Articles by Andrew Findlater
Canadian Businesses Facing Crucial Challenges this Holiday Original
- High Debt and Missed Payments Add to Rising Uncertainty - Equifax® Canada Market Pulse — Business Quarterly Credit Trends Report - Q3 2023 TORONTO, Dec. 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This holiday season, Canadian businesses face challenges including rising debt levels, slowing demand for new credit, and concerns about potential delinquencies, according to Equifax® Canada’s latest Market Pulse Business Credit Trends and Insights report.
What ‘Operation Varsity Blues’ teaches us about right and wrong
Photo by Good Free Photos on Unsplash With the release of ‘Operation Varsity Blues’ on Netflix, the debate over the rights and wrongs of the college admissions scandal has erupted once again. The scandal centred around William ‘Rick’ Singer, who took over $25 million from at least 39 parents to fake test results and bribe college officials in order to secure a place at highly selective universities.
Video on the Web
Part One introduces where Jody and I think crisis communication fits in risk communication (high hazard, high outrage), and then discusses the first six of our 25 crisis communication recommendations: Link off-site to page with this video Link launches an on-site audio file (49MB) Part Two (57:11) Part Two covers numbers 7 through 16 of the 25 crisis communication recommendations discussed in the video: Be willing to speculate. Don᾿t overdiagnose or overplan for panic. Don᾿t aim for zero fear.
Learn, Travel, Art: Picture and Word of the Day 2/14/14
Explore Brad Pitt Movies, Trojan War, and more!Explore related topicsWalls of Troy, TurkeySee MoreMystical: #Mount #Nemrut. 25 miles north of Kahta, #Turkey, and north of Gobekli Tepe, is another artificially covered mountain top above large stone heads of people and animals. The artificial mountain top rises 164 feet above the carved statues that appear to have Greek-style facial features, but Persian clothing and hairstyles.See MorePompeii, Italy. This history is awesome.
Introduction and Orientation Index
Dr. Peter M. Sandman Introduction to Risk Communication and Orientation to this Website This page has two purposes. The most important fact about risk communication is the incredibly low correlation between a risk’s “hazard” (how much harm it’s likely to do) and its “outrage” (how upset it’s likely to make people). If you know a risk is dangerous, that tells you almost nothing about whether it’s upsetting. If you know it’s upsetting, that tells you almost nothing about whether it’s dangerous.
Video on the Web
This page lists all my video and audio risk communication materials – a convenient resource for people who are looking for something to play for a group, or who would rather watch and listen than read. I have a big stack of video and audio recordings – mostly of client presentations – that are not currently online. Over time, I plan to sort through these and post the ones that I think add the most value (and that don’t reveal client confidences).
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