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April 14, 2010

We are creatures of habit. That’s not such a bad thing. If we had to figure life out every day anew we wouldn’t get very far. But while habits help us with our need for efficiency, they don’t do much to help us progress. Habits are all about maintaining the status quo. But what if […]

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Risky compared to what?

May 11, 2008

The risk management approaches typically employed by companies seem off base to me. (I think financial services companies usually do this well when not caught in the throes of the lunacy that overtakes them every few years.) The error is in the baseline assumption they make. That assumption is usually one of a risk-free world. […]

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