Lord Voldermort would make an excellent risk manager because when he identifies a risk, he assesses it and treats it immediately. Here are a few of my reasons but I welcome additional examples of his risk management in the comment…
Stairs risk management
Some interesting info on stairs to share wtih you. According to the book At Home by Bill Bryson, the second most common cause of accidental death is stairs. While stair deaths are well back of automobiles, they are far ahead of “drownings,…
Another Riskczar honour
Last week I received an email from PMP Certification Training letting me know that Riskczar.com was named to their list of 50 Best Risk Management Blogs. When I started bringing you Riskczar’s Blog, I was happy to see that folks…
When treating a risk creates another risk and so on and so on
Sometimes in an effort to treat an issue, we generate a different risk or increase an existing one in the process. Many of us can relate to when the internal auditors come in, look at existing processes and weak controls…
Seth Godin’s disaster tolerance
I don’t often copy and paste entire posts of others without a clever preamble but it’s really hot out and I’m tired plus this post by Seth Godin called “Disaster Tolerance” speaks for itself. Not all disasters can be avoided. Not…
Hockey risk management: Watching too much on tv can kill you
Even before the slew of recent severe concussions in the NHL (it’s all the rage since Sidney Crosby got his) or fractures to cervical vertebra, we knew that hockey was hazardous to the health of those who played the game.…
Review of Keith Baxter’s book Fast Track to Success: Risk Management
When Keith Baxter published his book Fast Track to Success: Risk Management, I tweeted to him I would read it during the Christmas break last year then review it. At that time I was about halfway through 4100 pages of…
When I say evacuate, I mean evacuate NOW
In today’s post, I write about the December 2010 article “To Leave an Area After Disaster: How Evacuees from the WTC Buildings Left the WTC Area Following the Attacks” by Rae Zimmerman and Martin F. Sherman. It compliments my earlier…
Nurse risk management
For those of us who wake up every morning, put on our suits and ties and head off to our risk management jobs only to spend the day thinking about fat tails, ISO3 1000 or business continuity, compared to the risk management…
The Unthinkable by Amanda Ripley
I’ve just updated the Risk Quotes page with a few lines from Amanda Ripley’s book The Unthinkable. It’s an excellent read for anyone responsible for business continuity planning, risk management or even if your are just the fire warden on…