I worked about six shifts at a Burger King in a shopping mall when I was in my teens. I quit because I didn’t care much for wearing the brown pants and hairnet. On my final night, the closing shift,…
There’s risk in relying on risk managers
Andrew Hill from the Financial Times writes there’s risk in relying on risk managers. He also notes that despite Carsten Kengeter’s assertion: “We will not rest until we have controls that are as watertight as possible”, we all know that…
Globe and Mail – Oil producers risk
The Globe and Mail has a pretty cool Google Map of its assessment of the threats to the major oil suppliers. Who doesn’t love a map with red, yellow and green risk indicators! Have a look here: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/a-risk-scorecard-for-the-worlds-oil-producers/article1921654/
Work vs Life II
I wrote a diatribe last year about work-life (im)balance and despite providing employees with tools like connectivity from their home pc, or laptops and BlackBerry devices, managers still do not (really) like employees working from home. There is still a…