Peter Drucker was wrong
"What gets measured gets managed." - Peter Drucker [1] Like many cliches, "what gets measured gets managed" is correct enough to be...
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How to measure ALARP
ALARP (As Low As Reasonably Practicable) is a fundamental concept in risk management, as it should be in life in general. It expresses...
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What gets measured is NOT what gets managed
"What gets measured, gets managed." Peter Drucker is often attributed with this quote but he probably wasn't the first to say it and the...
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Risk management should create and protect value
*It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are." – Roy Disney ISO31000 (Section 3, Part A) says that risk management...
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Three fundamentals of Key Performance Indicators
Figure 1: Mockup of a KPI reporting dashboard Measuring performance seems complex (and it is) but let's not lose sight of the basics. The...
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As High or Low As Reasonably Practicable (AHLARP)
The traditional view of managing risk to be as low as reasonably practicable (ALARP) is fine for negative risk. Unfortunately for ALARP,...
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Ten Tips for Presenting Great Documents
“Anything worth doing, is worth doing right.” - Hunter S. Thompson A lot of people spend a lot of time in life preparing corporate...
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Why benchmark?
Every year, we spend billions of dollars on risk management initiatives, often without any subsequent assessment of the effectiveness of...
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“A picture is worth a thousand words.” Fred R. Barnyard
I’m a visual person, and like most of us in the 21st century, I never seem to have a lot of spare time. Perhaps you are also short of...
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Business Cases: The Merits and Pitfalls of Numbers
Did you know that 69.2% of all statistics are made up on the spot? If you are publishing online or crafting business cases, you might be...
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Non-Verbal Communication
"What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say." Ralph Waldo Emerson Every day, as managers, leaders, parents, friends and...
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How to Create Effective KPIs
If you've ever used Key Performance Indicators, you've probably found yourself wondering if they were worth the bother? Some we record...
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