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Hosted by Dr. Jeff Donaldson, CD · 🇺🇸 US · EN-CA · 415 episodes
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Risk cannot be eliminated, disasters cannot be prevented and you cannot purchase your way to an insulated life. You can identify, codify, judge and mitigate risk in your professional and private life. Non-apocalytpic evidence-based risk and preparedness education, for individuals, families, solo-entrepreneurs, businesses and communities. Your host, Dr. D is a veteran, professor, author and entrepreneur. No one is coming to help, so you and you alone are responsible for your outcomes. The choice is yours, choose wisely.
Dr. Jeff Donaldson, CD hosts Mastering Risk, a education show with 415 episodes published.
Send us Fan Mail Artificial intelligence is helping businesses move faster than ever, but what happens when productivity quietly becomes dependency? This episode explores why the greatest operational risk may not be adop
Send us Fan Mail AI is transforming business, but it may also be exposing the weaknesses already hidden inside your organization. Most leaders believe the challenge is adopting AI fast enough. I believe the real challeng
Send us Fan Mail Every entrepreneur hopes tomorrow will look a little better than today. The reality is that no one knows what the next disruption will be. It may be an economic downturn, a cyberattack, a supply chain fa
Send us Fan Mail Most business owners think resilience means predicting the next crisis. They’re wrong. You can’t control the economy. You can’t control government policy, cybercriminals, supply chain disruptions, compet
Send us Fan Mail Every founder has a growth strategy. Far fewer have a survival strategy. The truth is that businesses rarely fail because they lack great products or loyal customers. They fail because a disruption arriv
Send us Fan Mail Risk management specialist Dr. Jeff Donaldson explores one of the most overlooked threats facing modern businesses: AI dependency. As organizations rush to adopt AI tools, many are unknowingly creating n
Send us Fan Mail Most small business owners are moving fast—chasing revenue, managing teams, solving problems. But while you’re focused on growth, serious risks are quietly building inside your business and most founders
Send us Fan Mail What would really happen if your business stopped running for three full days? Not slowed down. Not partially disrupted. Stopped. In this episode, we break down the brutal reality of what unfolds inside
Send us Fan Mail Most business owners don’t lose their companies in a dramatic collapse. They lose them quietly… over 72 hours, while telling themselves they still have time. In this episode of Mastering Risk, we break d
Send us Fan Mail Most small business owners believe disruption is something that happens to other people. It’s not. According to real-world data, 91% of small businesses experience some form of disruption every quarter,
Send us Fan Mail What would happen if your business suddenly stopped operating tonight? A fire. A cyberattack. A supplier collapse. A platform outage. Could you reopen tomorrow, or would everything grind to a halt? In th
Send us Fan Mail The Gulf conflict is escalating fast, Strait of Hormuz disruptions, Houthi threats in the Red Sea, skyrocketing oil and shipping costs, and warnings of Iranian cyber retaliation against critical infrastr
Send us Fan Mail In the wake of escalating conflict in the Gulf, with the Strait of Hormuz effectively disrupted, tankers damaged or stranded, insurance war-risk coverage cancelled, and Brent crude surging by $7+ in a si
Send us Fan Mail In a world of constant political upheaval, economic shocks, supply chain chaos, and unexpected disruptions, 91% of small businesses face a major hit every single quarter (Small Business Administration da
Send us Fan Mail In today's unpredictable economy, plagued by cyber threats, supply chain disruptions, political shocks, reputational attacks, and regulatory surprises, most entrepreneurs operate without a real safety ne
Send us Fan Mail Tired of endless "scale to $1M in months" gurus promising overnight success? The data tells a different story: 95% of registered businesses never reach $1 million in annual revenue, and 70% never even br
Send us Fan Mail In these unpredictable times of multipolar tensions, shifting tariffs, AI disruption, and escalating cyber threats, small and medium business owners face more chaos than ever before. If you're an entrepr
Send us Fan Mail In today's hyper-polarized world, politics isn't just background noise, it's a direct threat (and hidden opportunity) to your small or medium-sized business. One wrong post, one heated opinion, and you c
Send us Fan Mail In a world of fractured systems, economic uncertainty, and cascading disruptions, your family's safety shouldn't depend on money, government help, or expensive gear. In this powerful episode of Mastering
Send us Fan Mail As we kick off 2026, the world feels more unpredictable than ever, political shifts, economic pressures, tariffs, cyber threats, and global chaos are hitting small businesses hard. If you're a solo entre
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Mastering Risk is hosted by Dr. Jeff Donaldson, CD. The show is categorised under education (self improvement) and has published 415 episodes.
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