December 2016 RiskPost Issue No.17
Save the Date - RiskNZ Conference 2017
The RiskNZ 2017 Conference dates and venue have been confirmed for 2017, so please mark in your calendars and watch this space for further information in the new year!
The RiskNZ 2017 Conference dates and venue have been confirmed for 2017, so please mark in your calendars and watch this space for further information in the new year!
- Theme: Repositioning Risk Management
- Date: 17 & 18 August 2017
- Location: Mac's Function Centre, Wellington
Risk Professional(s)! of the Year Award 2016
Wellington's Fiona Cameron and Christchurch's Jacqueline Lyttle were named joint winners of RiskNZ's Risk Management Professional of the Year award. The joint award is unusual in itself, however what is remarkable is that the judges identified the same key outstanding atribute - namely their ability to impart risk management thinking across a broad stakeholder base...
Editorial – Geraint Bermingham
This issue of RiskPost rightly focuses on RiskNZ Excellence Awards and the Development Day. I attended the event and associated awards ceremony and had a really enjoyable and professionally valuable day interacting with a diverse range of people from many different backgrounds, catching up with old acquaintances, and celebrating the outstanding performance of those put up for the awards this year...
Tim’s Time – Tim Jago
As I sit here endeavouring to devise a fresh approach to my regular RiskPost commentary I cant help but feel like the editor of the NZ Herald trying to piece together the New Year’s eve edition where the temptation is to cast back on the year just gone, and write about the highlights. Its easy writing, but old news. So with 2017 just a few short weeks away my focus can be on the many projects and developments in line to benefit RiskNZ members...
Chair’s Piece – Geraint Bermingham
For me, the striking takeaway from the 2016 Development Day was the inherent focus of the speakers on understanding risk to drive progress and success - but doing so in a context or rapid change. "Stefan Korn, CEO Creative HQ in his brilliant reflection on; Start-ups, innovation and disruption - embracing uncertainty and dealing with inherent risk, really captured the essence of this. "This general theme got me thinking...
Computer bug cost Delta $100M
Delta Airlines confirms to have lost USD 100 million in revenue as its computer suffered an outage in August, resulting in 2,300 cancelled flights. Find out more...
Directing risk management in organizations - Matthew Leitch
Earlier this month the Centre for Risk Research published a guide to risk management aimed at board directors and others who oversee the development of risk management in organizations. It's called "Directing risk management in organizations: Guidance from the Centre for the Risk Research"...
RiskNZ Awards of Excellence 2016
- Life Membership - Tony Yuile
- Distinguished Service Awards - David Dunsheath and Mike Wood
- Emerging Risk Practitioner of the Year - Matt Bilderbeck
- Commended - CH2M Beca, Watercare Services, McConnell Down/HEB Joint Venture
- Excellence - Watercare Services Limited
- Exemplar - Grant Avery
Post-nominals - An open letter to all RiskNZ members
Download the full newsletter to read a letter to all RiskNZ members regarding Post-nominals from Chris Peace, David Dunsheath, David Thompson, Mike Wood and Steve Vaughan. And also a response to this open letter from Chairman - Geraint Bermingham