The following title caught my eye, especially since I had unsuccessfully tried to convince family on a Zoom call that we were not out of the woods yet : “America Is Ignoring the Coronavirus Variants at Its Own Peril – A tale of “two epidemics.”…
What is common between Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Sandy and the Boeing 787(Dreamliner)? I also predicted that the 787 would probably be grounded by the FAA and they did exactly that. While you are thinking about it, let me share some thoughts on them – these are/were disasters of epic proportions that in the case of the 1st two have already caused significant havoc. The impact of the 787 on Boeing is yet to be calculated. You would have thought that the leaders in all three situations would have some kind of risk measurement/analysis/mitigation processes/procedures/studies in place that would have warned them of what might occur and allowed them to take the necessary precautions to either prevent or reduce the event from occurring or have appropriate plans in place to manage the fallout from the event?
I’m not here to convince you one way or the other about climate change – other than I would like someone to help me understand the – 60 windchill I just went through in Chicago &^##%^&&$#. Munich Re is the world’s largest re-insurance company –…
It’s that time of the year again when predictions for the year start coming out and there are two that we keep an eye out for (Eurasia Group and World Economic Forum). EG just came out with theirs and we will be combining it with…
This is not going to be a political diatribe but an argument for including political risk in all your analysis – especially these days. And I will illustrate my argument with two recent discussions with senior executives from two totally different clients. Client A is…
While globalization has led to many advantages for supply chains/procurement organizations with access to cheaper labor, lower regulations, access to markets and spreading of wealth, it also means that we are all now tied into the global economy and subject to its whims. It is…