Entries tagged: risk management

An Old Friend

What to do when an old friend approaches its use by date?… [Read more]

Filed Under: Honestly Lay Bare Tagged With: Battersea Power Station, failings in risk management, London, risk management

The Bleeding Obvious

Our nomination for the Bleeding Obvious That Has Yet to Be Found Award.… [Read more]

Filed Under: Honestly Lay Bare Tagged With: corporate governance, Internal audit, London, risk, risk management

Weekly Wrap – 16th October 2013

Are there some risks that are too big to manage or plan for?… [Read more]

Filed Under: Weekly Wrap Tagged With: catastrophic risks, risk management, risk planning, US debt crisis

Weekly Wrap – 18th September 2013

What lessons can you learn from another company’s public relations challenges?… [Read more]

Filed Under: Weekly Wrap Tagged With: Fonterra, New Zealand, reputation, risk management

Toot!

It may be that your whole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.… [Read more]

Filed Under: Honestly Lay Bare Tagged With: early warning, risk, risk management

Ka Boom

How the need for retribution can sometimes make us believe that which isn’t.… [Read more]

Filed Under: Honestly Lay Bare Tagged With: GFC, global financial crisis, retribution, risk management

Sick – The Implementation of the Queensland Health Payroll System

The lessons to be learnt from a $6m project that is now estimated to cost $1.2 billion!… [Read more]

Filed Under: Report of the Week Tagged With: information system, IT, project governance, Queensland Health, risk management

Are You Kidding Me?

What are the key frustrations for a successful auditor. We take a walk over the jagged bottles on the footpath of annoyance in the life of the auditor.… [Read more]

Filed Under: Honestly Lay Bare Tagged With: audit committee, audits, CAE, frustrations, Internal audit, risk, risk management

The Unintended (Internal Control) Consequences of Good Intentions

From this day forward throughout the many lands in which the management of risk is attempted we ask that you lay at the feet of the God of Schlimmbesserung.… [Read more]

Filed Under: Honestly Lay Bare Tagged With: corporate governance, independence, internal controls, risk, risk management, sarbanes oxley, Schlimmbesserung

Ground Stop – Risk Management on September 11, 2001

This is the management of an unknown risk at its very best. It remains one of the more prudent responses to an unfolding event that one can think of.… [Read more]

Filed Under: Honestly Lay Bare Tagged With: business continuity, crisis management, Federal Aviation Authority, NAVCanada, risk, risk management, september11