Meet Atlas is the guide from the new

Meet Atlas is the guide from the new mobile app produced by the Global Disaster Preparedness Centre (GDPC).

Who is Atlas?

Who is Atlas Hi, I’m Atlas your friendly bear here to help you learn and take steps to make your organisation more ready for crisis and change. Hi Atlas I’m part of an interactive app available free to organisations from the App or Play stores. I’ll visit you later in this presentation to show you what I can do. Thanks, Atlas

What is business preparedness?

Why business? Businesses providing services to support the continued functioning of communities Individuals looking after their families and loved ones Utilities (energy, telecommunications, water, and transport) providing essential services Emergency services (police, fire, health) providing critical services Communities managing their hazards City, district, and regional authorities ensuring the safety of their communities Central government ensuring the security and well-being of their citizens

What kind of businesses? Micro, Medium and Small Enterprises (MSME) density across the world Source: MSME Country Indicators

Prepare for what?

Prepare how? Atlas is about: Awareness building Education Practical action

How does Atlas help? RESILIENCE

How does Atlas help?

How does Atlas help?

What does it deliver? DIMENSION Operational Readiness Leadership and culture LEVELS Contacts and backups Leadership and engagement Understanding core operations, mitigation and coping with demand change Communication strategy (internal and external) Review, embed and test plan Decision-making and risk awareness Decision Making across the organisation, staff engagement Building situational awareness, recognising opportunities Networks and relationships Developing external relationships Building internal capabilities Testing the robustness of your internal networks Creating opportunities, developing a learning culture Change Readiness Financial sustainability and unity of purpose Developing change readiness capacity Testing change readiness Embedding change readiness People at Work Introduction and reflection on employee well being Understanding and improving employee resilience and motivation Supporting employees in crisis Supporting employees day to day

Overarching principles Engaging Jargon Encouraging Paperwork Informal Compliance Explaining Lecturing

Who is Atlas? Hi, Atlas here again. Are you ready to take a look? Yes, please

Atlas: The app Atlas captures informatio n from business owners an d managers via chat, instea d of direct user input. • • Interactive, human-like engagement Acts in real time

Atlas: The app As it collects the inform ation and poses scenarios to the business owner or man ager, the level of preparedne ss is assessed. Results are shared, and guidance for increasing preparedness conveyed as the user works through the app.

Atlas: The app • Varying question and media types • Help functionality

Atlas: The app Tasking allows business owners and managers to assign an in-app task to another employee. • The employee is notified to complete the task via text or email and a browser link. • The user is notifi ed when the task is complete and input will be recorded.

Atlas: The app Progress is tracked on a user -friendly dashboard, .

Atlas: The app User responses to questio ns are captured and stored within user’s cloud stora ge. Business owner and managers can then gene rate a ‘Guide to getting throu gh’, more commonly known as a business continuity plan. Plan can be shared, store d and used during a crisis.

Any questions? Available in multiple – with more languages in development.