While there are investigative techniques used in an after-accident review, use of the term investigation almost presumes the employee is guilty of something. But AARs should be fact-finding, not fault-finding.
Regulators grounding the Boeing 737 Max until the root cause of the plane’s operational failure could be identified is an imperative lesson in risk management at large.
Dockless electric scooter companies are taking over our cities, with 100 million riders in the past 12 months. Who is responsible, then, when someone gets hurt?
Connecting discreet risk information throughout the business and making sense of it is a difficult task, but corporate insurance and risk management functions have innate skills to lead the charge.
The failed Amazon-New York deal could act as a big risk management lesson on opportunity costs, as well as the importance of reviewing the big picture.
A handful of EU countries have enacted laws protecting workers’ right to disconnect after hours, but vague language could create unintended consequences.
Critics say a higher education degree is useless; parents despair at increasing tuition costs. In the middle, universities fail to change, focusing on faculty research instead of the students’ education.
Among Millenials and Gen-Zers, work-life balance is of paramount importance. The government shutdown places even more pressure on employers to demonstrate their value proposition.