Category Archives: Risk Happens!

Four Types of Risk

I have been reading an old blog about “Epistemic, Ontological and Aleatory Risk” on Mathhew Squair’s blog, Critical Uncertainties.  I doubt I am alone in having to think hard to get my head around the definitions.  So, to help myself, I … Continue reading

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Risk – and How to Handle it

The April 2013 edition of “The Best You” features my article on Risk Management: “Risk – and How to Handle it“. You can read it in the online version of the magazine here (you will need to register for a … Continue reading

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Six Strategies for Managing Risk

Managing risk requires active engagement with the potential event: you need to create a plan and execute it.  You must then review the outcomes and refine your plan if necessary. The rinse and repeat, as it says on my shampoo … Continue reading

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Project Scope

Last week we looked at defining a project with Goals and Objectives.  The third key component to project definition is Scope – the breadth and depth of your ambition. In the UK, we tend to speak of scope as being … Continue reading

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Regression to the Mean

… or how things tend to “average out”. My family and I have been on holiday.  It was lovely, thank you for asking. My wife and I played a game of crazy golf: my three year old daughter gave up … Continue reading

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