What do you do when faced with a decision? Do you do everything you can to get it right? Do you analyse the options, get opinions from trusted advisers, work through all the angles to make the correct choice. Do you take the time and effort to make sure? Do you do the right thing? […]
The Perfect Storm
Imagine you run a hospital. One of your responsibilities is staffing, making sure there are enough nurses and doctors. Then the country is hit by a flu epidemic, you are inundated by sick people, demand soars through the roof. It gets worse, your staff get sick as well, they take time off. Not only do […]
Should my Wife Drive?
If you see a couple driving together in a car then statistically speaking it is twice as likely that the man is driving. Is this safe? Insurance premiums are cheaper for women; this is because they have less accidents than men. So the woman should drive. But, men drive further every year than women (60% […]
You Are Kidding Me, Right?
A BBC photographer has been stopped from taking pictures of St Paul’s Cathedral by the police. The PC did this because there was a risk that the photographer could have been an al Qaeda operative planning on blowing the building up. You can see the BBC news clip here. I doubt very much that the […]
Just How Bad Could It Be?
Yesterday I posted a comment about risk assessment and how it leads to some really stupid activity. This is not to say that risk assessment is a waste of time, just the over zealous, avoid risk at all costs type. This leads to the question “what does good risk assessment look like?” Rather than banging […]