I am always amazed that despite the enormous square footage of our planet and the tiny amount of poop produced by a bird that it is possible for my car to get hit. But it occurs despite how unlikely it would otherwise appear. Shit happens. We know this because history tells us it [...]
Archive for the ‘Humour’ Category
You say risk management and I say shit management
Posted in Humour, Risk management, tagged impact, likelihood, risk management, risk treatment on May 3, 2012 | 1 Comment »
The Walking Dead and risk management
Posted in Books, ERM Basics, Humour, Risk management, tagged ERM, impact, likelihood, television, walking dead, zombie on March 20, 2012 | 4 Comments »
If there are two things you have noticed about this blog, I often write about zombies and the Moment of Risk Enlightenment. Today’s post combines both. (Note: This post contains spoilers about season two of the Walking Dead.) I was catching up on season two of the “post-apocalyptic” television show The Walking Dead this week. [...]
How to Make a Peanut Butter Sandwich: Henry Blodget
Posted in Humour, PBJ Sandwich, tagged Henry Blodget, how to make a peanut butter sandwich on January 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
A website dedicated to the popular show Lost published a post a while back about how each of the characters on the show would make a peanut butter and jam sandwich. I have borrowed this idea to illustrate how some finance or risk management professionals might make their own sandwich. In my 4th instalment we look at [...]
How to Make a Peanut Butter Sandwich: Norman Marks
Posted in Humour, PBJ Sandwich, Uncategorized, tagged how to make a peanut butter sandwich, Norman Marks, Tim Leech on January 19, 2012 | 6 Comments »
In my third instalment of this increasingly less funny series, we look at how popular auditor and blogger Norman Marks might make a PBJ sandwich. How to Make a Peanut Butter Sandwich: Norman Marks Add jam and peanut butter to bread. Perform a self-assessment to determine if that was actually peanut butter, jam and bread. Check off [...]
How to Make a Peanut Butter Sandwich: Donald van Deventer
Posted in Humour, PBJ Sandwich, Risk management, tagged Don van Deventer, Hawaii, how to make a peanut butter sandwich, Japan on January 18, 2012 | 1 Comment »
A website dedicated to the popular show Lost published a post a while back about how each of the characters on the show would make a peanut butter and jam sandwich. I have borrowed this idea to illustrate how some finance or risk management professionals might make their own sandwich. In my first PBJ post, we looked [...]
How to Make a Peanut Butter Sandwich: Nassim Taleb
Posted in Humour, PBJ Sandwich, tagged Black Swan, how to make a peanut butter sandwich, peanut butter, Taleb on January 17, 2012 | 1 Comment »
A website dedicated to the popular show Lost published a post a while back about how each of the characters on the show would make a peanut butter and jam sandwich. I have borrowed this idea to illustrate how some finance or risk management professionals might make their own sandwich. In my first PBJ post, [...]
Angry Birds risk management
Posted in Humour, My Opinions, Risk management, tagged Android, angry birds, prioritize, risk, risk management, risk treatment, Strategy, tactics on January 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been playing quite a bit of Angry Birds ever since I got my Samsung Galaxy Tab for my birthday. I love this game. The objective of course is for birds (each with their unique strengths) to destroy the structures – where all the pigs who have stolen the birds’ eggs – are hiding. When [...]
Evacuating the Building Because of a Zombie Infection
Posted in Humour, Risk management, tagged BCM, BCP, CDC, emergency, evacuation, fire drill, infection, zombie on October 31, 2011 | 1 Comment »
To be read in association with the post: ”Tips on writing a zombie evacuation memo“. There are many reasons – including fire or bomb threats – that require us to evacuate the building but it is equally important that we prepare for other threats such as an evacuation because of a zombie infection. You may laugh [...]
Rant about mobile phones and E. coli
Posted in Books, Humour, My Opinions, Risk management, tagged Android, BlackBerry, E. coli, Fast Food Nation, hand washing, iPhone, shit on October 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The book Fast Food Nation was one of my favourites when I read it years ago specifically the chapter about the risks of E. coli and the meat packing industry. One of the most memorable quotes I know came from this book: “There is shit in the meat”. Well I guess now we can say [...]
ERM, Stephen Covey and my 13-year old son
Posted in ERM Basics, Humour, tagged COSO ERM, ERM, laundry, risk, risk management, Stephen Covey on October 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
When my son was 7-years old he asked me what I did for a living. I explained that “Daddy goes to companies and helps them find where all the bad things are.” Ironically, this definition served me well when I had to explain what ERM was to grown ups. While others were quoting definitions from [...]
