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#274 – POST COVID: FEAR AND LOATHING IN PANDEMIA – MALCOLM PEART

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The risk of a pandemic is not an unknown unknown.  In the 2019 World Economic Forum’s Global Risk Report it ranked at a less than average likelihood with a more than average impact.  Not a bad assessment but the causes and consequences are difficult to evaluate.  There is a barrage of statistical data by country; a lack of knowledge and changing opinions which generates misinformation that is then clouded by journalistic sensationalism in the hunt for yet more breaking news and a spot on the TV.  Continue reading →

#272 – THE FIRST PANDEMIC WAR? – MALCOLM PEART

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COVID-19 is real. It’s affecting the entire world and, being a virus with no ‘intelligence’, it has no clue that it is wreaking havoc on our sophisticated life form that also infects, or is it inhabits, this planet Earth. Some say that we are at war with the virus, and they use nationalistic appeals to the masses and describe the virus as virulent, insidious, unrelenting etc. But are we really all at war, or are warmonger advocates merely beating their war drums so that they may manage the outcome? Continue reading →

#271 – PANDEMIC. PANDEMONIUM. RISK MANAGEMENT – MALCOLM PEART

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COVID-19 is now among the ranks of The Black Death, Spanish ‘Flu, and SARS.  Another submicroscopic demon is attacking humanity and bringing the mankind of this Information Age to its knees both physically and economically despite its insignificant size.

Viruses have been around longer than man and, when we become part of a future paleaontological record, they will still be plaguing whatever species takes over from us.  Continue reading →

#269 – CULTURE, COMPETENCE & CONSEQUENCES – MALCOLM PEART

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Major projects, particularly infrastructure projects, can be spectacular in terms of their scale, timeframe, public and private investment, and the capital cost for their implementation.  Completion is often celebrated and overruns of time and cost are temporarily put aside, technical calamities become bygone memories, and ‘success’ is the order of the day. Continue reading →

#267 – PRIMA DONNAS AND IVORY TOWERS – CONVENIENTLY AVOIDING RISKS – MALCOLM PEART

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We rely upon skilled, able and talented individuals to assist in the successful delivery projects and improve businesses.  They are gifted in their niche areas of expertise and without their stellar performances, where would we be?  They are akin to the Prima Donna of an operatic performance and they are respected for their superior skills and ability.  But when respect turns to reverence the lesser mortals around them may flail in the wake of the rising star. Continue reading →