While rewatching the original Jurassic Park film I began thinking about it from a risk management perspective. When Malcolm, Grant, and Sattler arrive on the island, all is well. The dinosaurs are secured behind fences and John Hammond and his…
Cannabis insurance is not the only kind of risk management
There is no shortage of Canadian insurance brokers and companies trying to sell medical cannabis businesses insurance products. While your business and property always need some insurance keep in mind that insurance is merely one treatment for managing your business…
Cannabis risk management
You’re a licensed producer under the Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations (ACMPR) and already being inspected by Health Canada. So what do you need more risk management for? First, what you are doing for Health Canada is not…
Auditors, Risk Managers and Zombies
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…
Risk management lesson washed away
Here’s a story about a watermain break in the Montreal borough of Pierrefonds, Quebec which left about fifty homes without water for a couple of days. The West Island Gazette writes: Pierrefonds residents can expect two four-litre bottles of…
Risk Articles names Riskczar to Top 10 blogs
I would like to thank Kate at RiskArticles.com for naming Riskczar.com one of its “most interesting, current, and informative” blogs. I am honoured to be in such wonderful company. Please have a look at the complete list. …
Broken windows
Once upon a time there were three little boys left unsupervised while on a field trip when one of them spotted a large crack in a window pane. So he tapped the glass once and nothing happened. Next, the second…
Too much risk management
Many people will agree that risk management is important. After we identify and assess a risk, it is treated appropriately and managed to an acceptable level. But is it possible to over-risk manage? Can the treatment become so onerous…
Risk management: Oh please tell me more
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