Late afternoon one day, I ordered a coffee latte in a Portland Oregon Starbucks.
I waited for the order. One minute. Two minutes. Three minutes. Four minutes. No latte.
What had happened? The 3 baristas were all swapping stories and laughing.
My order. Forgotten. Continue reading
The year 2017 was a good year for conducting risk mitigation studies. Two 2017 studies came out about the same time. In 2018, Lloyd’s of London and Cambridge published their 2017 risk assessment study. Several months earlier, the National Institute of Building Science published “Natural Hazard Mitigation Saves: 2017 Interim Report”. The Lloyd’s of London and Cambridge study are discussed in another piece. The differences between the two studies is that the Lloyd’s study is a global assessment. It also expands the risk perspective by including man-made and natural hazard risks. Continue reading
If you ever find yourself saying; “There must be a better way”, I can guarantee you that there is. All we must do is find it. And, once a successful solution is suspected, try it. And when found, implement.
One of the biggest stones in my shoe was scheduling appointments and calls. It was a giganormous time-suck. Continue reading
ISO 14001:2015 placed its position on risk management in the Annex (A.6.1.1): “Although risks and opportunities need to be determined and addressed, there is no requirement for formal risk management or a documented risk management process. It is up to the organization to select the method it will use to determine its risks and opportunities. The method may involve a simple qualitative process or a full quantitative assessment depending on the context in which the organization operates.” However, they neutralized the confusing “risks and opportunities” phrase by defining it (3.2.11) as: “potential adverse effects (threats) and potential beneficial effects (opportunities).” Continue reading
It’s one of life’s universal lessons: Look both ways before crossing the street. Parents have been impressing its importance on every generation since Henry Ford tinkered with the internal combustion engine. However, many of us forgot that good advice, or assumed it didn’t apply, when crossing from one decade of business into the next. Continue reading