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…
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11
JUL
2019
11
JUL
2019
Paladin engages with local government at Australian Local Government Association National General Assembly
Local government representatives across the nation got some valuable risk ‘TLC’ when Paladin Risk Management Services examined their risk challenges and had the honour to host the Australian Local Government…
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30
APR
2019
The Unknown Known
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…
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30
APR
2019
Risk management is not a compliance activity
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…
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02
APR
2019
Some more thoughts on Safety Management
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…
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02
APR
2019
Am I vulnerable, under threat, or at risk?
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…
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06
MAR
2019
Zero harm is not achievable
“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…
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06
MAR
2019
Analysing Strategic Risks
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…
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02
FEB
2019
Do we need a risk matrix? – part 2
In the December 2018 newsletter I asked a simple question – do we need a risk matrix? In that blog I detailed the example of a water corporation that had…
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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…
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