Monday, September 14, 2015

Aylan Kurdi

By Rick Nason, PhD, CFA
Partner, RSD Solutions Inc.
By now you have likely seen the unforgettable picture of Aylan Kurdi, the three year old Syrian refugee boy whose lifeless body tragically washed up on the shores of a beach in Turkey.  Immediately the image was flashed around the world and transformed in an instance the global sentiment about the plight of the Syrian refugees.  The incredibly sad picture changed all of the numbers and statistics of the refugee crisis into a different realm. 

Pictures have the power to dramatically change perceptions and mobilize people and societies to action.  It is a common saying that a picture is worth a thousand words.  If that is true, then it is also true that a single picture is worth a million pieces of data.  What pictures does your risk management need to mobilize and make real the need for effective risk management?

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