Publications, Awards & Recognition
Sharing knowledge and leading with thought
Needhams 1834 and its consultants contribute to industry thinking through articles, conference speaking, academic work, recognised standards, and award-shortlisted projects. This page brings together selected third-party publications, appearances, certifications, and recognition that reflect our experience in business continuity, resilience, and crisis management.
Publications & Insights
How to conduct a Business Impact Analysis to increase value in your new FM role
Business impact analysis, continuity planning, operational resilience
Published by Facilitate Magazine, the publication of the Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management, this article by Robin Bucknall positions business impact analysis as a practical tool for understanding how an organisation really works. Rather than treating a BIA as a box-ticking exercise, the piece shows how it can reveal critical functions, dependencies, recovery priorities and operational pinch points.
Key points:
- Explains how business impact analysis helps identify critical activities, dependencies and recovery priorities.
- Shares practical guidance for carrying out a BIA and using the findings to strengthen continuity planning.
Corporate preparedness for the FIFA World Cup 2026: duty of care, risk, and opportunity
Duty of care, event risk, travel security, crisis preparedness
Published by Resilience Forward, this article by Robin Bucknall looks at the business continuity and duty-of-care implications of the FIFA World Cup 2026. It frames the tournament as both a commercial opportunity and a complex resilience challenge, especially for organisations with travelling staff, host-city operations, or hospitality activity tied to the event.
Key outcomes:
- Explores the operational and duty-of-care challenges businesses may face around a major international event.
- Covers practical preparedness measures including travel risk planning, crisis response and employee support.
Do we need more ‘pre-emptive retrospection’?
Risk culture, governance, reputation, strategic decision-making
Published on the UCL Risk and Disaster Reduction Blog, this article by Dr Chris Needham-Bennett explores a deceptively simple question: how would today’s decisions look under future scrutiny if events went badly wrong? It’s a more reflective, governance-focused piece that helps show strategic thinking around risk, accountability and organisational judgement.
Key outcomes:
- Examines how organisations can challenge decisions before a crisis exposes weaknesses.
- Offers a strategic perspective on risk, accountability and decision-making under uncertainty.
Effective information management and assurance for a modern organisation during a crisis
Crisis information management, assurance, secure decision-making
This article by Andrew MacLeod is indexed on PubMed and published in the Journal of Business Continuity & Emergency Planning, which gives it a more formal and academic flavour than the trade press pieces. It focuses on the role of secure, reliable information in crisis response and how organisations need trustworthy information systems to make recovery decisions under pressure.
Key outcomes:
- Explains why reliable information is essential to effective crisis response.
- Shows how strong information assurance supports better decisions under pressure.
Speaking & Industry Appearances
Needhams 1834 consultants contribute to industry discussion through conferences, webinars, expert panels and advisory roles across resilience, crisis management and business continuity.
Resilience World Nexus Summit 2026
Advisory Committee | Dr Chris Needham-Bennett | Global resilience leadership
Chris Needham-Bennett is listed on the advisory committee for the Resilience World Nexus Summit 2026,
reflecting his ongoing contribution to wider conversations around resilience, risk and preparedness.
World Continuity Congress
Webinar appearance | Dr Chris Needham-Bennett | Corporate resilience
Featured as part of the World Continuity Congress, this session explores whether wider societal shifts
are making effective corporate resilience more difficult to achieve.
HESPA HERMN Special Interest Group Meeting
Event speaker | Dr Chris Needham-Bennett | Risk, probability and preparedness
Chris contributed to this HESPA event with a session focused on risk, impact, probability and preparedness,
bringing strategic resilience thinking into a higher education setting.
DRI International / UCL Conference
Conference speaker | Dr Chris Needham-Bennett | High-impact event planning
Chris appears in the programme for this DRI International and UCL event, contributing to discussion around
low-probability, high-impact events and organisational preparedness.
HSTalks Expert Profile
Expert talk | Andrew MacLeod | Communication and human behaviour in crisis
Andrew MacLeod’s HSTalks profile highlights his expertise in business continuity and crisis management,
including speaking on communication and human behaviour during periods of disruption.
BCM Institute Speaker Profile
Industry profile | Dr Chris Needham-Bennett | Business continuity and ISO 22301
Chris’s BCM Institute profile highlights his long-standing work in business continuity, resilience and crisis
management, alongside his wider professional and academic credentials.
Award Highlights
Our awards come from respected independent bodies such as the Business Continuity Institute (BCI), the CIR Business Continuity Awards, and other peer-reviewed industry programmes, recognising excellence in continuity, resilience, and consultancy delivery.
- CIR Strategy Through Partnership — Winner 2024
- CIR Business Continuity Consultancy of the Year — Finalist 2024
- CIR Business Continuity Consultancy of the Year — Finalist 2023
- BCI Global Consultant of the Year — Winner 2015
- BCI Continuity & Resilience Newcomer — Winner 2017
- BCI BCM Newcomer — Winner 2013 (Global)
- CIR Strategy Through Partnership — Finalist 2017
- Continuity Central Paper of the Year — Shortlisted 2015
- CIR Business Continuity Adviser of the Year — Finalist 2018
- CIR Business Continuity Consultant of the Year — Finalist 2015
- BCI European Consultant of the Year — Winner 2015
- BCI European BCM Newcomer — Winner 2013
- BCI BCM Strategy of the Year — Shortlisted 2012
- BCI BCM Strategy of the Year — Winner 2009
- BANG Most Bizarre Exercise Scenario — Winner 2014
Why These Stories Matter
Needhams 1834 client success stories show how practical expertise, director-led leadership, and structured frameworks transform resilience from a compliance exercise into a confident, organisation-wide capability.
Explore Our Expertise
Resilience is strengthened through connected expertise. Each of our specialist services — from business continuity planning, operational and supply chain resilience to crisis management, training and certification — is designed to build confidence, capability and control across your organisation.
Explore how Needhams 1834 can help you prepare for disruption, protect your operations, and lead with assurance when it matters most.