Being able to respond (i.e. continue critical business processes) during a major disaster and recover normal operations efficiently afterwards is a critical success factor for all organizations. An effective business continuity plan (BCP) and disaster recovery (DR) program is vital and must receive proper management attention and support. Continue reading
Last week I talked about the cognitive decline that so often comes with aging. I mentioned new research into a mechanism that not only halts, but even reverses that decline, restoring the mental powers of old mice to what they had been when they were much younger. This is great for mice, and the mechanism might just possibly work in humans too. You can bet the researchers will be proposing research with human subjects soon. It would be nice to be able to extend the mental health of your pet mouse, but it would be even nicer to be able to extend the mental health of your grandmother. Continue reading
It is several months since tragedy in Beirut with its catastrophic destruction of most of the Port and a large part of the city should provide a serious wake-up call for all the chemical manufacturers importers, and storage facilities
Could this or a similar tragedy likely to occur in Canada? Continue reading
Introduction
Much like the song, “Lookin’ for Love in All the Wrong Places” sung by Johnny Lee; risk management professionals need to ask the question “Are we searching for risk in all the wrong places”? Are risk professionals being deluded or deluding themselves by seeing risk based on media driven analysis; applying outmoded tools, models, etc. that no longer reflect the reality of risk? Continue reading
Bruce is an active company director and audit committee chair. He is a well-respected transformational leader with deep and broad professional governance, risk, compliance and audit experience. He was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours of 2015 in recognition of his significant service to public administration through governance and risk management practices, and to the profession of internal auditing.