Summer’s over and cold and flu season is upon us. My friend, Tim, told me about a phone call he received a couple of weeks ago from a health care organization offering to immunize his staff with the flu vaccine. Tim got a quote and found out it would cost between $15-$20 per employee (fixed [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Toronto’
Flu vaccine risk management
Posted in My Opinions, Risk management, tagged flu, H1N1, health and safety, OHS, risk management, Toronto, vaccine on October 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Take smarter risks
Posted in ERM Basics, Risk management, Thought Leadership, tagged David Kelley quote, IDEO, risk management, Terry Levine, Toronto on October 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Although my brother and I are equally brilliant and good looking, we couldn’t be more different professionally; but somehow we manage to agree on what risk management should mean. In his blog, the elder Terry Levine quotes Grant McCracken’s Chief Culture Officer: “The secret of success is not ‘bigger risks.’ It is to harvest error, to take [...]
Meeting #1 of Riskczar’s Secret League of Extraordinary Risk Gentlemen
Posted in League of Extraordinary Risk Gentlemen, tagged Secret League of Extraordinary Risk Gentlemen, Toronto, what makes a good risk manager on September 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The first clandestine gathering of my Secret League of Extraordinary Risk Gentlemen was just conducted, however only Rick Nason was able to make it for lunch. The future of risk management as you know it is subject to change without notice. (And thanks for lunch, Rick.)
Playboy thongs and reputation risk
Posted in Humour, Risk management, tagged Giant Tiger, Playboy, reputation risk, Toronto on September 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »
What is that expression about no publicity is bad publicity? Giant Tiger, a discount retailer in Canada erred when it marketed Playboy branded underwear (thongs and bras) in its back-to-school flyer. Although the ad was aimed at the back-to-college crowd, some parent complained, Tiger Brand apologized and here we are writing and reading about Giant Tiger. I [...]
Centre of the risk management universe
Posted in Risk management, tagged ERM, risk management, Riskczar, Toronto on September 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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 will be an “independent, not-for-profit entity with a board of directors and an advisory research [...]
G20 Friday – Eve of destruction
Posted in Humour, My Opinions, Office and culture, Politics, tagged ATV, G20, Toronto on June 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This is how most people and organizations predicted Friday would turn out: Eve of destruction. The expectation was that protests would build in Toronto throughout the work week and peak on Friday. To that end, most people planned on staying home today. Perhaps it’s quiet right now because everyone is watching the Portugal-Brazil match. (Even [...]
Keep your G20 comments to yourself
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged G20, Police, Porter, Toronto on June 24, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Riskczar has learned that a passenger aboard a Porter Airlines flight from Toronto Island Airport to New York was removed from the plane for making “comments about the G20 in the waiting area”. This according to the pilot. My source, who was also on the plane, and requested anonymity, indicated that the plane pulled out and [...]
Riskczar’s thoughts on next week’s G20
Posted in My Opinions, Risk management, tagged BCP, G20, risk treatment, Riskczar, Toronto, zombie on June 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
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 already been done. The event is taking place in the heart of Toronto’s financial district. [...]
Fewer people got swine flu shot
Posted in ERM Basics, My Opinions, Office and culture, Risk management, tagged ERM, H1N1, risk, Toronto on May 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Should Public Health really be concerned that so few people received the H1N1 vaccination last winter? http://bit.ly/cbqZAh Do I have to explain this? Last year when the craziness and panic was being spread by the media faster than the swine flu itself, there was a run on the vaccination centres. People were lining up for [...]
My rant about Toronto pedestrians getting killed
Posted in My Opinions, Risk management, tagged accidents, car, car accident, fatal, fatality, idiots, killed, pedestrian, speed, speed limits, Toronto, traffic. on January 27, 2010 | 5 Comments »
The big story in Toronto this week is the number of pedestrians getting killed by vehicles. An “epidemic”, one no-talent Canadian news anchor who colours his hair said tonight. About 14 people have been killed so far this month (which apparently is more than is allowed). The public and police are shocked by these events. [...]
