Stephen Grey was interviewed for the Project Controls Podcast series a while ago and the result is now available online at http://projectcontrolspodcast.com/blogs/news/48529025-episode-7-creating-value-from-uncertainty-with-dr-stephen-grey
Read moreBroadleaf in association with Cura will be providing a series of free webinars on risk management matters of interest. The first of these will occur on Friday September 4 and will discuss how organisations can improve their approach to managing risk using conventional performance management techniques.
Read moreBased on our experience over many years as to the minimum knowledge and skills people need to manage risk effectively in any organisation we have created a series of ten, short videos that are intended to explain the foundations for modern-day risk management. Initially we have prepared three modules and will be issuing others on a monthly basis.
Read moreBroadleaf recently completed a contract liability risk assessment for a major IT service delivery for a Commonwealth agency. This was to help the procurement team arrive at an appropriate limit or cap on commercial liabilities to be included in the contract. Setting an appropriate limit avoids the imposition of an unreasonably large cap (or even unlimited liability) on the supplier, an approach that leads to unnecessary increases in the contract price.
Read moreBroadleaf carried out a risk assessment of a concessional loan offered by the Commonwealth Government. The risk assessment examined the administration and financial performance of the loan. It confirmed the existing controls were well designed and reasonable in the circumstances as well as helping to establish priorities for assurance of the controls during the term of the loan.
Read moreNorman Marks, a well known writer and thinker on risk management has recently published a new book on World Class Risk Management. Grant Purdy was asked by Norman to review the book as it as written and also to provide a forward. Broadleaf is delighted to be associated with this book. Norman has used his considerable experience in business to explain risk and its management from first principles, to challenge some of the logically inconsistent, complex and self-serving concepts that currently bedevil the practice and the profession.
Read moreGrant Purdy has worked for a number of years with the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) helping them with guidance on risk management. Grant made a substantial contribution to the thought paper 'Bolt-on to Built-in' that has just been published by IFAC. The paper makes the point that risk management should never be implemented in isolation; it should always be fully integrated into the organization’s overall system of management. This system should include the organization’s processes for good governance, including those for strategy and planning and making decisions in general. The paper includes a useful model for integration.
Read moreFollowing a presentation and discussion held on 29th April 2015 at the offices of DLA Piper, participants from the Victorian Public Service (VPS) were asked to comment on how the emergence of cloud based services has affected them. This note describes their responses.
Read moreDespite its mysterious aura, rocket science is manageable. Given sufficient time and resources, a team of experts can engineer a rocket motor to meet a specified requirement or to establish that it is not feasible. Project management is not rocket science, but it can be just as complicated and it is frequently more complex, which is quite a different matter.
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Stephen Grey will be speaking at a discussion on procuring cloud-based services hosted by Landell, DLA Piper, and Broadleaf.
Date: Wednesday, 29 April 2015
Time: 8:45am-12:00 (lunch to be served after 12:00)
Venue: DLA Piper, Level 21, 140 William Street, Melbourne, Vic 3000