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Joined On: Aug 13, 2008
Last Online: Nov 29, 2008

Jim George Burtles

is currently reading Games Foxes Play.

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Location:
London, UK
About Me:
By trade I am a business continuity professional with a succesful career behind me and now I am trying to pass on what I have learned to the next generation. I do this through lecturing and writing.

Originally I trained as a research engineer which left me with an enquiring and inventive mind which has enbled me to take a lead in the development of many of the products, services and tools which are in use around the world today.
Achievements:
Fellow of the Business Continuity Institute (FBCI)
Freedom of the City of London
Lifetime achievement award (BCI sponsored)
Knighthood in the Military and Hospitaller Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem (KLJ)
Officer of the Order of Merit of St Lazarus of Jeusalem (OMLJ)

Favorites

Authors:
Arthur C Clarke
Robert Heinlein
Richard Dawkins
Books:
Run, Come see Jerusalem
Job
The Selfish Gene
The Mind of a Fox
Interests:
Photography, especially wild life.
Travel
Humanism
Writing sceince fiction
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Poems (6)

Books (2)

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Coping with Crisis
Genre: Health, Mind & Body
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Principles and Practice of Business Continuity
Genre: Professional & Technical

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