Risk Sciences International
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Understanding
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Communicating
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communicating risk,
clear signals lead to
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Risk ™
Understanding, Managing, and Communicating Risk
Risk Sciences International, Inc. (RSI), headquartered in Ottawa (Canada), specializes in understanding, managing, and communicating risks that impact health, personal livelihoods, property, public infrastructure, the environment, regulatory compliance, stakeholder expectations, and broader societal, industrial, and governmental activities.
RSI provides a range of quantitative and qualitative decision-support services.
These services empower RSI's diverse public, private, and civil society clients to make better-informed choices when addressing present or emerging risks. The work is performed by a team of qualified and experienced scientists, engineers, and other skilled professionals who are committed to reducing uncertainty by providing decision-makers with the highest quality evidence and guidance.
For those who need to better understand, manage, or communicate risks, Risk Sciences International provides the necessary evidence, methods, tools, and counsel to make more informed decisions.
The Risk Sciences International toolbox
Tackling risk requires tools, hence the RSI toolbox which is divided into three familiar pillars.
Whether you need to understand, manage, or communicate risk, RSI has experience picking the right method to provide decision support.
Featured tools
Among the tools listed in our three U | M | C pillars above, some stand for being the most often requested.
Risk assessments
Communication strategies
Risk-based decision-making
Technological solutions
Risk factors
A 60-month sampling of our areas of expertise
Please find below some of the many fields in which RSI has intervened over the past five years (2017-present). Note that these are only some of our sectors among those dating back to 2006. Also note that RSI staff professional experience stretches back into the 1950s.
Drinking water
Public transport
Food safety
Air quality
Chemical safety
Public health
and several more...
Some of the actual projects we have worked on
A small sampling of work performed by RSI staff... (in no particular order)
HIV / AIDS
10-year global campaign to raise awareness on the dangers of HIV/AIDS and support the UNGASS Declaration of Commitment
Nuclear power
Scientific advice and content for nuclear power reactor licensing
Governance
Crisis management during critical election cycle of a United Nations agency
Pharmaceutical
Analysis of events and processes that lead to a contraceptive drug recall
Cancer
Production of 'Cancer is...' - a five-part television documentary series on the state of cancer worldwide
Waste
Strategic guidance to an international convention on transboundary waste
Flooding
Communications strategy for a national flood portal designed to make citizens aware of risks to their property if left unprotected or uninsured
Blood services
Conception of a coherent risk management framework to guide decision-making on the delivery of blood services by stakeholders
Smoke
Perception analysis of wildfire smoke to also support revisions of the health messages used in the Air Quality Health Index (AQHI)
Airport
Analysis of major international airport's traffic and logistics patterns and their risks
Assessment platform
Concept development and deployment of an industry-specific, climate resilience platform
Municipal risk
Online municipal risk and return on investment tool
Fluoride
Expert panel organized to provide national guidance on fluoride in drinking water
Manganism
Updating of clinical diagnostic criteria for manganism
Country foods
Organization of national expert forum on country foods
Plasma
Creation of Plasma Risk Management Model related to national immunoglobulin (IVIG) supply
Food safety
Creation of Problem Formulation Framework for multilateral food safety authority
Cognitive decline
Synthesis of evidence regarding the effect of aging on cognitive abilities of physicians
Artificial intelligence
Framework and methodology on transition away from testing chemicals on animals
RSI 3x3 Granularity matrix
A 3x3 Matrix explaining how RSI works from the high level policy level right down to the most precise and granular level, in each of the three cases, across our three pillars: understanding, managing, and communicating risk.
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Understanding risk
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Managing risk
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Communicating risk
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| at the policy level | at the policy level | at the policy level |
| at the process level | at the process level | at the process level |
| at the precise level | at the precise level | at the precise level |
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Understanding
risk
Understanding
policy risk
Understanding policy risk
RSI...
RSI leverages its extensive experience in high-level risk policy to offer tailored analysis that directly addresses the unique needs of senior policymakers, boards, investors, and top executives.
Understanding
process risk
Understanding process risk
RSI...
RSI excels at uncovering obscured elements in processes. Crucial details can lurk within manuals or a single worker's practice. Identifying these hidden threats is key to understanding process risk. RSI combines science and experience to address the toughest process risk challenges.
Understanding
precise risk
Understanding precise risk
RSI...
RSI is dedicated to each segment of its 3x3 service matrix. Many clients appreciate our focus on 'understanding precise risk'. While RSI offers a broad range of services, its approach to both policy and process levels is distinct. Furthermore, RSI places emphasis on detailed intervention, with the team skilled in nuanced analysis.
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Managing
risk
Managing
policy risk
Managing policy risk
RSI...
RSI's team, with members who have held top roles across private, public, and civil society sectors, offers pragmatic risk management support for leadership. Their expertise ensures reliable advice for managing high-level organizational risks.
Managing
process risk
Managing process risk
RSI...
RSI concentrates on solutions that enhance efficiency while emphasizing risk prevention, mitigation, or adaptation. While offering technical assistance and service deployment, RSI consistently prioritizes capacity-building. In essence, teaching how to fish...
Managing
precise risk
Managing precise risk
RSI...
Science is pivotal, and RSI scientists stand out in detailed risk analysis. Equally vital is RSI's use of advanced computer models, decision tools, and credible evidence sources. Grasping details, or RSI's termed 'precision level' of a process, underpins RSI's offering and success.
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Communicating
risk
Communicating
policy risk
Communicating policy risk
RSI...
In risk-based, high-stakes policy messaging, trial-and-error doesn't suffice—words carry weight. RSI excels in this arena, offering services from media statements to policy documents, whether simple text or a full global campaign.
Communicating
process risk
Communicating process risk
RSI...
RSI prioritizes messaging goals. Dictating 'what' to do differs from equipping individuals with decision-making knowledge. Every RSI process risk communication starts with: "What is the message's goal?" For instance, is it more impactful to instruct a machine operator to keep the 'red lever down', or to explain how this action saves lives?
Communicating
precise risk
Communicating precise risk
RSI...
Communicating precise level risk is intricate. It demands presenting evidence intelligibly for experts and clearly for those seeking core insights without minutiae. RSI boasts a history of conveying information with reader-tailored language, imagery, data, and crucially, tone.
From our Risk Sciences International CEO
A personal statement regarding the Risk Sciences International 3x3 matrix
After years of dedicated service to a diverse clientele spanning the public, private, and civil society sectors, we have distilled the essence of our business ethos into two guiding principles: relevance and sincerity. We understand that when clients engage with us, they do not want marketing jargon or empty promises, they want relevant services; they also seek the sincere assurance that we have both the know-how and the resources to deliver potentially life-saving guidance.
To meet these expectations, I and my staff are deeply committed to what we call ethical clarity.
Ethical clarity means that we articulate our services clearly, setting realistic expectations and avoiding inflated claims that could compromise trust. With the understanding that our work affects lives, livelihoods and the living world, when we say we can accomplish a task, it is, to the best of our knowledge, a declaration backed by real know-how and resources.