Case Studies / Disaster resilience toolkit

Business resilience framework for the Victorian government

KEY information
PROJECT CONSULTING
completed 2020

stakeholders
STATE GOVERNMENT – BUSINESS VICTORIA
ALL BUSINESSES ACROSS VICTORIA

We created a framework to help Victorian businesses thrive

Opportunity

In 2020 as the global pandemic was impacting businesses across Victoria, our Resilient Ready experts were engaged by the State Government department of Business Victoria to develop a business resilience framework.

We were initially asked to create business resilience website copy and an easy to use template document that would educate and empower businesspeople across the State.

Our approach

The client quickly accepted our reverse brief recommending an easy-to-follow printable framework to support and guide every businessperson to confidently navigate disasters and the changes they bring.

We worked closely with Business Victoria to ensure the framework not only met the needs of their audience but delivered immediate and ongoing benefits through an engaging format.

Business resilience is often seen as complex and boring. Our challenge was to make it practical, easy and helpful.

Renae Hanvin
Founder + Director at Resilient Ready

The Disaster Resilience for Business Toolkit

Outcomes

The project resulted in the scoping, writing and graphic design of the ‘Disaster Resilience for Business Toolkit’ – an informative guide to help businesses survive disasters.

Relevant to all business owners and operators irrespective of their experience of disasters, the Toolkit builds disaster resilience knowledge while driving behaviour change.

Case studies and mini audits help business readers to:

identify business resilience capabilities,
prepare before future disasters occur,
safely continue trading during a disaster,
get a business back up and running after a disaster.

The document is available on the Business Victoria website.

Everyday activities to support any type of business to build resilience

Key aspects of business identified over four distinct themes

Case study examples to support peer to peer learning