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Woolies – not Masters of Risk

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

It has been said, rather cruelly, that Risk Management is 99% hindsight after 1% perspiration. That is because many failures of risk management only come to light after a disaster happens. But that is not always the case. Some disasters are apparent from day one but people don’t see them or, more correctly, people don’t look for them....

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