#266 – RISK MATRIX AS A COMMUNICATION TOOL – FRED SCHENKELBERG

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Not all risks the same. Some are minor with little consequence, while others are not. Every organization or reliability program facings a plethora of risks and being able to communicate the range of identified risks is helped by using a risk matrix.

The risk matrix is a simple two-dimensional grid that lays out on one access the expected consequence of risk, from minor to catastrophic. The other axis has the likelihood or occurrence of the risk becoming realized, ranging from rare too certain. Continue reading

#261 – MAKING RISK MANAGEMENT LESS RISKY WITH ANTICIPATION – DANIEL BURRUS

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One of the central principles of the Anticipatory Organization Model is to move beyond the idea of mere competition. By that, I mean going past the idea of measuring your organization’s success and performance against others. Instead, set your own standards through transformational planning and ongoing innovation. In so doing, by being anticipatory you redefine the concept of risk management. Continue reading

#261 – SACRED COWS NEED SLAUGHTERING – GREG HUTCHINS PE CERM

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I guess I’ve got your attention now.

Volkswagen is the world’s biggest automaker. The problem is that traditional diesel and gas powered automobiles are endangered and will be less profitable in a consumer world worried about climate change.

Volkswagen Chief Executive Officer Herbert Diess last week warned VW senior management that they’ll have to “slaughter some sacred cows” within the organization.  Tough words for tough times. Continue reading

#259 – WHAT IS TRIZ? – VLADIMIR PETROV

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Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (TRIZ) is a technology innovation, in which the creative process is controllable and not chaotic. This technology allows us to solve creative problems; using special laws, practices, policies, and tools.

Application of TRIZ helps to develop creative (inventive) thinking and creative personality qualities, making it possible to look at objects and phenomena in a new way.

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#246 – USE ANTICIPATION TO TURN DISRUPTION INTO OPPORTUNITY – DANIEL BURRUS

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For the longest time, cable television was a miraculous technology that not everybody had in their homes, mostly because not everybody could afford it. Now, not everyone has it in their homes because YouTube TV, Sling TV, and other new, emerging technologies have disrupted the broadcast industry. So why didn’t Spectrum think of it first? Why did they become the disrupted and not the disruptor? Continue reading