John Adams » presentations http://www.john-adams.co.uk Risk in a Hypermobile World Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:50:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 “Ensure you can see where you are putting your feet before walking”: Governance and Compliance http://www.john-adams.co.uk/2007/03/19/%e2%80%9censure-you-can-see-where-you-are-putting-your-feet-before-walking%e2%80%9d-governance-and-compliance/ http://www.john-adams.co.uk/2007/03/19/%e2%80%9censure-you-can-see-where-you-are-putting-your-feet-before-walking%e2%80%9d-governance-and-compliance/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:39:41 +0000 johnadams http://john-adams.co.uk/2007/03/19/%e2%80%9censure-you-can-see-where-you-are-putting-your-feet-before-walking%e2%80%9d-governance-and-compliance/

Continue reading »]]> Keynote address to OpRisk Europe Conference, 21 March, London:

  • All risk is subjective. “Risk” is a word that refers to the future, and that exists only in the imagination.
  • Risk management involves speculating about this future, about things that could go wrong, and about ways of preventing them.
  • In recent years, in the public sector and throughout the worlds of commerce and industry there has been an explosion in the numbers of risk assessments undertaken and a remarkable increase in the thoroughness and comprehensiveness that they attempt.

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Continue reading »]]> Summary of presentation for CRIMS (Canadian Risk and Insurance Management Society) conference, Calgary, 17-20 September 2006.

It is important to be clear about the type of risk you are dealing with. Directly perceptible risks are dealt with instinctively and intuitively. Virtual risks are culturally constructed – when the science is inconclusive people are liberated to argue from pre-established beliefs, convictions & prejudices. When virtual risks – sometimes called unconfirmed hypotheses – get mistaken for risks about which science has clear and useful advice to offer, much confusion results.

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