They say variety is the spice of life, and some days uncertainty plays its part and you get some totally unexpected variety. It seems Trevor Levine (Riskczar) had one of those days this week – at least it looks that way from looking at his tweets and blog posts for a single day. It certainly brought some [...]
… the magic of “E”
May 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I was reminded of this Dilbert classic by the material I discussed in my previous post – Feeling lost? Try EGRC. I borrowed that line from a running gag in the original Muppet Movie – except they suggested you try Hari Krishna. Perhaps the adherents of this EGRC cult will start to chant and hang [...]
… professional is as professional does
March 7, 2011 By 2 Comments
In the movie, Forest Gump had a number of favourite sayings. One of these was “stupid is as stupid does”. I was reminded again recently about the applicability of this idea to our Risk/BC ”profession”. The stimulus this time was John Glen’s post about the reliance of many risk/BC folks on templates – often begged [...]
… perception and communication of risk
January 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Last week I was talking about the need for Sales and Marketing thinking to be applied to the risk/BC practice. To do either of these thing effectively we need the appropriate message and presentation. Too often we focus only Crisis Communication, and there are plenty who provide advice in that space. To become more resilient we need [...]
… resilience is the new skill
January 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
This is the #1 lesson that management guru Rosabeth Moss Kanter offers from her observations of 2010. There are two of her 5 lessons that I think are very relevant to our discussion of resilience. In her blog post “5 Lessons from 2010 worth repeating …“, Kanter’s first lesson is; “Surprises are the new normal. [...]
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