by Dwayne Phillips The foundation of risk management is asking, “What could possibly go wrong?” Some people, however, shrug when asked while others make a list of a million things. A recent chat: Person A: What do you know about risk management? Me: A “risk” is a problem that hasn’t occurred yet. Person A: What [...]
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Risk Managers
February 22nd, 2012 · No Comments
Tags: Management · Risk
Accepting Less Than Perfect
November 17th, 2011 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Self-driving cars are almost here. They are safer than human drivers. They aren’t perfect, but they are better. Nevertheless, we might repeat our past and not employ less-than-perfect computer systems. Maybe, however, our younger generations may accept it this time. Google has been working on self-driving cars. Others have as well. Those [...]
Tags: Risk · Systems · Technology
Familiar, Comfortable, and (Perhaps) Risk
October 5th, 2009 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips The familiar is comfortable. The comfort, however, sometimes hides risk and impending doom. Take care. I have been on the road for two weeks walking mostly through rural Alabama. This weekend I am in Tuscaloosa. This is a university town, so it differs from most of the places I have been. I [...]
Tags: Change · Communication · Culture · Risk