by Jon Kern | 8 October 2019 | Global, Guest Speaker, Local
Full article here. Five weeks after the smoke thinned from a hydraulic oil fire that knocked out operations at the Tyson cattle processing plant near Holcomb, the details of a mysterious flash that ignited the blaze remain hazy. The reconstruction process is underway,...
by Jon Kern | 9 December 2017 | Article
Is your airport ready for an emergency? Airports vary widely in size and complexity; from small general aviation airports, to mid-size regional airports, to large-hub airports. However, they all have one thing in common, the potential for emergencies. An airport...
by Jon Kern | 15 November 2017 | Article, Guest Speaker
Every year, on Christmas morning reenactors cross the Delaware River from Pennsylvania to New Jersey at Washington’s Crossing, recreating the historic event of George Washington crossing the Delaware to attack the Hessian troops stationed in Trenton New Jersey. ...
by Jon Kern | 15 November 2017 | Article
In high risk, high reward research environments facilities staff, environmental health and safety, and risk managers understand the need for pre-incident plans at several levels. First, nothing can go wrong! Unlike many other business functions, the R&D and...
by Jon Kern | 14 November 2017 | Article, Guest Speaker
What is “financing risk?” Small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) take on a lot of risk in search of great reward. While you might be happy to take that risk, that risk often bites you in the rear and someone has to cough up money to pay for it. If this sounds a lot...