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There was a risk manager who swallowed a fly …..
I am sure most of us are familiar with the poem: There was an old lady who swallowed a fly; I don’t know why she swallowed a fly – Perhaps she’ll die! There was an old lady who swallowed a spider; That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her! She swallowed the spider to catch the […]
Crazy Stuff in the Workplace Health and Safety Codes of Practice
Part 2 In part one of this series I discussed the crazy stuff in the Model Code of Practice for Managing the risk of falls from heights. As it is coming up to Christmas, as a special gift, in this blog I will look at two crazy things in the Safety Codes of Practice, both […]
Risk Management Tools – Control Summary and Assessment Pro-forma
The give-aways just keep coming with Paladin Risk Management. In September I gave you the risk register. It’s great for managing risks and I encourage you to download that tool if you haven’t already. Keeping to my promises, as per my risk register blog here’s my Control Summary and Assessment Pro forma that I use […]
Crazy Stuff in the Workplace Health and Safety Codes of Practice
I have, in previous blogs, talked about some of my views on the way that workplace health and safety is being managed within Australia. This is not a criticism of safety professionals who are diligently trying to prevent workplace accidents from occurring. My biggest issue is with the legislation, and in particular the accompanying Codes […]
Big big big news for Paladin
Paladin is now an RTO After many years of working through an Auspice agreement with McMillan Staff Development, Paladin Risk Management Services is now a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) in its own right. Paladin now owns the Professional Security & Risk Institute [RTO Code 45173] (although the name will be changing). I would like to […]
Risk Management Tools – Risk Register
Time and again I get asked about my template for a risk register. Most people know that my approach is somewhat different to those that have traditionally been used. Don’t get me wrong – I am not talking about a register that is completely different to those that are commonly used, however, there are a […]
#notthatpaladin
It’s been a little bit of an awkward time for Paladin Risk Management Services thanks to an unfortunate mix up between my outstanding and upstanding company Paladin Risk Management Services and another company called Paladin Group which has recently come under fire for allegedly controversial business at Manus Island. I’m not going to comment further […]
Paladin Risk Management joins forces with RiskNZ
Paladin Risk Management Services is pleased to announce that it is now a Platinum sponsor of RiskNZ. RiskNZ is the leading sector and professional body in New Zealand bringing together those people and organisations managing risk. It embraces the vision that New Zealand prospers because risk is well managed. Paladin Risk Management will now be […]
Lack of qualified staff is not the risk
Lack of qualified staff (or iterations thereof) would have to be one of the risks that I see most often in risk registers. I have even had robust discussions with Executives who insist that an inability to attract and retain staff is one of their biggest risks. No, it isn’t. My questions are always the […]
Another entry in the ‘how could this happen’ club
I have been very outspoken on the fact that, although it is a cause, cyber-attack is not the risk. In Brisbane recently, there was a very sobering reminder of this when a large parcel of patients’ medical documents, earmarked for destruction, were lost on a busy Brisbane road. As reported by the ABC, The documents […]
