#187 – NANOPARTICLES AND OUR WATER SUPPLIES – ANNETTE DAVISION & IAN LAW

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AAA&The Engineered Nanomaterial (ENM) industry is developing rapidly worldwide, bringing with it an expected increasing presence of ENMs in municipal wastewaters and ultimately, community water sources and supplies, over time. Happening in parallel, there is an increasing integration of the water cycle to help optimize use of our precious water resource – an integration that may increase exposure to ENMs. Given their increasing prevalence, what are the exposure pathways and public health risks posed by these ENMs? Can our water utilities really say we need not fear ENMs in our water supplies? How safe is the water we drink? Continue reading →

#187 – GOOD COMMUNICATION – ILLUSIONAL, ACCIDENTAL, OR PREMEDITATED – MALCOLM PEART

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Picture1Firstly, what is ‘good communication’?  Many people have views, but my definition is “the effective and efficient transfer and receipt of information by the right people, at the right time, in the right medium, at the right place and in the right amount”.

The key word though is ‘efficient’.  A voluminous report to the right person on time covering everything may be effective but will the recipient be able to synthesise everything and make a decision; or would an email, letter, SMS, ‘phone call, or face-to-face meeting be the more efficient? Continue reading →

#187 – ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGEMENT IS NOT A STANDALONE – JAMES KLINE PH.D.

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aIMG_4231-150x150When Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) is advocated, it often seems like it is the end all and be all.  However, this is not true.  It is a methodology which assists management in identifying the risk that can prevent an organization from accomplishing it desired goals.  As such, it should be viewed as another management tool in a range of tools.  Perhaps the best presentation of this idea, for local government, is from the city of Oshawa Canada.  This piece discusses how it has integrated ERM into it continuous improvement process. Continue reading →

#187 – WHY MOST ERM SYSTEMS DON’T WORK? – GREG CARROLL

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team-carroll-150x150So why don’t most Enterprise Risk Management system work?  Simply, they don’t “manage” risk, they just record it.  Manage is a verb not a noun. It is activity not an item.  Making a list might be adequate for those who want to check off regulatory compliance, but it’s does not produce a ROI. Continue reading →