Organisations often assume that strong compliance means they are resilient and prepared for disruption. Yet over a century on, the Titanic continues to demonstrate how even the most advanced and confidently designed operations can fail when critical dependencies are misunderstood, assumptions go untested or warning signs are overlooked. This webinar uses the Titanic story as both a history lesson and a practical framework for understanding why compliance is only the foundation, and how genuine resilience depends on visibility, meaningful testing and the right technology to support informed decision making.

This session is a special edition of the highly regarded keynote delivered by Matthew Meldrum, Senior Sales Engineer at Riskonnect, at the RiskNZ Risk & Resilience Summit and at our Konnect customer conferences in 2025. Following strong feedback, we are bringing it back in webinar format to reach a wider audience and to give attendees closer insight into how Riskonnect’s business continuity and resilience platform helps organisations avoid their own Titanic-style oversights by preparing for threats and minimising disruption across operations.

This webinar will cover:

• The resilience gaps that amplified the scale of the Titanic disaster, including untested plans, unclear roles and ignored warning signals.
• Why compliance frameworks do not automatically create resilience.
• The assumptions, silos and weak links that can undermine organisational readiness.
• Practical approaches to mapping critical processes, engaging stakeholders and prioritising what matters most.
• How the Riskonnect platform strengthens visibility, response and decision making.

You’ll walk away with clear, practical steps to keep your continuity program afloat, strengthen organisational resilience and steer clear of the modern-day icebergs that cause the biggest disruptions.

This session is just the starting point, with a wider series to follow that will explore resilience lessons from other pivotal events – watch this space!

Speaker:

Matthew Meldrum - Senior Sales Engineer at Riskonnect

With over a decade in implementing and selling risk software, Matthew brings a wealth of experience from having worked with some of the largest companies in the world to provide realistic, achievable roadmaps to drive organisational change and process improvement through technology. He specialises in helping organisations understand and prioritise their needs and next steps so that they can begin their journey with the end in mind.