I was just reading one of my blog posts about ERM at Hydro One where I wrote that there were very few great case studies about ERM. Until today. I think this case study about ERM during the organizing of…
Dora the Explorer and too much risk
I used to watch Dora the Explorer with my daughter, a cartoon about a “7-year-old girl who embarks on a trip in every episode in order to find something or help somebody”. In every show she consults the map in…
My appetite for risk and cheesecake
On a trip to Portugal and Spain last month, my brother elected to take a minor detour and visited Morocco in the midst of “a revolution sweeping the Arab world” as he wrote on his blog. He was monitoring the…
You cannot mitigate your risks in hindsight
On the one year anniversary of the death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili at the greatest Winter Olympic Games of all time, emails have been released disclosing concerns about the luge track that claimed the life of the 21-year old…
COSO writes about ERM and where to start
You may be shocked to learn that I have finally read something published by and related to COSO which is worth your time to read. (If you’re familiar with Riskczar’s Blog, you would know that I rag on the COSO…
Baseball and risk management
One day we will send a man to the moon and bring him home safely. One day we will elect a black President. One day the Montreal Expos will win a World Series. One day we will drive flying cars…
Take smarter risks
Although my brother and I are equally brilliant and good looking, we couldn’t be more different professionally; but somehow we manage to agree on what risk management should mean. In his blog, the elder Terry Levine quotes Grant McCracken’s Chief Culture Officer:…
Risk managers are just as dim
I reference a post by Beaumont Vance once where he suggests all risk managers should introduce themselves as fortune tellers as cocktail parties. In this recent blog post from Riskview, the author points out: Criticisms of risk managers for not…
When risks become issues
Have a look at this recent post by Christine Cromarty at RSD Solutions Inc. about how risks become issues after everything blows up. She writes: How many times have you seen this type of situation occur? When employees have made…
Risk managers make terrific beekeepers too
I read a blog post titled, How a Risk Manager Could Help Your Business where the author makes the point that any small business could benefit from a well trained risk manager. I agree. Well trained risk managers could work…