03/07/2025
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ "๐ ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป" ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น-๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ
As entrepreneurs and SME leaders, we all know the drill: limited capital, stretched manpower, and no time (or money) for glossy business continuity plans. Most days, you're not just the CEOโyouโre also HR, ops, finance, and sometimes even the delivery guy.
๐๐ค ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ฉ๐จ?
You either freezeโฆ or you lead. And sometimes, you sell your car just to keep the business alive.
Enter Mad UnicornโA Story That Hits Close to Home
The Netflix series Mad Unicorn, inspired by the true story of Flash Express founder Komsan Saelee, follows Santi, a startup CEO of Thunder Logistics. As 11.11 (the biggest sales day of the year) looms, disaster strikes: a disgruntled tech staffer deletes the system controlling their conveyor belts.
๐๐ง๐๐๐ง๐จ ๐ฅ๐๐ก๐ ๐ช๐ฅ. ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฏ๐. ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐จ. ๐๐๐๐ง๐'๐จ ๐ฃ๐ค ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฃ, ๐ฃ๐ค ๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๐ฅ.
What Santi Did Next
He didnโt wait. No meetings. No long speeches. Just action.
โCall everyone you know. Iโll pay เธฟ1,000 if they help. If we finish early, itโs เธฟ2,000.โ
When his finance officer Xiaoyu asked, โWhere will you get the money?โโSanti simply said:
โIโll sell my car.โ
And he meant it.
Friends, cousins, neighbors showed up. They moved boxes by hand. They met the deadline.
That, my friends, is business continuity in real life.
๐ฝ๐ช๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐จ ๐พ๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ช๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐ก๐๐ฃ (๐ฝ๐พ๐) ๐ซ๐จ. ๐ฝ๐ช๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐จ ๐๐๐จ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ (๐ฝ๐): ๐๐๐๐ฉโ๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐?
Business Continuity is about keeping things running during a crisis. It focuses on immediate actions like workarounds and backups to ensure operations donโt stop completely. It kicks in during the chaosโwhen you're in the middle of the storm and need to stay afloat.
Business Resilience, on the other hand, is about bouncing back and growing after the crisis. It depends on leadership, strong culture, and trust within the team. Resilience begins after the disruptionโwhen the dust settles and the organization must adapt, recover, and move forward stronger than before.
Example: In Mad Unicorn, continuity was seen when the team manually packed orders after the system failed. Resilience was demonstrated in how team trust and morale were rebuilt after the sabotage, thanks to clear, decisive leadership.
๐๐ค๐ช๐ง (4) ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ค๐ซ๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐จ
๐๐ค๐ช ๐๐ค๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐จ. ๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฉ ๐๐๐ง๐:
1. Draft a One-Page Plan.
List your top risks and what youโll do if each one hits.
2. Do Light Drills.
Just talking through โwhat ifโ scenarios with your team is 10x better than nothing.
3. Back It Up.
Cloud files. Limited access. Simple controls. They cost little but prevent disasters.
4. Lead Decisively.
Santi didnโt just offer cashโhe offered clarity. And people followed.
๐ผ๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ช๐ข ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฅ๐ง๐๐จ๐๐จ
Donโt be fooled by size. Many large companies are one disruption away from collapse due to poor planning. Start now:
1. Assign someone to own BCP/BR.
2. Start with one function, not the whole org.
3. Run basic tabletop simulations.
4. Build a culture that doesnโt wait for permission to act.
๐ฟ๐ค๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ก ๐๐ฉโ๐จ ๐๐ค๐ค ๐๐๐ฉ๐
Mad Unicorn may be dramatized, but the lessons are real. When crisis comes, you donโt rise to the occasionโyou fall to the level of your systems and leadership.
If your team isnโt ready, if you donโt have a planโthen the best time to act was yesterday.
The next best time? Right now.
read full article here:
https://www.bathalasolutions.com/mad-unicorn-business-continuity-and-resilience