The annual RIMS meeting is an opportunity for risk managers to come together and share stories about risk and risk management and this year's first general session was no exception.
In the opening keynote for RIMS 2017 on April 24, the packed ballroom heard from Derreck Kayongo, successful entrepreneur, expert in environmental sustainability and human rights innovator, about how bars of soap in his hotel room led him to take a risk that became a $10 million global business.
When he was 10 years old, Kayongo watched as his entire Ugandan village was pulled out from their homes by men with assault rifles. The leader was looking for the person who had killed two of his soldiers the night before. He selected four people, asked who had killed his men. When no one came forward, he executed them. He selected four more people; when no one confessed, he shot them. When he selected four more people, a voice from the back said, "I did it." It was a young man who was a visitor to the village. The captain spoke to him briefly and executed him, highlighting for the young boy how risky life could become in an instant.
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