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 Georgian on the eve of the Games. A year ago, I asked whether the risk [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Toronto’
You cannot mitigate your risks in hindsight
Posted in ERM Basics, My Opinions, tagged accept, ERM, hindsight, Jon Montgomory, mitigate, Nodar Kumaritashvili, Olympics, risk treatment, Toronto, Vancouver, VANOC on February 11, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Risk Containment on the risk of servers and poor back up plans
Posted in Office and culture, Risk management, tagged BCM, BCP, DRP, Risk Containment, risk management, technology, Toronto on February 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
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 additional trading desks in Montreal and Vancouver. When I was asked to help with DR [...]
Rick Nason asks you to snap your fingers
Posted in League of Extraordinary Risk Gentlemen, Thought Leadership, tagged CA, CEO, CFO, COSO ERM, CPA, ERM, RCSA, Rick Nason, risk management, Toronto on February 4, 2011 | 2 Comments »
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 could switch places with anyone’s risk department, whose would it be? Can you name the [...]
Work vs Life II
Posted in My Opinions, Office and culture, tagged balance, Dear Guru, Globe and Mail, Toronto, work on January 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
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 mentality that if your are not in your cubical after 5, you are not a [...]
Target is coming to Canada
Posted in My Opinions, tagged Buffalo, Canada, Krispy Kreme, Pizza Hut, Plattsburgh, Target, The Bay, Toronto, Walmart, Zellers on January 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
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 to Canada. From a risk perspective, should other retailers in Canada be worried? Yes. But, [...]
Lottery Risk Management
Posted in Office and culture, Risk management, tagged Bell Canada, HR, Lottery, OLG, Ontario, retention risk, Toronto on January 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
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 Toronto office where additional people are claiming an interest in the prize so the Ontario [...]
Riskczar’s blog is now an award winner
Posted in My Opinions, tagged best blog, blog, finance, OnlineFinanceDegrees.com, Top Finance Blog, Top Risk Blog, Toronto on November 25, 2010 | 2 Comments »
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 information available. Whether it’s a resource that explores the legal aspects of finance, or provides [...]
Facebook unfriend risk management
Posted in Humour, Risk management, tagged ERM, etiquette, Facebook, noggin, reputation risk, Terry Levine, Toronto, Twitter on November 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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 PERILS OF FACEBOOK ETIQUETTE by Terry Levine of Noggin Advertising in Toronto. (Ironically, Terry had [...]
Social media risk management
Posted in Humour, Risk management, Thought Leadership, tagged Facebook, risk management, Terry Levine, Toronto, Twitter on October 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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 in his post A Failure to Communicate: “While it may be true most of us [...]
Porn risk management
Posted in My Opinions, Risk management, tagged porn, porn star tests positive hiv, pron, reputation risk, Toronto, Vivid, Wicked on October 14, 2010 | 2 Comments »
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 this event in the context of your business: two of the biggest studios just shut [...]
