An article by Jared Wade in Risk Management Magazine references the death of luger Nodar Kumaritashvili and includes an email from VANOC head John Furlong relating to the safety concerns about the luge track raised before the Vancouver Games. Furlong…
RIMS – ERM at the Vancouver Olympics
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…
Take this ERM and shove it
RIMS recently honoured Paychex, a company that offers payroll services, for “innovation in risk management“. Paychex, spelled with an “x” is not to be confused with the late country music star, Johnny Paycheck, who recorded the song “Take this Job…
Risk management certification: let’s discuss
Tim Leech’s IIA blog discusses some of the many risk management designations and certification available and whether or not one of these may be the cost of entry in the future. I would like to know if anyone out there…
RIMS Core Competency Model
Earlier, I reviewed the RIMS report titled: 2008 Financial Crisis: A Wake-up Call for Enterprise Risk Management. Here are are few more highlights. The report includes a list of the suite of skills needed by individuals needed to drive a…
RIMS – A Wake-up Call for Enterprise Risk Management (Part 1)
I was reading the RIMS report titled: 2008 Financial Crisis: A Wake-up Call for Enterprise Risk Management. Very well written and highlights all the same ideas that Riskczar.com has been blogging about lately. Was the financial crisis a failure in…