Enterprise Risk Management

Proactive Protection, Strategic Growth: Build Your Future with 221b Consulting’s Tailored Enterprise Risk Management

Uncertainty doesn’t have to be your enemy. At 221b Consulting, we empower businesses like yours to navigate risk with confidence and unlock strategic growth through a customized enterprise risk management (ERM) framework.

Go beyond risk mitigation, embrace opportunity:

• • Uncover the full picture: We collaborate with your leaders to identify existing, emerging, and hidden risks that can impact your operations, finances, and reputation.
  • Know your risk appetite: Define your tolerance for risk, ensuring informed decisions that balance prudence with strategic opportunities.
  • Assessment clarity: Develop a transparent risk scoring system for prioritizing threats and allocating resources effectively.
  • Actionable insights: Craft tailored mitigation strategies to minimize negative impacts and capitalize on potential opportunities.
  • Engage the right people: Identify the optimal team to conduct risk surveys and implement mitigation plans.

221b Consulting doesn’t just build ERM frameworks, we build resilience:

• • Agile adaptation: Remain poised for growth in a dynamic landscape by constantly reevaluating your risk profile and adjusting your ERM program along with your short-, medium-, and long-term strategy.
  • Data-driven decisions: Leverage our expertise to analyze trends, predict potential disruptions, and make informed choices.
  • Peace of mind, strategic advantage: Gain the confidence to face any challenge and capitalize on emerging opportunities, securing your competitive edge.

Ready to build a future-proofed business with proactive ERM?

Contact us today to schedule a free consultation and discuss your unique risk landscape.

Crisis Management

Ready for Anything: Turn Chaos into Confidence with a Bespoke Crisis Management Playbook

Imagine this: An unexpected crisis rocks your business. Chaos reigns, uncertainty spirals, and your financial, strategic, operational, and reputational status hangs in the balance. But what if you had a proactive, repeatable plan – a custom crisis management playbook tailored to your unique vulnerabilities?

221b Consulting empowers you to do just that. We work proactively, helping you develop a roadmap for enhanced resilience:

• • Identify your A-Team: Pinpoint the crisis management team, ensuring swift, informed decisions during even the toughest moments.
  • Know what to ask: Craft a question guide for immediate action, avoiding costly stumbles and guiding your response with clarity.
  • Expert on-call: We connect you with the right specialists at a moment’s notice, minimizing damage and mitigating secondary crises before they take root.

221b Consulting advantage? Experience. We’ve seen it all, and we’ve learned how to navigate even the most complex situations. We equip you with:

• • Confidence to thrive: With a rock-solid playbook and expert guidance, you’ll face adversity with composure, emerge stronger, and inspire trust in your stakeholders.
  • Tabletop exercises: A playbook serves little purpose if not exercised. Stress-test your plan through simulated scenarios, identifying and addressing potential pitfalls before they become real threats.

Don’t wait for chaos to strike. Contact us to craft your customized crisis management playbook and turn any scenario into a coordinated plan to gain a competitive advantage.

Business Continuity

Bounce Back, Stronger Than Ever: Seamless Business Continuity for Uninterrupted Growth

An outage strikes. Operations grind to a halt. Revenue plummets. But in the midst of chaos, your business emerges unscathed, thanks to a detailed business continuity program created with 221b Consulting.

We go beyond mere disaster recovery. Our expert team helps you build impenetrable resilience:

• • Identify your lifeline: Conduct a thorough business impact analysis to pinpoint your mission-critical processes. This is your company’s beating heart, the functions that must stay alive – no matter what.
  • Build your fortress: Develop tailored business continuity plans (BCPs) for each critical process, ensuring a seamless, swift response to any disruption.
  • Bounce back, not just recover: We focus on minimizing downtime with efficient recovery time objectives (RTOs), recovery point objectives (RPOs), keeping your revenue streaming uninterrupted.

Our approach is comprehensive:

• • Technology, data, personnel, facilities, vendors: We tackle disruptions in any form, from server crashes to vendor outages to natural disasters.
  • Minor matters magnified: We analyze even seemingly insignificant processes, understanding how domino effects can cripple your operations.
  • Test, refine, repeat: Just like with crisis management, we believe in putting your BCPs to the test through regular tabletop exercises. This identifies vulnerable areas before they become real threats.

Don’t let unforeseen events halt your growth. 221b Consulting can build the business continuity program you need to weather any storm and emerge stronger. Contact us today to:

Schedule a free consultation and discuss your specific needs.

Alternative Risk

Unlock Hidden Growth: Unleash the Power of Alternative Risk with 221b Consulting

Forget the one-size-fits-all approach to risk. At 221b Consulting, we empower businesses like yours to maximize profit potential, gain more control over your risk management program, and minimize risk profiles through innovative alternative risk solutions.

Go beyond traditional insurance:

• • Captive power: Explore the game-changer – captive insurance. Gain control over claims, reduce expenses, and enjoy long-term financial stability.
  • Group captive synergy: We dissect your risk landscape and identify potential group captive opportunities, maximizing savings while minimizing setup and maintenance costs.
  • Brotherhood of risk: We analyze  , ensuring optimal captive utilization and risk sharing within your organization.
  • Tailored reinsurance: Craft strategic reinsurance agreements with trusted carriers, further optimizing your risk management strategy to weather difficult markets.
  • Retention mastery: Take control with direct retention or deductible policies, unlocking even greater savings and control.

