An Astronaut’s Guide to Life On Earth

*/By Rick Nason, PhD, CFA
Partner, RSD Solutions Inc./*

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I just finished reading Chris Hadfield's book "An Astronaut's Guide to
Life On Earth".  It was a Christmas present to me from my youngest
daughter, and it is a fantastic read.  Chris Hadfield for those of you who
don't know (which would mean the non-Canadian reader's of my blog) is a
Canadian Astronaut who served as Commander of the International Space Station
in 2013.   He might be best known for his YouTube video Space Oddity
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaOC9danxNo [2] which has over 20 MM views.

For risk managers there are wonderful lessons from space outlined in this
book that can be adapted to the organization.  In fact I am going to make
the book a feature reading for a seminar in my Enterprise Risk Management
class.  Read it and see if you do not agree with me.  A very engaging book,
but also a very educational book for the risk manager.


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