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‘Welcome aboard your flight’ … never mind the pilot might not be qualified!
Imagine boarding a plane (when we can fly again of course) and hearing the following announcement: “Good morning ladies and gentlemen. My name is Zara and I am your chief flight attendant for today’s flight. Welcome aboard Pakistan International Airlines flight 123, non-stop service from Karachi to Quetta. Please be advised that with 262 out […]
Assumption is not Assurance
“Familiarity breeds complacency; complacency breeds negligence and something eventually slips through” Richard Quest – Sunrise Program 7 Network 20th May 2016 Recently, the shocking case emerged of Anne Marie Smith. Disturbingly, she died from severe septic shock, multi-organ failure, severe pressure sores, malnutrition and issues connected with her cerebral palsy, after allegedly being stuck in […]
New Short Courses
Paladin has expanded our course offerings to include a range of short courses: Managing Risk in Projects WHS – a Practical Approach Business Continuity Management Risk Controls Risk Governance for Boards and CEOs All courses will be live streamed. More information below. In-house course options are available as well (also through live streaming). For more […]
Risk Governance for Boards and CEOs
Business Continuity Management
WHS – a Practical Approach
Risk Controls
Managing Risk in Projects
The Managing Risk in Projects brochure
Restarting the NRL – sensational – but ……
It has been announced that the National Rugby League (NRL) will recommence the competition on the 28th May 2020. Whilst, on the surface, this feels like we are getting back to some level of normalcy (albeit that the players and officials will be in isolation) there is an elephant in the room that I don’t […]
A one in a 30-year incident – 30 years in the making
In February 2020, the Queensland Coroner released his report into the tragic deaths of four people at Dreamworld in October 2016. The report detailed the causes of the tragedy and also highlighted the apparent lack of, or ineffective risk assessments undertaken in the years leading up to the incident. This is an excerpt of my […]
