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A paranoid person is merely someone in possession of all the facts, or so I like to think. I am what you would call a reasonably paranoid person; basically, I like to be prepared. If Im driving somewhere Ive never been, I want handwritten or printed directions and the phone...

By Shawn Moynihan | Updated on May 01, 2013

A paranoid person is merely someone in possession of all the facts, or so I like to think. I am what you would call a reasonably paranoid person; basically, I like to be prepared. If I’m driving somewhere I’ve never been, I want handwritten or printed directions and the phone number of where I’m going; no GPS for me. When preparing for a trip, I over-pack. My iPhone battery has more than enough juice at all times. Oh, you cut yourself? Here, I keep a Band-Aid (and at least one guitar pick) in my wallet.

This, of course, is the type of mindset that has evolved into the discipline of risk management, in which all manner of public and private enterprise has one or several people whose job it is to lie awake at night wondering what else could go wrong. Last month, I attended the RIMS conference in Los Angeles, the annual gathering of The World’s Most Successful Paranoid People, and I imagine that during said conference, the number of carefully set alarm clocks in the City of Angels must have been at a record high.

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Shawn Moynihan

Shawn Moynihan

Shawn Moynihan is Editor-in-Chief of National Underwriter Property & Casualty. A St. John’s University alum, Moynihan has earned 11 Jesse H. Neal Awards, the Pulitzers of the business press; seven Azbee Awards, from the American Society of Business Press Editors; two Folio Awards; and a SABEW award, from the Society of American Business Editors & Writers. Prior to joining ALM, he served as Managing Editor/Online Editor of journalism institution Editor & Publisher, the trade bible of the newspaper industry. Moynihan also has held editorial positions with AOL, Metro New York, and Newhouse Newspapers. He can be reached at [email protected].

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