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30
Apr
2019

The Unknown Known

Apr, 30, 2019
by Karen
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There are two things I know to be true: you can’t grow as an organisation without taking risk; and you can’t innovate as an organisation without taking risk. A degree of risk is not only healthy for organisations, it is essential. What this means is that we need a robust risk management framework that allows decision makers at all levels

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30
Apr
2019

Risk management is not a compliance activity

Apr, 30, 2019
by Karen
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When consulting to an organisation, it frustrated me when I heard “thanks for developing our risk management framework – now we will pass the audit” or, “we are now compliant with the legislation”. Risk management is not a “tick the box” exercise and it should never be treated as a mere compliance requirement. I have also had a number of

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02
Apr
2019

Some more thoughts on Safety Management

Apr, 02, 2019
by Karen
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I went out on a limb the other day and blogged about zero harm not being achievable. Boy did it trigger significant controversy and opinion with some supporting what I said and others believing zero harm is achievable.  I’m glad these blogs generate such strong opinions and discussion because they shine a light on issues as I see them in

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02
Apr
2019

Am I vulnerable, under threat, or at risk?

Apr, 02, 2019
by Karen
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I recently received a request to write a blog to clarify the difference between risk and vulnerability. In a perfect world risk would be looked at holistically and there would be no need for an explanation, but of course, we are still managing risk in silos – not holistically and it is from these silos that this confusion arises. Let’s

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06
Mar
2019

Zero harm is not achievable

Mar, 06, 2019
by Karen
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“Do I believe in the concept of Zero Harm? Let’s just say I believe that nothing is impossible” – Dave Collins “What a strange sense of logic to fixate on the absence of something (injury) as a demonstration of the presence of something else (safety). Such a proposition misunderstands the dynamic of risk and being human.” – Dr Robert Long

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06
Mar
2019

Analysing Strategic Risks

Mar, 06, 2019
by Karen
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I have previously written on the difference between strategic and operational risks. In that blog I highlighted the difference between the two as shown in the diagram below: I have been thinking recently whether, based on the difference between the two types of risk, we might also need a different approach to the analysis of the risks. Having thought this

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02
Feb
2019

Downstream/Unintended Consequences of Risk Minimisation Decisions

In January two Canadians lost their lives after mishaps with charity clothing bins. This brought the total deaths from misuse of clothing bins to four in the last five years which prompted the City of Vancouver to ban the use of the bins on private land. As reported in the Vancouver Sun: [The] decision came a day after Delta city council

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02
Dec
2018

Is this the un-mitigatable risk?

Dec, 02, 2018
by Karen
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I, like many other strawberry lovers in Australia, was horrified when the first case of a needle found in a strawberry was reported in mid-September.  It was quickly followed by another and then another.  Early on, it seemed isolated to one farm and one type of fruit, with speculation of involvement by a disgruntled employee or ex-employee. A spate of

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29
Nov
2018

Do we need a risk matrix?

Nov, 29, 2018
by Karen
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Lately I have been thinking (dangerous I know); is the risk matrix truly useful to communicate the level of risk?  For example, does a High Risk actually mean the risk is high? When we look at the psychology of risk, you can understand management being on tenterhooks when told there is a ‘High Risk here’ and a ‘High Risk there’.

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