A couple of meaningful anniversaries deserve to be remembered, and learned from, this week. 19 April, 1995 – the bombing of the Oklahoma (USA) Federal Building 20 April, 2010 – the explosion and subsequent oil spill on the Deepwater Horizon I expect most of the coverage will focus on the first anniversary of the start […]
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… arrogance, complacency and (lack of) resilience
This year marks the 99th Anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic. The ship sank 99 years ago today, April 15th. Everybody has heard the story of the Titanic – but do you know about the ‘Titanic Effect’ and how it could wreck your risk/BC programs? This ‘Titanic Effect’ arises when the belief in […]
… Q1 is over
The first quarter of the year has gone already, and what a quarter it has been for large-scale disasters! Floods in Australia (Qld and Vic) and Brazil Cyclone in Queensland Snow Storm in NE USA Earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand Tsunami in Japan, and all the subsequent trouble with radiation Earthquake in Greece In the […]
… BCAW, on the down slope
BC Awareness Week, at least in this part of the world, is past the halfway point and on the downslope. For me personally it was certainly a mixed bag on Wednesday. Some very interesting conversation in the real world at the Canberra BCAW event, and interesting online chat with Amy Lee. Unfortunately the webcast I […]
… from ‘Piper Alpha’ to ‘Deepwater Horizon’, do we really learn?
A couple of days ago I started to read the latest report of the Buncefield Disaster. The report highlights some root cause of the disaster in management failings; “these pressures created a culture where keeping the process operating was the primary focus and process safety did not get the attention, resources or priority that it […]
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