When will we ever learn…?

There’s a view that part of the reason Asian democracies have done well at controlling coronavirus is because they learned the lessons that SARS (2003) and MERS (2015) taught them.  The Shetland Islands learned about contact tracing from a recent measles outbreak and used it to excellent effect...

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Risk Scenarios: “That Could Never Happen”

Ever been presented with opinions from colleagues, when thinking about risk scenarios for your business, that convey the sense "that could never happen"? It is certainly not an uncommon occurrence in such discussions. In many cases it is perhaps a valid view to take, particularly if the risk...

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LEAD…FOLLOW…OR GET OUT OF THE WAY (PART 1)

When was the last time you were asked to define leadership?  Its the kind of thing we know what it feels like when its good or bad, but its hard (and maybe unnecessary) to define.  It might help to think of leadership as both a noun and verb; in other words its not just about what leaders do, its...

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