Readers:

Risk/Opportunity Balance – Linda Westfall.  Good risk management is the balance between risk (down side) and opportunity (upside).  Understanding this balance is fundamental to all risk-based, problem solving and decision making. To learn more risk tools, visit, Tips&Tools@Risk.

 

Risk and Mitigation of Alarm Fatigue – Jim Lamprecht.  Alarm fatigue is what we live with from morning to night at home and at work.  Read how a quality expert proposes using control charts to manage alarm fatigue.  And, read why legal risk sometimes may out weigh patient safety.

 

Five Stages of Engagement – John Blakinger & Greg Ranstrom.  Each of us experiences a progression of reactions or stages when we’re confronted with a risk or a problem.  Learn about the five stages of engagement, which we’ll cover in greater detail through the next issues.  To read more on this, visit CommunityDecisions@Risk.

 

When Risks Attack – Mark Moore.  Risk is today’s ‘new normal.’  You can either manage risk or fall victim to it.  Your choice.  Learn why you should always be prepared. 

 

Bow Tie Analytical Tool – Rich Mooney.  Most of us have never heard of the Bow Tie method.  If we have, we think it’s a quality tool.  Stop.  it’s also a critical risk tool.  Learn what it is and how to use it.

 

Building an Inventory to Manage Project Risk – Howard Wiener.  Learn how to manage ‘macro’ and ‘micro’ project  uncertainties by developing an enterprise risk inventory.  

 

The End Point is the Center – John Millican.  Most managers invest in technology solutions.  But often, the answer may lie with people.  Learn  how one senior manager focused on people to solve a technical problem.  Read more of John’s thinking at: CISO@Risk.

 

Big Data & Privacy – Carolyn Turbyfill.  Our firm does cyber security.  Our challenge is how to communicate its critical importance in a way so we don’t sound like morticians.  This is our first attempt.  Tell us what you think?  Read more of Carolyn’s thinking at Cyber@Risk.