We don’t just advise, we guide:

• • Expert vendor matchmaking: We connect you with the best captive management vendors, ensuring seamless operation and regulatory compliance.
  • Accounting acumen: Our in-depth knowledge helps you navigate proper accounting and reserve analysis, safeguarding your captive’s long-term health.

Ready to unlock hidden growth and unleash the power of alternative risk?

Contact us today to schedule a free consultation and discuss your unique risk profile.

Foresight/Future Risk

See What’s Next, Shape Your Tomorrow: We Are Your Foresight Partner for Sustainable Success

In today’s hyper-connected world, blind spots can be fatal. At 221b Consulting, we help businesses like yours look into the future with unparalleled clarity. We don’t make predictions – we empower you to evaluate the possibilities and signals, and to capitalize on them, securing your path to sustainable success for years to come.

Foresight is your superpower:

• • Navigate the unknown: Anticipate future disruptive trends years ahead, from technological revolutions to shifting regulatory landscapes.
  • Spot hidden opportunities: Uncover emerging markets, game-changing innovations, and unforeseen partnerships before they become mainstream.
  • Turn threats into triumphs: Transform potential crises into opportunities for growth and resilience, safeguarding your future against any challenge, or challenger.

Our expert lens goes beyond the ordinary:

• • Scenario planning mastery: We craft compelling, plausible future scenarios that challenge assumptions and spark strategic thinking.
  • Data-driven insights: We leverage advanced analytics and cutting-edge research to paint an accurate picture of what’s to come.
  • Unwavering expertise: Our team of experienced futurists and industry veterans has a proven track record of helping businesses navigate uncertainty and thrive.

With 221b Consulting as your guide, you can:

• • Develop adaptive strategies: Build flexible, forward-thinking plans that respond seamlessly to the evolving landscape.

• • Stay the course, keep evolving: Looking into the future can be challenging, and short-term fluctuations may create questions or concerns. Fix your eye on the future and ensure you keep evolving your business.

• • Invest in the future: Allocate resources and talent to the right opportunities at the right time, maximizing your competitive advantage.
  • Foster a culture of innovation: Inspire your team to embrace change and explore new possibilities, propelling your business to the forefront of tomorrow.

Don’t just react to change, shape it. 221b Consulting – your trusted partner in navigating the future with confidence.

Contact us today to schedule a free consultation and discuss your unique future.

Operations Management

Streamline, Optimize, Thrive with 221b Consulting

Stuck in the grind of daily operations? At 221b Consulting, we help businesses like yours break free and soar with world-class operations management. We don’t just tweak, we transform, unlocking unprecedented efficiency, productivity, and profit potential.

Uncover hidden treasures in your operations:

• • Strategic alignment: We delve into your long-range plan, identifying operational gaps and opportunities that fuel your strategic goals.
  • Stress-test for resilience: From supply chain shifts to evolving customer demands, we simulate real-world challenges to expose vulnerabilities and optimize your processes.
  • Design for excellence: We collaborate with you to redesign, develop, and implement streamlined production, manufacturing, or service delivery models.

Data is our north star:

• • Data-driven insights: We don’t guess, we analyze. Our data-driven approach pinpoints precise areas for improvement, ensuring every change yields measurable results.
  • Actionable plans: We translate insights into clear, actionable plans that empower your team to deliver operational excellence every day.
  • Continuous optimization: We don’t set it and forget it. We partner with you to continuously monitor, refine, and adapt your processes for lasting success.

221b Consulting doesn’t just improve operations, we unlock new frontiers:

• • Boost productivity: Free your team from inefficiencies so they can focus on what matters most: innovation, growth, and exceeding customer expectations.
  • Reduce costs: Slash unnecessary expenses through optimized processes and resource allocation, boosting your bottom line.
  • Unlock agility: Become responsive and adaptable to market changes, seizing opportunities and outmaneuvering the competition.

Ready to unleash the true power of your operations?

Contact us today to schedule a free consultation and discuss your unique operational challenges.

Cyber Security

Fortress Your Data, Fuel Innovation: 221b Consulting Builds Your Ultimate Cyber Defense

In today’s digital landscape, your data is your crown jewel. At 221b Consulting, we go beyond simple cyber insurance – we build impenetrable cyber defenses that shield your assets and unlock the limitless potential of secure growth.

We don’t just protect, we empower:

• • Early adopter advantage: We understand the evolving nature of cyber threats and have pioneered advanced cyber security solutions for businesses like yours.
  • Vulnerability shield: From ransomware to data breaches, we identify and mitigate potential threats before they can strike.
  • Incident response: ready, not reactive: We develop robust incident response plans and equip your team to handle disruptions with swiftness and minimal damage.
  • Third-party trust: We navigate the complex world of cyber liability and ensure you’re adequately protected against third-party risks.
  • Investment optimization: We help you identify the sweet spot in data security spending, maximizing protection without diminishing profitability.

Beyond insurance, we build a holistic defense:

• • Commercial insurance placement: Find the right insurance coverage to complement your internal security measures.
  • Captive insurance exploration: We analyze the potential of captive insurers to further customize your risk management strategy.
  • Crisis management synergy: Integrate your cyber defense with crisis management playbooks for seamless, coordinated responses to any incident.
  • Vendor vetting and vigilance: We help you establish strong relationships with trustworthy third-party vendors, minimizing potential vulnerabilities.

Don’t settle for reactive measures, build proactive resilience with 221b Consulting.

Contact us today to schedule a free consultation and discuss your unique cyber security needs.