Three tabletop mistakes we still see
Common ways continuity tabletops lose value — and how New Zealand leadership teams can keep the exercise honest.
1. Inviting only directors. Continuity decisions land on supervisors who open sheds and call clients. If they are absent from the tabletop, the exercise congratulates a plan that fails at the loading dock.
2. Using a science-fiction scenario. Meteor strikes entertain; they do not reveal whether your alternate site has power cards. Prefer a flood, fire, prolonged power cut, or key-person illness tied to your region.
3. Hiding awkward findings. The point of a tabletop is to surface missing keys, unclear authority, and outdated phone trees. If the write-up only praises teamwork, you paid for theatre.
Anchor Risk Advisory builds tabletops into Continuity Readiness Reviews so discoveries become actions with owners and dates — not anecdotes left in a whiteboard photo.