Organizations are under relentless pressure to optimize performance, enhance efficiency, and drive results. However, in this pursuit of perpetual improvement, a critical oversight has emerged – business leaders and managers are increasingly focused on treating symptoms rather than addressing root causes. This approach may be efficient but it’s not effective. It often leads to a cycle …
Moving Forward with Awareness and Intent A culture evolved from ‘the way things are’ is more destructive than one that revolves around ‘this is the way we do things’. What do you think? It’s time for straight talk about the damaging effect of what is known as ‘habituation’. In other words, it’s a phenomenon …
Well before COVID started, I decided to read every book on risk management I could muster. Since then, close to five years now, I’ve read 17 books, cover to cover, ranging from 121 pages to over 600. Crazy!! right? Why would someone who has been hands-on in business and a practitioner for over 30 years do …
Substantial evidence indicates that stress and burnout are significant factors affecting productivity. You already know this! So then, what causes all that stress and burnout? Did you know that 86% of employees have experienced moderate to extreme stress in the past year, primarily from work? This is according to Headspace, in their recently published Workforce …
I celebrate the fact that business managers have asked this question a lot, especially in the past year. The evidence I see is that risk managers are much more self-aware and aware of their internal and external environments, conditions, and circumstances. We have seen an evolution in the maturity of judgement, though the confusion between risk …
