Mastering Risk

Send us Fan Mail Throughout this podcast we have outlined the necessary steps to become prepared.  Today's episode brings us to the far end of the preparedness spectrum to discuss what it takes to adopt a survivalist's viewpoint on the world - the skills and focus required to prepared for a society altering event.  Survivalists are far more educated and knowledgeable than most give them...

Send us Fan Mail This week's episode discusses the history of pandemics as part of the human experience.  We examine the early emergence of public health agencies, pandemic preparedness as part of statecraft and the divergence of authoritarian and democratic responses to illness.  What is the role of institutions and a free press in holding politicians to account for their response - and do w...

Send us Fan Mail This concluding episode provides an overview and summary of the all the episodes on emergency preparedness and allows the listener to hit the main points and seek the detailed episodes on specificities topics for more detailed analysis.  We cover the main question, 5 elements of survival, your plan, simplicity, best case scenario, worst case scenario and a reminder on the benefits...

Send us Fan Mail This week's episode is a look into moving from a prepared individual, which is the goal and focus of this podcast, to a prepper.  We present definitions of preppers and survivalists, contrast the two, while outlining what separated preppers from the remainder of society.  We discuss skills management, consistent stockpiling and the need for community.  Prepping is about havin...

Send us Fan Mail In the second part of this episode, we discuss the foundations for individual emergency preparedness and consider two scenarios.  First, the most likely, COVID-19 restrictions until 2022.  Based upon science and the logistics of developing, distributing and immunizing hundreds of millions of people, the current restrictions related to the pandemic will be tightened and be part of...

Send us Fan Mail In this first part of a two part episode, we discuss the upcoming winter as one with exceptional challenges to our normal lives.  The US election, climate change related storms, the normal influenza and COVD-19.  There is a great potential for disruption in the Labour markets, as well as the delivery of CI to society.  No tin foil hats here, just a methodology to analyze what migh...

Send us Fan Mail This week's episode is timely and topical, a logical and factual driven conversation about evacuations and how they may become a reality for you.  We cover what evacuations are, how to conduct a threat analysis for your area, choose routes, destinations, equipment that is reasonably necessary and above all - reduce stress.  This is not a case for an INCH bag, or living on the...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode, we explore what it would look like if the critical infrastructure you rely upon went away.  Beginning with the loss of power, cascading to others such as water, sewer, gas and transportation (fuel); how would cities react? What would your life look like and how does this affect your preparedness plans.  This is a logical non-tin foil hat discussion bas...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode we explore what safety and security means for those interested in individual emergency preparedness.  We discuss the reality of what really happens to crime levels in emergencies, what a threat profile might look like for you and what does academic examination of disaster / emergency settings reveal.  What is your plan for making your home a hard target to...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is dedicated to determining what your threat profile is for your residence and family, your evacuation plans and determining the equipment necessary to facilitate the execution of the plan you developed.  Simply buying what you see on YouTube will lead to failure or extreme difficulty, as evacuations are always under high stress environments, where without a strong fo...

Send us Fan Mail This week's episode is about having fun with some of the most ridiculous conspiracy theories that are out there today - about societal control, grand "reset plans", the anti-vac movement and many others that seem outrageous, but seem to have traction online.  As well, we discuss some strategies as to how to investigate the source materiel, how to be wary of the phra...

Send us Fan Mail The final episode of the series on adopting a simple existence and life is entered on you as a human being in this wide wonderful and chaotic world.  We discuss attitude, emotional control, basic life skills, learning to say NO to people you love, goal setting and learning to forgive yourself.  To lead a self-reliant and more sufficient lifestyle we must understand and accept that...

Send us Fan Mail The second part of the simplification series focusses on the physical possessions in your world.  This is not a minimalism episode, but the concept of linking your possessions to your commitments in your calendar.  Time is the most precious item you have, it is irreplaceable and cannot be purchased.  In the first episode of this series you designed a calendar full of only what you...

Send us Fan Mail This week's episode is the first in a three part series on simplification.  The intent is to remain within the framework of individual emergency preparedness and our continued journey towards a more self-reliant and resilient lifestyle.  We tackle the foundation principle of time, being the only commodity that you cannot purchase more of, or get back once it has been spent.  ...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I outline the accident that shortened my planned adventure, how my self reliance principles aided in my self extrication, as well as a gear review.  Most importantly, I discuss the value of constantly using and evaluating your preparedness equipment, in order to ensure that when the chips are down, you are confident in what you have and your ability to use it.  We...

Send us Fan Mail This long awaited discussion centres on building individual resiliency into your sources of income, adopting measures of simplification and creating a life that can pivot and adjust in the face of unexpected disruption.  How do we add additional lines of income, create agility in those sources of income through digitization.  Throughout the episode the emphasis is on the individua...

Send us Fan Mail In this final episode of the series on individual emergency preparedness, we discuss how to maintain the standard chosen in your analysis through remaining engaged with the world and analyzing facts.  Further, we look at weather and how it effects your plans, activities and how the Internet provides YouTube, Blogs and Webpages full of distractions and pitfalls to avoid.  A quick d...

Send us Fan Mail In this 4th episode in the series, we outline a deliberate planning tool, based upon the main sectors of critical infrastructure and a planning horizon you choose, that enables you to develop an individual emergency preparedness plan for yourself and those for whom you are responsible.  This plan is devised by you, including all your own family's considerations and is an adop...

Send us Fan Mail This third episode of the series covers the limitations of municipal governments, their priorities and why you are likely to be on your own for at least the first 72 hrs following a significant incident.  Linking concepts from the first two episodes, we orientate you to preparing to thrive, vice survive in times of disruption and difficulty Support the show https://preparednesslab...

Send us Fan Mail The second episode of this series outlines the reasons why people are not prepared by discussing demographics and vulnerable communities from a research perspective.  Following in the genre of individual responsibility, the episode dives into the concepts of individual and community resiliency with evidence to support the premise that strong self confidence and social ties correla...

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Send us Fan Mail In this first episode of a 5 episode series, we discuss individual emergency preparedness as a mindset, a philosophy and a mens through which you examine events to determine how they may affect you and your way of life.  A short discussion on the organization of the Canadian Federal Government's emergency legislative framework.  This episode orientates the listener to thinkin...