Author: Ted Polakowski

I must admit that this year I am having some trouble writing this post.  With all the things that are happening in the world today, the plea to

We have spent the last two blog posts on management systems as it would apply to the Legionella bacteria outbreak in the Bronx NYC.  This situation is just

In my last post I talked about the Legionnaire’s disease in the Bronx this summer.  I followed the health department investigation unfold on the nightly news.  There were several

It’s the end of summer as I write this.  Yes I know summer doesn’t officially end until the end of September but for all intents and purposes the last weekend

Writing a blog is a wonderful experience.  Posts on my theory of “Stepping Back from the Edge” have brought me into discussions that have helped enlighten my thoughts on

Summer is upon us once again.  The kids are out of school.  Vacations will be taken.  Warm weather, lots of sun and cooling ocean waters are in the

Back in September of last year I posted a blog entitled: “Operational Latitude: Stepping Back From the Edge”.   The premise of the piece was a discussion on why

I happened to look at the calendar in my office and noticed that yesterday was Earth Day.  This was the 45th Earth Day.  I can readily remember the

  In a recent post titled “Signs the Good and the Bad” I showed a picture of an exit sign pointing to an elevator bank.  My point was that this

Yes, this is what I have come to believe.  Things just don’t work like they should and because of this we are at ever increasing levels of risk.  Yet,