Has happiness become a risk factor we should have a mitigation strategy for? As Covid-19 has brusquely demonstrated, sometimes we have little control over our personal situation – even on the best of days. In these unprecedented and unsettled times, there are numerous perils to fret about. Not surprisingly, stress, anxiety, and hopelessness are at historic levels. Continue reading
If you have been around older people, perhaps your parents or grandparents, you may have noticed that as they got older, it took them a little longer to dredge up the precise word they needed to express a thought, or to remember the name of a person, a place, or perhaps the title of a book that they wanted to recommend to you. Even in the absence of any of the recognized dementias, older people gradually lose some of the cognitive ability that they had at younger ages. Continue reading
“Well, there was the kidnapping. Is that something you’re interested in?”
It was our last day of a week-long site security survey. We were meeting with the site manager to wrap up our visit but this was the first time we had heard anything about something as serious as this.
So yes, a kidnapping was something we were very, very interested in learning about…. Continue reading
People are challenged to take action while immersed in an environment of fear brought on by a contagious and deadly virus that enveloped the globe in just two months and compounded by economic and social upheaval, turning the world upside down.
What is fear and why should we be concerned about it? Merriam-Webster defines fear as an unpleasant often strong emotion caused by anticipation or awareness of danger. Continue reading
Organisations cannot afford to have a faulty strategy, a faulty strategy execution, or both. Getting them right is vital for their survival especially in today’s crisis and economic downturn.
Businesses survive and thrive by taking risks. They falter when risks and opportunities are not managed effectively. Continue reading