The Canadian government is practicing risk management this week. It has begun administering H1N1 vaccines as part of the largest mass immunization effort in Canadian history. But did it assess the impact and likelihood of H1N1 risk properly before implementing this plan? Are people making the right decisions about getting (or not getting) the shot? [...]
Posts Tagged ‘dishwasher’
Using ERM to decide if you should get the H1N1 vaccine
Posted in ERM Basics, My Opinions, Office and culture, tagged dishwasher, ERM, H1N1, impact, likelihood, probability, Trevor Levine, vaccine on October 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Dangerous pathogens and other shower risks
Posted in Humour, Risk management, tagged dishwasher, mycobacterium avium, risk management on September 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There is a story out today about how shower heads can deliver a face full of dangerous pathogens. According to the story “researchers” analyzed 50 shower heads and found 30 percent “harbored significant levels of a pathogen linked to lung disease called mycobacterium avium.” (I heard this and wondered how many other people heard that [...]
H. Felix Kloman – Mosquitoes and Handguns
Posted in ERM Basics, League of Extraordinary Risk Gentlemen, Thought Leadership, tagged dishwasher, ERM, Felix Kloman, guns, mosquitoes on August 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Felix Kloman is to risk management what Peter Drucker is to management. A legend. I only hope to do this risk thing as long as Mr. Kloman and one day earn a fraction of his rock star status. Mr. Kloman retired a few years ago and unfortunately his Risk Management Reports ended as well. Then [...]
Dishwasher risk management
Posted in ERM Basics, Uncategorized, tagged dishwasher, ERM, Freakonomics, risk treatment on August 25, 2009 | 5 Comments »
In the book Freakonomics, the authors present data to support the fact that more children are killed by drowning in backyard pools than by handguns. However, as parents we are more likely to not permit our kids to go to Billy’s house because his dad has a handgun than to Suzie’s house because she has [...]
