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  • Planning for success: Enhancing teachers’ confidence in innovation in schools

    Schools need to innovate to survive in a competitive and constantly evolving industry. This paper provides a new, simple way of thinking for educational leaders and teachers, to increase confidence in innovation projects, enable them to empower innovation in their schools, better justify innovation proposals and persuade other teachers to participate. This case study shows how aspects of risk management and bow tie analysis can contribute to innovation activities. We show how the approach was applied successfully to the introduction of new classroom technology and collaborative learning in a secondary school.

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  • Review: Does enterprise risk management enhance firm performance?

    We have just completed a substantial review of literature relating to enterprise risk management (ERM) and how it influences firm performance and value. It examined 212 papers, covering financial and non-financial firms across many jurisdictions and cultures. Of the 285 findings, 194 (68%) showed a positive relationship between ERM and firm performance, with only 13 findings (4.5%), from 11 papers, showing a negative relationship. The full review is available.

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  • Where we have worked

    We are sometimes asked if we are really an international company. Here is a quick summary: we have worked on the ground in 41 countries; we have worked with companies and on projects located in 56 countries; and members of our team worked in another 12 countries before they joined Broadleaf.

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  • Dr Dale Cooper honoured to receive the Risk Engineer Achievement Award 2023

    Dr Dale Cooper was honoured to receive the Risk Engineer Achievement Award 2023, presented at the biennial Risk Engineering Society Conference, RISK 2023, held in Brisbane on 7-8 September 2023. In accepting the award, Dale Cooper reflected on how he started in risk engineering and described two lessons from his early work that are relevant today. He also provided three personal tips for those who are starting out in the profession (but are relevant for all risk engineers): learn from one another; never be afraid to ask very basic questions; and be inquisitive. An extended version of Dale Cooper's acceptance speech at the Conference dinner is contained in the full post.

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  • Dr Dale Cooper nominated for Risk Engineer Achievement Award 2023

    Dr Dale Cooper is honoured to be nominated for an Engineers Australia People Award, in the category Risk Engineer Achievement Award. The award will be presented to the successful finalist at the biennial Risk Engineering Society Conference, RISK 2023, to be held in Brisbane on 7-8 September 2023.

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  • 2nd edition of Dr David Hillson’s ‘The Risk Management Handbook’ published

    Dr Dale Cooper contributed Chapter 8, 'Project, Programme and Portfolio Risk Management' to the second edition of 'The Risk Management Handbook', edited by our friend and collaborator Dr David Hillson, also known as the Risk Doctor. The new edition has now been published! Find more details about the book, and how you can obtain a 20% discount on the list price.

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