Category Archives: Tips&Tools@Risk™

#287 – HAVE THE FAITH TO SEIZE RISK OPPORTUNITIES – PATRICK OW

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Have faith to seize on opportunities that come your way (but the risk is within us!)

Everyone has opportunities. But it is up to us to seize the opportunities that come our way!

There will be opportunities to build lives, to better ourselves, or to serve the community.

Faith and opportunities

Faith is the complete trust or confidence in someone or something. It is the confident assurance that something we want is going to happen. Faith is the certainty that what we hope for is waiting for us, even though we cannot see it up ahead. Continue reading →

#287 – DO YOU REALLY KNOW WHAT YOU’RE PROTECTING? – DAN SHOEMAKER PH.D.

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I have talked in earlier posts about holistic solutions to cybersecurity problems. But the term “holistic” is actually an empty word. Especially when you couple it with the king of all empty words, “cyber security”. So, let me start this with a couple of necessary definitions. Cyber security is a concatenated term, “cyber,” in essence, of or related to computers, and “security,” protection from threat.” Continue reading →

#285 – PRIMAL FEAR – FEEL IT? – JIM TONEY

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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 →

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

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“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 →