I’ve already written a few lines on the Risks connected with Logistics processes. As our business world becomes larger and larger and ever increasing quantities of merchandise are stored in faraway parts of the globe and moved from one part to another, we can’t afford to ignore that Logistics processes represent Risks by themselves. Continue reading
Recently, a friend of mine, very fond of ancient history, while lying in the sun of southern France, posed a rather disquieting question: “how reliable are recounts of ancient historical events?”.
Her question was probably biased by the leisurely reading of many contradictory daily newspapers’ news, contradictory not only among newspapers but on the same newspaper, too. Continue reading
“… or to keep things clean are not to make them dirty.”
When a customer of mine told me of this principle I was hit by its simplicity, by its obviousness. Here are my thoughts on this expression.
FOCUS
One: There’s no system or process totally “clean”, and whose dirt can be totally eliminated. Any (c)lean system or process management cannot but attain a reduction of “dirt”. Continue reading
There is considerable confusion in the risk world in relation to terms such as risk appetite, risk tolerance, risk acceptance, risk threshold and risk attitude. These are defined differently by organisations and there is no guidance in ISO31000 that clarifies this, so the confusion becomes a distraction.
No matter what it is called – all organisations need to specify the parameters within which they are going to manage their risks. In order to do this there a number of fundamental questions that you need answered. Continue reading
PARENTAL REALITY
“My son was talented in math, science, and computer when he was in elementary school and received excellent grades but he has changed so much lately. His grades are falling, he does not wake up early to go to school, and he sticks to his computer/laptop/smart phone day and night. Eating, sleeping and hygiene are not important to him at all… What went wrong with my son? What have I done wrong in parenting? What can I do to help my son? …” Continue reading