During a break today, I was taking a look at the headlines at 680news.com. I most enjoyed the irony in the timing of MoneySense magazine’s announcement that Ottawa-Gatineau was ranked as the best place to live in Canada. Because at the…
St Patrick’s Day green bikini photos
Unable to come up with any St Patrick’s Day risk management-related post, I was going to post a photo of me drinking a Guinness or Karissa Shannon in a green bikini. Guess which one I chose? http://coedmagazine.com/2011/03/17/karissa-shannon-st-patricks-day-beach-bikini-pictures/ (Photo removed, sorry.)
Dora the Explorer and too much risk
I used to watch Dora the Explorer with my daughter, a cartoon about a “7-year-old girl who embarks on a trip in every episode in order to find something or help somebody”. In every show she consults the map in…
Growing pot and calling 911 risk management
Hey people, just a quick head’s up, if you are growing pot, it makes for good risk management if you don’t call 911 to inquire about how much trouble you can get into if you have one plant. Call your Crown…
Another great Taleb quote
Last October, I wrote a post explaining the top 5 reasons that Nassim Taleb is nuts. It garnered me much praise from the blogosphere, and surprisingly no financial reward. Today I get to share another fabulous quote by Mr. Taleb, famed…
Repuation risk: Losing radioactive material
I like when others try to tell me that reputation risk should be managed. My standard response is good luck: repuation risk is a second-order risk; if you manage your (primary) risks properly then you won’t generate repuation risk. Simple.…
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…
Risk Containment on silly business recovery tales
I was catching up on my risk management blog reading over the weekend and present to you a post from Risk Containment about the silly bank whose disaster recovery scenario had them move to a different part of the same…
The craziest disasters you will ever read about
Sometimes when you read something that is true and makes your head spin so much while looking for the April Fools disclaimer at the bottom which doesn’t come, you have to share it with others. This is one of those times.…
Fantasy football pool risk management
Risk Management Monitor addresses the concern about employees spending hours of company time researching and updating their fantasy football picks. Some argue that it’s disruptive – having fired employees or blocked access to certain websites from the company network –…