On the one year anniversary of the death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili at the greatest Winter Olympic Games of all time, emails have been released disclosing concerns about the luge track that claimed the life of the 21-year old…
Risk Containment on the risk of servers and poor back up plans
Another great post from RiskContainment called Back Up? What Back Up? about the risk of putting servers in a basement, reminded me of this tale from my past: I once worked for an international securities dealer in Toronto; we had…
Rick Nason asks you to snap your fingers
Risk Nason, one of the members of Riskczar’s Secret League of Extraordinary Risk Gentlemen, asks his readers if they could snap their fingers and switch places with anyone in the world, who would it be. Similarly, he asks if you…
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…
Target is coming to Canada
Today is a national day of celebration in Canada. We are not in a state of bliss because our hockey team won a gold medal, or because Justin Bieber sold another million records; we celebrate because Target is finally coming…
Lottery Risk Management
So what happens when you are part of an office lotto pool and win? And what happens when some folks don’t participate the one week the group buys the $50 million ticket? This is just what’s going on in a…
Riskczar’s blog is now an award winner
It seems Riskczar’s Blog has been recognized by OnlineFinanceDegrees.com for being a Top Finance Blog and “an essential part of our resources!” They wrote: “As a website dedicated to help those consider a career in finance, we only provide the best…
Facebook unfriend risk management
Have you ever wanted to delete a Facebook “friend” but worried about the risk of them finding out? On the heels of last week’s “Facebook Unfriend Day” – an idea from comedian Jimmy Kimmel – comes a blog post called THE…
Social media risk management
Are tools like Facebook, Twitter and texting destroying good old-fashioned face-to-face communication? Have we stopped having beers with our friends because of these social tools? Is there a risk that one day we will only communicate this way? My brother Terry Levine notes…
Porn risk management
I found it fascinating to read about the shut down at two Hollywood porn studios after it was learned an adult star tested positive for HIV. I know you’re wondering what might this have to do with risk management? Put…