Risk is defined as hazard times exposure. But what drives us to tolerate certain exposures?
Category: Risk School
Lamenting the Loss of Lobbying
The death of engagement is changing policy management and leadership. Instead of lobbying, we have populism.
Toward an EU White Paper on Risk Management
The EU has lost the capacity to manage risks. We need a White Paper to provide guidance.
Righteous Risks: Introduction
A righteous risk is a threat of harm to societal well-being that arises when decisions are based solely on widely-shared moral perceptions, social virtues and ethical ideals. This value-based policy approach does not consider facts or data in a consistent manner with certain actors, reinforced by social media tribes, imposing their ideals upon others. Righteous…
Science-based or Evidence-based Policy: A Critical Review
A recent publication on science and evidence has provoked some interesting thinking
The Green Death: How the EU’s Farm2Famine Strategy will Affect a Post-Ukraine World
In times of crisis, we need realpolitik, not ideologues expressing virtue.
KeystoneCorona Conclusion: How European Leadership Failed
European precautionistas couldn’t control COVID-19 while East Asian risk managers did
Lamenting the Loss of Leadership
Without inspiring leaders, hashtag movements are destined to stall and stagnate.
The Post-COVID-19 Blueprint (Conclusion): A Risk Management Process Fit for the 21st Century
We need to rebuild risk management from the ruins of precaution
The Post-COVID-19 Blueprint (Part 3.2): The Seven Key Steps of Risk Management
Of the 7 key steps in risk management, none were applied in the COVID-19 crisis.
The Post-COVID-19 Blueprint (Part 1): How Precaution Failed
Precaution is not a risk management tool. Why it failed to manage COVID-19.
COVID-19: A Failure in Risk Management
10 observations on how risk management failed spectacularly.
The Risk-Monger 