Author: John Salter & Associates Consulting Services

John Salter - specialising in the facilitation of risk-based capability reviews; needs-based training; business continuity planning; crisis management exercises; and organisational debriefing. Recognised for “preventing disasters, or where that is not possible, reducing the potential for harm” Ref: Barrister H Selby, Inquest Handbook, 1998. Distracted by golf, camping, fishing, reading, red wine, movies and theatre.

The Cartographer’s Lantern

In a valley often swallowed by fog, the village of Bellmere chose a new warden each year to keep its people safe from flood, fire, and storm. One autumn, a clever merchant arrived with a polished brass lantern. “This lantern,” he announced, “measures the village’s readiness. Hold it near your granaries, bridges, wells, and watchtowers.… Read More

The road ahead for the Sydney Swans

A comparison which treats Ms Ley’s quoted line “accountability must be extended to anyone who was aware of what was happening and had the power to act” as given and compares it against the well-documented legal/coronial “ought to have known” standard. Read More

How to avoid the normalization of deviance in organizations

Avoiding normalization of deviance means treating every recurring workaround, unexplained anomaly, or missed control as evidence to investigate—not proof that the underlying risk is acceptable. The core discipline is simple: past success must not redefine the standard. NASA’s safety guidance expressly warns against using prior successful outcomes to redefine acceptable performance and calls for evidence-based… Read More

How could a Capability Assessment have helped the Sydney Swans

Given this is a live, real, and highly sensitive situation – an active police investigation into alleged sexual assault, real named individuals, and potential legal action, I’ll reflect on the organisational-capability question responsibly: focusing on the governance/culture/risk lessons in the abstract, grounded in what’s publicly reported, without speculating on guilt, criminal outcomes, or unverified claims.… Read More

How could Candid Cycle have helped the Sydney Swans?

“If this needs explaining tomorrow, it needs challenging tonight.” Candid Cycles could not guarantee that the Sydney Swans avoided an alleged incident, nor should it replace police processes. But it could help a club make its behavioural standards real in high-risk settings—especially away trips, alcohol, group dynamics and team hotels—through reflection, peer challenge, early intervention… Read More

How Could Candid Cycle have helped KPMG?

Candid Cycle could not guarantee that misconduct never occurred, but it could have made it harder to normalise, conceal, and mishandle. Its greatest value would be as a structured, evidenced learning-and-escalation system around sensitive engagements, bid decisions, and whistleblower concerns. KPMG Australia’s crisis reportedly centres on alleged misuse of confidential client material to pursue other… Read More

“Missed it by that much” …

is an old joke from the TV series ‘Get Smart”https://youtube.com/shorts/PmMjifK0L5A?is=tO52zmmDYGT3cxcV This week I missed a connecting flight in Frankfurt. Having come from Australia I needed to clear the new border entry requirements. I appreciate the strategy of needing to check at the first point of entry. I did not appreciate how poorly the integration of… Read More

Alignment of the Universal Framework with the American Productivity & Quality Center’s Process Classification Framework®

Understand whether your organisation is capable, not just compliant Read More

Unveiling a range of Gigs to meet your needs

We are pleased to launch a range of solutions which aim to meet various resilience needs by asking the right questions Read More

The move from traditional Business Continuity Planning to Operational Resilience is real and growing

How strong is the move from traditional Business Continuity and RTOs to a focus on Operational Resilience and Impact Tolerance? Read More