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
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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05
MAY
2016
Pop Goes the Weasel
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…
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18
APR
2016
Developing the Consequence Matrix: it’s all about the Key Performance Indicators
Everything we do has a consequence no matter how small or how significant that consequence may be. How do we estimate the consequences of the risks that may arise within our organisations, from the insignificant to the catastrophic? Managing risk in terms of consequences is all about the Continuum of Performance or in business lay terms KPIs.
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10
FEB
2016
“Ownership” is a lovely word to use in risk management
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…
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10
FEB
2016
The challenges of maintaining compliance in an outsourced environment
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…
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27
NOV
2015
Mike Lutomski ‘unzipped’ on risk management
Former NASA Risk Manager, Mike Lutomski talks to me about working on and building a space station. It takes the risk business ‘out of this world’
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24
NOV
2015
2015 Risk Student of the Year – killing two birds with one stone
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,…
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02
NOV
2015
The Risk Arena Podcast – Risk management is for all Councils
Risk management is for all Councils, according to Greater Geraldton Council’s Brodie Pearce, an Advanced Diploma graduate. To find out more about the Paladin Risk Management Courses visit Training &…
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13
OCT
2015
No-one will ever find out…until you’re found out
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…
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