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Dear Bill Mc, Risk is generally defined as "probabilty x consequences", hence the consequences are included in the definition. The aspect of consequences as such however, is indeed not covered when discussing uncertainties and not either in discussing hazards. As a former member of the Swiss mirror ...

In daily language "risk" is connotated with hazard, whereas uncertainty is more neutral and includes also opportunities. This coincides with the meaning of the Latin word "riscare" which means sailing around a cape (i.e. risks of ship wrecking deliberately taken for the sake of entrepreneural rewards, ...

Dear Dara, in my view story-telling has a lot of potential, either in a community meeting like "lunch & learn" or a news letter. I experienced the latter in a railway operating company for sharing the experience of "near misses" in health & safety relevant situations, documented by photos. You will ...

Heidi, I believe that we should distinguish between, for instance, information regarding changed stipulations in codes of practise, course notes from CPD events, and the like feedback from debriefing meetings with clients, bad experience with joint venture partners, or similar hazardous developments ...

Hi Darya, are you sure, it is only about language? Hearing about young people with a very short span of attention and patience, how would they ever master an engineering study programme or concentrate on a design problem? You know: the sort of 1% inspiration and 99% transpiration... Perhaps this is ...