The good folks at Riskviews got me thinking about my least read posts. I’ve been doing this for a few years and understand that no one wants to scroll through over 300 blog entries to find some gems from 2006.…
Riskczar Comics – The CEO and the risk report
Here’s my first crack at an illustrated view of risk management in the world today. If you would like to see more of these please leave a comment at riskczar.com or @riskczar (as I probably have about 20 more ideas…
St Patrick’s Day green bikini photos
Unable to come up with any St Patrick’s Day risk management-related post, I was going to post a photo of me drinking a Guinness or Karissa Shannon in a green bikini. Guess which one I chose? http://coedmagazine.com/2011/03/17/karissa-shannon-st-patricks-day-beach-bikini-pictures/ (Photo removed, sorry.)
Centre of the risk management universe
Toronto has long believed it was the Centre of the Universe. Well, in risk management circles, perhaps now it is. Last week the Department of Finance Canada announced the creation of the Global Risk Institute in Financial Services or GRi. It…
Myron Scholes groupies
I had a chance to see Myron Scholes speak in Toronto yesterday. Scholes: from Black-and fame. The option guy. That Nobel Prize guy. (A Canadian by the way!) Before I completed my undergrad in Finance, I studied a lot of…
I’m not dead yet
This story in today’s Globe and Mail kills me. I guess it’s true what they say about death and taxes. If you were looking at the financial data from Toronto-based funeral company, Arbor, you might think that people were dropping…
Happy Birthday Riskczar Blog
Although I’ve got a few posts dating back to 2005, this incarnation of the Riskczar blog had its start exactly one year ago. Since then the feedback has been tremendous and I’ve quite enjoyed bringing you my spin on risk…
Riskczar’s thoughts on next week’s G20
In case you haven’t heard, the G20 Summit is coming to Toronto next week. In my current role, I’ve been involved in some of the business continuity planning but mostly from a communication perspective. All of the heavy lifting had…
Reputation risk and ERM
Have a read at this article in CFO.com about reputation risk. I always remind readers that reputation risk is a second order risk caused by some other event or risk. Think about Toyota: their reputation was harmed by the recent…
One of many czars
The current cover of Newsmax features all of Obama’s many czars. Sadly, I was unavailable for the photo.