#457 – 10 QUESTIONS TO ASK BEFORE YOU HIRE A RISK MANAGER – ALEX SIDORENKO

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I’ve done a fair share of hiring risk managers for myself and sometimes when friends CROs ask me to interview some candidates for them. I strongly believe these are the qualities a good risk manager should have. I am also one of the rare people who think accountants and lawyers do not turn into good risk managers, 99% of the time. Here are the questions I like to ask. Let me know how many would you feel comfortable answering right now and what other questions would you ask in the comments. Continue reading

#457 – NAVIGATING OUR WORLD DURING A TIME OF CRISIS – BOB LEONARD

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“We are born to a dangerous time. Consider that an affliction or consider it an assignment.” – Stephen Jenkinson

We know that countless humans are reeling with climate anxiety and experiencing fear, anger, grief, despair and dread. They are attempting to cope via massive amounts of denial, instead of seeking to thrive by building the capacity to navigate these times with love, open hearts, connection and community. Continue reading

#457 – THE MEANING OF A PRODUCT FAILURE – FRED SCHENKELBERG

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Every failure provides information. It provides time to failure, stress strength relationship, process stability and design margin types of information. In every case. Even failures directly related to human error.

A hardware intermittent failure observed by a firmware engineer should not be dismissed. Rather recorded, explored and examined. Continue reading

#456 – IS QUALITY MANAGEMENT DEAD? – ROZANA HUQ PH.D.

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I have been studying and teaching the history of quality and TQM; researching it in different shapes and forms, talking to people from different departments, at work, and during my doctoral research interviewing over 235 people from management and non-management positions.A Continue reading

#456 – HOW PROACTIVE BUSINESSES PREPARE FOR CLIMATE RISKS – BOB LEONARD

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Depending on a number of variables, your business is either already vulnerable to risks from our climate crisis, or soon will be.

Climate anxiety is not an issue just for families and individuals… it affects organizations too. Especially those whose business models depend on operating in places already seeing significant climate impacts. As with individuals, taking action can alleviate corporate climate anxiety. Continue reading