PERMA Annual Member Conference – The PERMA Zone

Gordon Graham is a 33 year veteran of California law enforcement. His education as a risk manager and experience as a practicing attorney, coupled with his extensive background in law enforcement, have allowed him to become a leading professional speaker on public safety.

Gordon Graham is law enforcement’s leading expert on risk management, but the central theme of his messages can be applied to any job in any industry, as well as outside the workplace. Simply put, Graham’s philosophy is that risk management is the process of looking into the future (short or long term) and asking what can go wrong and then doing something about it to prevent it from going wrong.

With more than four decades of related experience in his field, Graham convinces audiences everywhere that identifiable risks are manageable risks. He has dedicated his professional life to helping others find ways of minimizing risk to protect themselves from the grievous consequences that can be suffered when a tragedy, which could have been prevented/avoided, occurs.

Graham champions developing and utilizing sound policies to ensure that tasks are managed properly. But you must never stop – you must continuously look at the way you do things and apply effective analyses to determine whether or not there are risks lurking within your life and activities. And management is more responsible than anyone – identifying risky situations, creating and delivering appropriate policy, and regular practicing preventative behaviors so that they become second nature.

Graham’s career with the California Highway Patrol is legendary, but that experience is but one part of a life in which he has studied all aspects of risk management. Today, he serves as the president of Lexipol (from Latin meaning public safety policy) where he continues to share his message with the public-safety community. He is an inspiration to anyone serving, or having served, in the field of law enforcement and related professions. Every person, especially those in public service, could benefit from an hour or two with the dynamic, but grounded, Gordon Graham.