. The traditional approaches are excellent at selling expensive consultancy man days for big practices. The costs restricts continuity consulting to large corporations. However, because these same large corporation now demanded continuity from their suppliers, there is a steady demand emerging from smaller companies. Naturally, as medium sized companies lack these corporations wealth and indifference, there is now a real need for a better way of doing business continuity, a quicker and cheaper way! From over 100 engagements, and speaking to our peers, we'd realised that not only did it take too long to get a plan in place for clients. But, when we came to exercise the plan (at the end of the traditional continuity life cycle), we found too many things that the analysis had missed. Most of them critical! Interestingly, the high level of faults is why business continuity consultants put so much emphasis on testing. Basically, they know that until you've tested your plan, there's limited confidence in its value. This is a key area where Open Continuity think differently:
In our mind it was clear that testing and rework was papering over the cracks of a low quality process. At the same time we were pondering testing we were also thinking about how we could cost effectively deliver continuity to the growing medium sized market. A potential high growth segment, but clearly unable to bear the costs of the traditional approaches. These two trains of thought came together and Open Continuity's FAST Continuity approach was born. We realised that if we started with an exercise and used this to establish the critical information and craft an initial plan based on reality rather than data, we'd take much of the delay and pain out of continuity planning. In short, this approach delivers an accurate plan, in days not months and it's right first time. So your exposure is covered quiker and you avoid a lengthy consultantcy engagement and expensive rework. We've turned continuity on its head quite literally. We now have a unique, market proven approach that delivers continuity quickly and without the faults. We take the biggest risk not you!Seeing as our business lives and dies on our clients satisfaction and the value we deliver to them, we offer what we think is a fantastic guarantee. Put simply, we guarantee our services. If you’re not happy, we will give you your money back. It’s that simple - there’s no small print! Having said that we're not taking nearly as big a risk of those businesses without sound business continuity in place.
Remember, if your not about to look after your customers, you can bet someone else will! Find out more for free and without any obligation!Do you really need continuity? What continuity do you need, where and when? What are your options? The truth is you probably don't know and we definitely don't know unless we take a little time to understand your business! We appreciate that many of you will be unsure about these questions and to make it easier to find our more we have made this first step as easy as possible by offering you a free assessment of your continuity needs. We will assess your needs, determine a range of options and present this back to you in a report that's yours to keep. If you find that you don't need it, you've at least learnt something. If you find you have some clear gaps you can choose to fix them all immediately or spread the remediation over as long as you like. We think this is a fantastic offer and to help you appreciate the value I just checked and the lowest cost competitor offers a similar service for £1495. If you're in no doubt, or just want to know more contact Jamie on 07894 906 559 or mail him at jamie.watters@OpenContinuity.com. Jamie will work with you to agree the best way forwards. How can we help?We have many ways of working with businesses to address their continuity needs including:
Do you need our help?Life is not about how fast you run, or how high you climb, but how well you bounce. This resonates with many successful people who've probably dusted themselves down far more often than their less successful friends. As far as your business is concerned; it's not "if" but "when" you fall. The question is will you bounce? If you're still not sure, find out about more our free Business Continuity Assessment. It will reveal your business needs and current readiness... If you're in no doubt, or just want to know more contact Jamie Watters on 07894 906 559 or mail him at jamie.watters@OpenContinuity.com. Jamie will work with you to agree the best way forwards.
Our MissionWe are deeply passionate about providing companies with cost effective business continuity solutions that add value by protecting their business and enabling them to keep the business they have and win new clients, We love business continuity and keep abreast of the latest developments and constantly test what works, so that we can eliminate what doesn’t work and further improve on what does. We're determined to give clients just the right amount of continuity in the right places so that that can make more money for longer. We see business continuity as a source of competitive advantage for our clients, and we make sure that our clients benefit from continuity, if they have a disaster or not!
Company ValuesExcellence – Good enough isn’t! We always deliver solutions of exceptional quality that add value for all involved for the long term. We look for ways to do more for less and stay on a path of constant improvement and innovation. Success – We focus our attention on the successful outcome of whatever we’re doing. We have a willingness to win and allow others to win, “win/win”. Education – We are always looking to learn from our mistakes. We always strive to learn, grow and master so we can help our fellow team members and customers learn, grow and master too. We act as educators to allow our clients to make their own intelligent decisions about their future. We impart practical, usable knowledge rather than just theory. Potential – When looking at others we think of them only in terms of their potential. Positive outlook – We have a positive vision of the future and make every effort to make this into our reality. We overcome or push aside any obstacles that keep us from our objectives, and simply don’t believe in the words can’t or try. Persistence – We stick with our goals long after the vast majority would have given up. We face apparent set backs and look for the opportunity. When faced with failure, we recognise it for what it is, a lesson. We learn, if nothing else the shortcomings of our plans. Then re-plan and try again and we keep trying. Reciprocation – We believe you have to give what you truly want to receive it. If you want good customers be one. If you want to be greeted by smiles, smile at people and if you want people to give you a reward, give them a valuable service. Strengths – We understand our strengths and we bring them to the fore in everything we do. We are the best consultancy at working on business continuity rather than in it. We're the best at building systems that drive exceptional value for our clients and leverage our consultants talents. We are the best at delivering value to clients by being quicker, cheaper and having a lower defect rate than our peers. Focus - We also know what we're not good at and we find people for whom those things are their strengths and we get out of their way . We focus on doing what we do best, delivering continuity for our clients. Passion – We bring passion into everything we do. We're passionate about building the best continuity methods and tools for our clients and consultants. If we can't bet passionate about something, we find someone else that can.
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