David on Risk
On leadership, risk, and operational excellence.
David on Risk is where I explore performance improvement and operational effectiveness, decision-making under operational and loss risk, and workplace and premises safety through field experience and practical lessons.
After decades working across high-risk environments, from tech to manufacturing to hospitality, I’ve seen how much risk depends on context, judgment, and human behavior.
This isn’t just about incident prevention.
The same principles that drive operational excellence are what make risk manageable: clear systems, capable people, and honest feedback.
Better decisions come from better systems.
Managing risk well is what enables bold action, innovation, and growth, whether in personal decisions or organizational systems. This site brings together practical, field-tested lessons about how people and systems actually work, and how the right approaches create confidence for venturing boldly.
One of the points of discussion that is often in play when companies are deciding when and how to use outside help (not just consulting, this can also include contract workers, temp services, services from insurance carriers or brokers…) is what is the difference between staff augmentation/contract help and consulting, and within consulting, the difference
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