A 54-year old man from Michigan was arrested and charged with misdemeanor assault and battery after he hit a female friend in the head, breaking her glasses. It seems while playing a game of Monopoly, he got upset when she…
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…
Chicken wing risk management
Here’s something I did not know: the supply of chicken wings are a function of the demand for chicken breasts. Chickens are grown for the breasts. It seems poultry production was cut this year for the first time since 1973…
Toothbrush risk management
The Book of Odds points out that you are more likely to be injured by your toothbrush than by a garage door. (Who knew!) The odds a person will visit an emergency department due to an accident involving a toothbrush…
Hello. This is MARTA.
In part two of my shout out to Antony Marcano’s blog, he uses the acronym MARTA to describe the five different forms of risk treatment: mitigate, avoid, reduce, transfer and accept. The complete post can be found here http://www.testingreflections.com/node/view/8321 Of…
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…
Risk managers are like janitors
This is a bit of a re-post but it seems appropriate following a comment I received earlier where the reader asks: “How can you convince a small business owner to invest resources into something that they cannot see a value…
What to get a risk manager for Christmas
This Christmas season, when you don’t know what to get the one you love because they already have a Nintendo Wii, iPod Touch or Beatles Rock Band, why not give them the gift of voluntary risk management guidelines, the ISO…
Dangerous pathogens and other shower risks
There is a story out today about how shower heads can deliver a face full of dangerous pathogens. According to the story “researchers” analyzed 50 shower heads and found 30 percent “harbored significant levels of a pathogen linked to lung…
Monty Python on governance, risk, and compliance
I read too much about what GRC needs or what ERM needs but far too often suggestions read like my favourite Monty Python skit (a lot of easier said than done steps): Alan Well, last week we showed you how…