Mastering Risk
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.
Episodes
381 episodes
Why “Million in Your First Year” is a Lie – A Realistic 5-Figure Business in 2026 Instead
Tired of gurus promising you’ll be a millionaire in 12 months? Let’s talk reality.According to official stats, only 5% of businesses ever hit 7 figures… and 75% stay under six figures. The good news? A profitable five-figure business ($10K–...
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Season 15
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Episode 15
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32:31
The 5 Strategies I Use to Protect My Business in 2026
What if your business was gone tomorrow – fire, flood, ransomware, or a simple power outage? 60% of SMBs that suffer a major disruption without a tested plan close forever within 12 months. In 2025, one bad day can erase everything you...
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Season 15
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Episode 14
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34:27
Why Solo-Entrepreneurs Win with a Risk Community
Every quarter, 90% of small businesses get blindsided by a major disruption—cyberattack, supply-chain meltdown, reputational firestorm, or a strategic curveball they never saw coming.Of those that get hit hard, 40% never reopen their doors....
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26:03
4 Steps to Crisis-Proof Your Small Business
In this no-fluff episode, Dr. D reveals the exact 4-step framework he uses to keep his fully digital small business running when the world goes sideways, whether it’s a week-long blackout, a nationwide internet outage, a cyber attack, or any ot...
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Season 15
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Episode 11
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28:49
10 Reasons Why a Start-Up Fails
If you're considering starting, or just have started an entrepreneurial adventure, listen to these ten reasons why new businesses fail.Time tested, taken from the graves of over 1000 ventures, this list will provide in depth insight to ...
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Season 15
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Episode 10
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31:22
8 Free Ways to Dominate 2026
Imagine the coming year, more economic, political and natural disasters, interfering with your business and personal plans.From evacuation to mental health, building reflection muscle and becoming prepared to be fired tomorrow.A...
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Season 15
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Episode 9
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33:36
Top 3 Risks for SMB and Solo-Entrepreneurs in 2026
2026 will see incredible disruption. How can the solo-entrepreneur or SMB be ready?These top 3 risks reflect what is likely to occur, from a tariff tsunami, to AI phishing / spoofing to a race to tax corporations, chasing them across the gl...
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Season 15
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Episode 8
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32:09
AI Employment Tsunami - Is it Coming for You?
Is your position, field or employer ready for the coming AI onslaught?We breakdown the stages of AI adoption rollout, across which markets are primed for penetration and what role cultural preference plays in acceptance of AI automation...
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Season 15
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Episode 7
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27:00
Placing Order Into Chaos - The Purpose of Risk & Resilience Education
The why - because we exist in a time of increased political, economic and natural disasters, all of which are out of our control. They influence and impact our lives, yet we have such little say in their why.Chaos loves uncertainty - th...
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Season 15
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Episode 6
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24:22
3 Free Ways to Win at Life and Business
Seize the Day, choose to be responsible for your outcomes and dominate this world.We hear that all the time, but how?Three free ways:First, own your life - your physical, mental and financial health are all your responsibility, ...
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Season 15
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Episode 6
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29:03
Managing Risk in the Age of AI
The pressure is relentless, to adopt even the most unique offerings of AI, under the symbolic - or real - threat of corporate irrelevancy. Whether presented in the form of the latest influencer YouTube video, an offering to learn AI in 28 days,...
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Season 15
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Episode 5
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25:03
Entrepreneurship Costs $72 Per Year
Creating your own business and generating income is your get to be resilient in a world of AI business and employment disruptions.There are only three ways to earn an income. First, a profession with its rules, regulations, training sta...
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Season 15
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Episode 4
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43:33
Why Entrepreneurs Must Understand Risk
Entrepreneurs are great dreamers, pouring exceptional time and resources into their dream, often without understanding the risks they chose to accept, willingly or not, when they jumped in.Strategic, Operational, Cyber and Reputational ...
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Season 15
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Episode 3
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25:54
Embracing Risk for Small Businesses
How do we ready our entrepreneurial ventures to succeed and excel in these times of increased political, economic and natural disasters?Understanding your risk profile across strategic, operational, cyber and reputational areas is key. ...
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Season 15
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Episode 2
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31:55
Risk in a VUCA Environment
From the A1 to C3, the newspaper is drowning in chaos, disturbances and the growing call for significant change in our world. For those who never had the pleasure of reading a full newspaper over morning coffee, that’s the meat, before the comi...
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Season 15
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Episode 1
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28:13
Launching: Mastering Risk - The Podcast
Life evolves, as the world changes around us, we need to periodically verify that we remain a value added to the population. Inside My Canoehead has been on the air for over 5 years, throughout the pandemic and will continue to live on, but und...
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Season 14
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Episode 21
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34:04
Financial Resiliency for your Online Business
When we consider financial resiliency in this modern era, we first need to accept resiliency means to you. There are no shortages of definitions of resiliency, in my humble opinion, it is the most abused term in the discipline. As a social scie...
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Season 14
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Episode 20
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31:06
Who is a Prepper?
Conspiracy Theorist? Crazy Trucker dude in Ottawa? Anti-Government Mafia, Antifa?Or maybe just a normal person, living in suburbia who accepts responsibility for their outcomes, understands there is a possibility that one or more sectors of...
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Season 14
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Episode 19
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35:51
Wildfires are a Policy Failure
Forests are an incredible creation of nature, a magical blend of species - sustainable, resilient and awe-inspiring beauty. Only humans would have the audacity to harm such a brilliant resource.The intentional destruction of the boreal ...
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Season 14
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Episode 18
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33:22
Is Your Side Hustle Risk Resilient?
Etsy Store, Shopify or 1 Mil per year service business, they're all exposed to risk - cyber, reputational and operational. What strategies help in mitigating exposure to nefarious actors.How, as a solo entrepreneur, can you protect your onl...
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Season 14
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Episode 17
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37:00
5 Years of Preparedness - Are You Ready?
Every anniversary deserves celebration, we have so much to be thankful for: friends, family, accomplishments and reaching goals. We should never lose the childish joy of horns, goofy hats, paper plates and cake. Today, July 28th, ma...
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Season 14
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Episode 16
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32:21
Throwing Hands - Are You Ready to Fight?
Pugilism was an art, the settling of disputes with honour and integrity. We didn’t kick somewhen when they fell, we asked if they had enough and if so, we helped them up, dusted them off and headed to the bar to resume our drinks. Simple life, ...
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Season 14
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Episode 15
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27:07
Life Begins at the End of Your Comfort Zone
We’re comfortable, enjoy being coddled and taken care of, whether that is by family or the government. We exist in a period of time with access to the entire knowledge of the species in the palm of our hand, yet we choose to remain stuck in pla...
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Season 14
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Episode 14
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26:19
Simplicity & Minimalism - Road to Resilience
A bit cheeky, yes. The point is that many roads lead to resilience, I’ve written a five part series on Substack about this, drawing a clear route to creating a more resil...
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Season 14
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Episode 13
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24:29
Your Secret Weapon for Resilience
As many bemoan the chaos of this decade, Dr. Steven Pinker reminds us that this is, by a significant margin, the safest and most productive age of the human species. The calamities we face are minor irritants in comparison to those surmounted b...
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Season 14
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Episode 12
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30:23