Checkbox to Proof: Building BCM Exercise Programs That Demonstrate Resilience

  • 24 Jun 2026
  • , 15:00 UTC+1

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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. In 45 minutes, practitioners will have a clear picture of what it actually takes for an exercise program to generate proof of resilience, not just completion records. The audience will leave with an Exercise Intelligence Maturity Roadmap, a practical tool to help BCM teams understand where their program stands today, what good looks like, and the concrete steps to get there.

Speakers:

  • Miriam Ayed

    Miriam Ayed is a resilience and business continuity professional at Fortiv, specialising in helping organisations strengthen their operational resilience through practical, data-driven approaches. She has experience in designing and delivering business continuity programmes, with a particular focus on exercise design, performance validation, and continuous improvement. Miriam works closely with organisations to move beyond compliance and develop capabilities that enable effective decision-making and response under pressure.

 

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