The safety harness

Check out this screen-grab of Daniel Craig as James Bond, from the opening scene of Spectre:

You can see the full behind-the-scenes clip here. It's pretty cool.

Now a question:

Why do you think he's wearing a safety harness in this shot, tethered to a support cable?

I mean he's just walking, going down some steps here and there. Why the extraordinary safety measures?

The answer is, he's the multi-million dollar star of a multi-million dollar film (and, well, a human being), walking on a the edge of a multi-story building.

Most of us don't need fall protection when we're walking down a few steps and hopping over a few small obstacles.

But if the smallest stumble could send you to your death, it's worth a little extra protection.

Here's the thing:

Yesterday I had a client whose site was made completely unresponsive because several important files were deleted by a simple human error.

Fortunately, I maintain daily backups for them.

Once I was informed of the problem, I got them back online in just a few minutes.

Because they had good backups.

Of course I don't back up everything in my life. If I lose the draft for this email, I can just rewrite it.

But when a simple mistake could throw your entire organization at the disarray, it's worth a little time and effort to make sure backups are automated, consistent, and reliable.

You wouldn't go walking on a 10-story ledge without a safety harness.

Why run your organization's website and CRM without backups?

All the best,
A.