Day 1: Auditors and Zombies In a factory someplace, there are 20 workers whose job it is to continuously pass a ball to each other as quickly as possible. Watching this important work from a viewing area are 10 newly…
The Great Plague of London and root causes of risk
One of the hardest parts in documenting your risks is figuring out the root cause of the risk being analyzed. If this is done poorly, we will spend time and money treating the wrong root causes and the risk may…
The Walking Dead and risk management
If there are two things you have noticed about this blog, I often write about zombies and the Moment of Risk Enlightenment. Today’s post combines both. (Note: This post contains spoilers about season two of the Walking Dead.) I was…
Tips on writing a zombie evacuation memo
One of the biggest risks about evacuating your office in the event of an emergency is getting people to actually evacuate safely. You can send all the emails you want about procedures but like the boy who cried were(wolf)…
Evacuating the Building Because of a Zombie Infection
To be read in association with the post: “Tips on writing a zombie evacuation memo“. There are many reasons – including fire or bomb threats – that require us to evacuate the building but it is equally important that we prepare…
G20 update – Day 2
Day 2 starts with rain in Toronto. There was a minor protest yesterday afternoon for people protesting that they had nothing important to protest. Or maybe they were protesting poverty. One guy was busted by a cop on a bike…
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…
Traffic lights make people drive like zombies
Want to reduce the risk of traffic accidents and pedestrians getting struck by vehicles? Then remove the traffic lights and let people cross anywhere they want. Professor John Adams of University College London explains in a February 2008 article that…
Vampire and Werewolf risk management
In an earlier post, I wrote about some unusual risks not likely included on your risk registers: elephant risk, monkey risk and zombie risk. For those of you who may have been trying to treat your high residual risks of…
Elephant Risk
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the threat of zombies and whether it was too soon to ad zombie risk to your risk register or heat map. Well what about Elephant Risk? The Scientific Leader Blog writes about the…