It looks obvious

Rough Type is one of my favorite’s blogs. Nick Carr’s writing is a display of independent thinking and often in the opposite direction of the hype. Today I discover another reason why I like reading Carr’s blog: admitting a mistake without excuses and out in the open.  

In a post today Carr quoted a survey that claims that IT is being considered as the highest corporate risk:

Information technology is the single biggest source of risk for companies today, according to a survey of top executives in the U.S., U.K., Japan, Germany, France and Italy.

But when a comment indicates that the survey methodology is rather problematic Mr. Carr’s, almost immediate, response was:

Joe, Thanks. That’s what I get for not reading the appendix. You’re right - the statistics are basically meaningless. It’s an anecdotal study. Mea culpa. Nick

(You’d think, by the way, that a major global insurance company might show a little care in throwing statistics around in public.)