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30
May
2016

What a load of rubbish

May, 30, 2016

Hear my interview on Canberra’s 2CC about business continuity. The ACT garbage truck dispute is causing a bit of a stink. But the real issue is not necessarily about the industrial dispute itself, it’s more about the ACT Government’s response to the disrupted service that’s the more interesting aspect to this smelly saga. One thing you learn in risk management

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05
May
2016

Pop Goes the Weasel

May, 05, 2016

Who would have thought, a Weasel shuts down world’s largest particle accelerator. As reported by the ABC it’s the “world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator and one of humankind's most ambitious scientific endeavours, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), had been shut down — by a weasel.” The ABC went on to report that the multi-billion-dollar project near Geneva in

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18
Apr
2016

Developing the Consequence Matrix: it’s all about the Key Performance Indicators

Apr, 18, 2016

Everything we do has a consequence no matter how small or how significant that consequence may be. Similarly, the consequences that arise from incidents that occur in the workplace, can range from the insignificant through to the catastrophic. So the question is; how do we estimate the consequences of the risks that may arise within our organisations? The most common

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11
Mar
2016

Hazard and risk, same thing, right?

Mar, 11, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTpPPeD4cPY One of the most common issues I see in the risk management world is confusion between what is a risk and what is a hazard. A hazard is actually a source of risk; it’s not the risk event itself. The challenge though is how do you transpose the hazard into a risk statement that allows for it to be

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10
Feb
2016

“Ownership” is a lovely word to use in risk management

Feb, 10, 2016

When Aspen Medical got the nod that it was the Government’s preferred contractor for what was undoubtedly one of the most challenging and risky health care missions worldwide, the company dealt with the management of risks that most of us cannot even comprehend. In this podcast with Aspen Medical’s Director of Corporate Services, Colin Macdonald delves into the various risks

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10
Feb
2016

The challenges of maintaining compliance in an outsourced environment

Feb, 10, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOKJ1fBRaXE Outsourcing is very common and often viewed as the most appropriate way to get a job done. It makes sense to get the ‘experts’ in as contractors when you haven’t got the skill set within your organisation or it is not ‘core business’ When outsourcing functions, the expectation is that the contractor will comply with all relevant legislation, regulations

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24
Nov
2015

2015 Risk Student of the Year – killing two birds with one stone

Nov, 24, 2015

South 32, a company born out of BHP in May 2015, is currently implementing a risk management framework developed by a Paladin Risk Management Services graduate. It was this framework, developed by Emma Johnson, that also saw her become the Risk Management Institute of Australasia’s Risk Student of the Year, 2015. Emma said she was pleased she could effectively kill

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13
Oct
2015

No-one will ever find out…until you’re found out

Oct, 13, 2015

What do German cars, peanut butter and a heart and diabetes researcher have in common? A seemingly astonishing lack of corporate governance; a misguided sense of cost and benefit and a flagrant disregard for risk and risk management. A quick scan of the media recently reveals that: following a university study, Volkswagen got caught out using software in their vehicles

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