When it comes to understanding risk analysis people are used to using a risk matrix and walking through a step by step risk analyses process, it's probably the default way of looking at the analysis of risk, but it's not the only way. The bow tie method is a really visual way of understanding the impacts of a hazard, the risk it presents, the conse...

Imagine you are in the Scottish Highlands in the late 1500's between you and your extended family or Clan as we call them, you have a bit of land and around 600 cattle and sheep. Now imagine that another clan have decided that for what ever reason to have a bit of a battle. Typically, these battles were comprised of hundreds of people all on foot w...