#284 – RESKILLING FOR THE VUCA CENTURY – BOB LEONARD & DAVID ROSS

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David Ross

“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” – Alvin Toffler, futurist

This is the first in a series of articles concerning the needs to reskill to meet the challenges of a VUCA world and our imminent climate crisis. In subsequent articles we will dive deeper into reskilling for the effects and opportunities of climate change, reskilling for digital transformation, and reskilling for the evolved style of leadership required. Continue reading

#271 – NEVER LET A SERIOUS CRISIS GO TO WASTE – JOSEPH PARIS

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In an interview with the Wall Street Journal on November 19,2008, Rahm Emanuel was quoted as saying; “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.  And what I mean by that [is] it’s an opportunity to do things that you think you could not before.” Continue reading

#271 – WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT: A MODEST PROPOSAL – DAN SHOEMAKER

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A while back, I was on a panel  where speaker-after-speaker stood up and pitched their virtual doodad, without mentioning the ways that it could be exploited. But still, why would anybody want to talk about something as dreary as security with all of the “benefits!?” Well, according to Juniper Research, in 2015 cybercrime cost the world five-hundred-billion dollars, which increased to two-trillion in 2018. If you’re keeping score, that’s roughly the GDP of France. So yes indeed, maybe security is something you should think about when you deploy your next technological “innovation.” Continue reading

#270 – BUILDING A RISK ANALYSIS FRAMEWORK – ANDREW SHEVES

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Your assessment needs a clear framework to help you process the information you have and analyze the risks. Sometimes you will have one prepared but at other times, you need to do this yourself. Whatever the situation, you need to know what goes into designing and building a framework if you’re going to be successful. Continue reading

#268 – IT’S A VERY RISKY BUSINESS – GODFREY PARTRIDGE

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One of the main objectives for the Business Management Standard BMS75k was to address the need to establish and verify Business Decisions with the same degree of control that we afford products and service quality.

In dealing with the individual clauses and subjects of the management standards, the subject of risk has to be considered as this is significant in ISO9001:2015: and even more so for the Business Management Standard BMS75k which commends the use of planning and preparation in respect of risk management and control. Continue reading