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#65 – MANAGING 21ST CENTURY ORGANIZATIONS – THE IRM

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irm-logoIt quickly became apparent during our work that the environments analysed and the risk management problems they present, display many of the characteristics of complex systems. A complex system, like the weather, is one where even if you know everything there is to know about the system it is not sufficient to predict precisely what will happen, although it is possible to discern a range of outcomes. When simple systems are put under stress they can start displaying many of the attributes of complex systems. Continue reading →

#64 – ARE THE FEDS MANDATING ERM? YES. – GREG HUTCHINS

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Greg Hutchins pixOffice of Management and Budget (OMB) is requiring US agencies and departments to manage risks at the enterprise level.

Why?

Ebola?  Wars?  Shootings?  Civil unrest?  Global warming?  Droughts?  You name it.  The unexpected is happening – all to often.  The unexpected has become the expected.  Not only in the US – but the world over in government and the private sector. Continue reading →

#61 – SALMONELLA IS NOT THE ONLY PROBLEM! – BILL WALKER

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I recall a sign over the employee’s entrance door for a company that read, “QUALITY STARTS HERE.”  How about the door that upper management enters every day?

The salmonella news we are hearing about and reading about is for the peanut butter salmonella scare that happened in 2008-09.   There was also a chicken salmonella issue this year.  Go to Voice Search on your cell phone and ask about “Salmonella in peanut butter” and Salmonella in “chicken  Salmonella” and you will be surprised about all the food products that have Salmonella and the very small, if any Federal Inspections that happen. Continue reading →

#56 – WHAT IS A FRIEND? – CAROLYN TURBYFILL

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Turby13In my personal experience, people have very different definitions for “friend” and “acquaintance”.

Having lived and worked in countries with military dictatorships, dangerous social, religious and political unrest,  I have what I called a “Third World” definition of a friend.   My definition of a friend is someone you can trust with your life and the lives of your friends and family.

This kind of friendship includes not doing things that can cause other people to be threatened or harmed to get to you, or who you may harm by revealing or even insinuating a confidence.  I have lived in places where people write out a “Statement of Conscience” – which represents what they believe and stand for that can be used to counter anything they may be coerced into saying through threats or torture. Continue reading →