We have some good news and some better news for corporate risk managers. The good news is that risk—once a mere afterthought in the world of corporate management—is moving toward center stage. More and more business leaders are coming to understand the vital role that risk management plays in shaping the future of their companies . . . which means that the opportunities for risk managers to influence thinking at the C-suite and boardroom level are greater than ever before.

Considering the US Center for Disease Control’s advice is a very good idea. Fat, although systematically proven useful to the human body, is not only a waste of food. When you’re fat, if very fat, you’re obese, and you do indeed have a disease. It can sneak right up on you like a homicidal lunatic.

In spite of how you feel about yourself emotionally, you should really do your utmost to keep your weight from assuming immense proportions – or you’ll only be dooming yourself.

DO YOU REALLY WANT TO BE AN OBESE AMERICAN?

Your specific plan may have lost some relevance but strategic planning has not.  A plan from 2 years ago is less useful than it might have been in less volatile times.  Naturally we have questions about taking the time to do complex planning when the external environment is changing so rapidly in unexpected ways.  Not only must businesses take the time away from day to day matters to catch their breath, but strategic thinking and planning is more important in uncertain times.