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Category Archives: Risk
The Facebook Webshift: WikiLeaks and Shirely Sherrod
This is what we call the “Facebook Webshift.” (This post from July 2010). Just look at Bradley Manning the alleged WikiLeaks person and he could be just any “invincible” college undergrad- anywhere in the world with an average of 300+ Facebook friends- many whom he has not actually met or dealt with. Everyone trusts everyoneContinue reading “The Facebook Webshift: WikiLeaks and Shirely Sherrod”
Try to preserve trust – even with tight working capital
var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-857684-6’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); It’s the economy with tight working capital or messy processes – you might say. Today thereContinue reading “Try to preserve trust – even with tight working capital”
Is the mortgage market “once bitten twice shy” ?
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Why are great companies like Apple (iPhone4) and Glaxo (Avandia) not able to deal with post new product launch problems?
// <![CDATA[ var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-857684-6']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); // ]]> It is really surprising why otherwise great companies don't have a post-launchContinue reading “Why are great companies like Apple (iPhone4) and Glaxo (Avandia) not able to deal with post new product launch problems?”
Behind every successful risk management is a routine- an example from BP supply chain risk
// <![CDATA[ var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-857684-6']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); // ]]> Repeated success in risk management is not by chance but because theContinue reading “Behind every successful risk management is a routine- an example from BP supply chain risk”
For the CEO:Three differences between your “buy” side and “sell” side folks
The contrast between the buy side folks and the sell side folks of the same firm is truly fascinating. Here are three fun differences between the buy side (supply chain, procurement,purchasing ) folks and sell side (marketing and sales people) of the same firm. As a CEO try using what applies to your firm:
Why some companies like McDonald do a better job at product recall than Bayer,J&J and BP
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Oil Leak- dealing with risk in alliances: BP,Halliburton,Transocean and now Cameron International
// // No prizes for guessing that BP,Halliburton and Transocean have worked together as alliance partners repeatedly over time and now Cameron International as the blowout preventer valve supplier is being blamed . And guess what- the leaking offshore oil well has the alliance in tatters, at least at the Senate hearing. There is aContinue reading “Oil Leak- dealing with risk in alliances: BP,Halliburton,Transocean and now Cameron International”
BP’s oil leak and Bankers’ dervatives are similar downstream distasters
var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-857684-6"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {} If you think about it everyone is coming down heavily on BP for allowing the underwater well to burst. BP is to pay for the clean-up and livelihoodContinue reading “BP’s oil leak and Bankers’ dervatives are similar downstream distasters”