August 2008
8 posts
Gemba & The Journey →
Couple of things first before we get to the next post in the Hansei series.  First, Jon Robinson was thinking about reputation damage and stock price and wrote a very lucid and smart post on the…
Aug 28th
Relentless Reflection - What it Means in Risk... →
Picking up from yesterday, Today I’d like to talk about: HANSEI - WHAT IS “RELENTLESS REFLECTION?” - And why we’re talking about it in the context of Risk Analysis. Recall from yesterday’s post…
Aug 26th
Hansei-Kaizen & Risk Management Practices →
You might consider this a follow on to the Deming in Risk Management series I did this spring. Recently, Thinking Problem Management wrote on the concept of Hansei-Kaizen.  That started…
Aug 25th
Reputation Damage & Measurement →
Reputation damage can be one of the most difficult concepts to build measurements around.  In fact, it can be difficult to develop the actual metrics for the measurements, as well.  Damage to things…
Aug 22nd
Server Upgrade →
So our server was upgraded by our hosting provider.  Unfortunately, in the upgrade, a comment from Christian was lost amidst the shuffle. Sorry Christian! Please take a second and verify your RSS…
Aug 16th
Is Your Firewall a “High Risk Entity” →
Not trying to be overly snarky here, but I was reviewing some GRC product literature recently.  And there was a screenshot of an application window showing how the software helps identify “high risk…
Aug 15th
UPDATES GALORE! or, THE PRONOUN “WE” MEANS YOU... →
So much traveling, so little blogging.  Sorry everyone.  I’ve gotta say first that I really enjoyed meeting readers and friends of the blog this past two weeks. Today, allow me to update you on…
Aug 13th
New Weblog - It’s Gonna Be Good: Risktical.Com →
From Chris Hayes at http://risktical.com/. I have the utmost respect for Chris as a risk analyst.  He’s big in (started?) the Columbus OWASP chapter (and I have to admit to not getting to a…
Aug 1st