Randall Mauro | Systems & Institutional Resilience
@barefootadvisor.bsky.social
Founder & Senior Technology Consultant. Systems, data & institutional resilience. Operational risk, governance & infrastructure under stress. Non-partisan.
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I work at the intersection of technology, finance, and institutional resilience.
I focus on identifying invisible fragilities in complex systems before they become crises.
Operational risk. Governance design. Data integrity.
Non-partisan. Systems-first.
I focus on identifying invisible fragilities in complex systems before they become crises.
Operational risk. Governance design. Data integrity.
Non-partisan. Systems-first.
www.ft.com/content/375b...
A utility’s governance gap didn’t emerge overnight — internal audit and oversight mechanisms matter long before headlines hit.
Invisible weaknesses in governance structures are predictable points of stress in every system.
A utility’s governance gap didn’t emerge overnight — internal audit and oversight mechanisms matter long before headlines hit.
Invisible weaknesses in governance structures are predictable points of stress in every system.
South East Water still has ‘troubling’ governance gap, warn auditors
UK utility that left 30,000 households without water has no internal audit function
www.ft.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:49 PM
www.ft.com/content/375b...
A utility’s governance gap didn’t emerge overnight — internal audit and oversight mechanisms matter long before headlines hit.
Invisible weaknesses in governance structures are predictable points of stress in every system.
A utility’s governance gap didn’t emerge overnight — internal audit and oversight mechanisms matter long before headlines hit.
Invisible weaknesses in governance structures are predictable points of stress in every system.
Global risk is now an enterprise risk — and IT leaders are feeling it first.
From AI governance gaps to infrastructure fragility, resilience must replace efficiency as the default design principle.
www.techtarget.com/searchcio/fe...
From AI governance gaps to infrastructure fragility, resilience must replace efficiency as the default design principle.
www.techtarget.com/searchcio/fe...
What the 2026 Global Risks Report means for CIOs | TechTarget
Global risk is now an IT issue. See how the WEF Global Risks Report 2026 reshapes CIO priorities and enterprise resilience.
www.techtarget.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Global risk is now an enterprise risk — and IT leaders are feeling it first.
From AI governance gaps to infrastructure fragility, resilience must replace efficiency as the default design principle.
www.techtarget.com/searchcio/fe...
From AI governance gaps to infrastructure fragility, resilience must replace efficiency as the default design principle.
www.techtarget.com/searchcio/fe...
The big guys are screaming at you to take cover.
Year to date performance …
US indexes
QQQ -2.23%
SPY -0.10%
Consumer Staples +14.50%
International
VXUS +8.87%
Commodities & Metals
DBC +6.44%
Gold +13.93%
Bonds +0.40%
The flight to safety is on.
Year to date performance …
US indexes
QQQ -2.23%
SPY -0.10%
Consumer Staples +14.50%
International
VXUS +8.87%
Commodities & Metals
DBC +6.44%
Gold +13.93%
Bonds +0.40%
The flight to safety is on.
February 13, 2026 at 1:11 AM
The big guys are screaming at you to take cover.
Year to date performance …
US indexes
QQQ -2.23%
SPY -0.10%
Consumer Staples +14.50%
International
VXUS +8.87%
Commodities & Metals
DBC +6.44%
Gold +13.93%
Bonds +0.40%
The flight to safety is on.
Year to date performance …
US indexes
QQQ -2.23%
SPY -0.10%
Consumer Staples +14.50%
International
VXUS +8.87%
Commodities & Metals
DBC +6.44%
Gold +13.93%
Bonds +0.40%
The flight to safety is on.
Systems don’t fail from a single event — they break where silos hide weak links. Organizational boundaries without shared oversight are a root driver of cascading risk.
Operational resilience begins with integrated risk visibility.
mexicobusiness.news/tech/news/co...
Operational resilience begins with integrated risk visibility.
mexicobusiness.news/tech/news/co...
Compound Risks Don’t Break Systems. Silos Do
Manage AI and compound risks by breaking organizational silos and prioritizing human-centered systemic synergy, writes Enrique González.
mexicobusiness.news
February 12, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Systems don’t fail from a single event — they break where silos hide weak links. Organizational boundaries without shared oversight are a root driver of cascading risk.
Operational resilience begins with integrated risk visibility.
mexicobusiness.news/tech/news/co...
Operational resilience begins with integrated risk visibility.
mexicobusiness.news/tech/news/co...
I work at the intersection of technology, finance, and institutional resilience.
I focus on identifying invisible fragilities in complex systems before they become crises.
Operational risk. Governance design. Data integrity.
Non-partisan. Systems-first.
I focus on identifying invisible fragilities in complex systems before they become crises.
Operational risk. Governance design. Data integrity.
Non-partisan. Systems-first.
February 11, 2026 at 11:22 PM
I work at the intersection of technology, finance, and institutional resilience.
I focus on identifying invisible fragilities in complex systems before they become crises.
Operational risk. Governance design. Data integrity.
Non-partisan. Systems-first.
I focus on identifying invisible fragilities in complex systems before they become crises.
Operational risk. Governance design. Data integrity.
Non-partisan. Systems-first.
The stock market looks really weak. All time high today on the Nasdaq, but most stocks aren’t going up.
We could still be a few weeks out, but I don’t see how we are going to avoid a drop from here.
We could still be a few weeks out, but I don’t see how we are going to avoid a drop from here.
August 8, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The stock market looks really weak. All time high today on the Nasdaq, but most stocks aren’t going up.
We could still be a few weeks out, but I don’t see how we are going to avoid a drop from here.
We could still be a few weeks out, but I don’t see how we are going to avoid a drop from here.
Does anyone know how someone can get involved in each particular state to help (resist) with the ice raids or to help on the legal side after someone has been detained.
Are there organized volunteer opportunities to help?
Are there organized volunteer opportunities to help?
June 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Does anyone know how someone can get involved in each particular state to help (resist) with the ice raids or to help on the legal side after someone has been detained.
Are there organized volunteer opportunities to help?
Are there organized volunteer opportunities to help?
Complete horse crud that the entire financial world is hanging on the words on one man …
And mere speculation that he may not do what he campaign promised causes the market to bounce higher. Because everyone knows tariffs are bad, we’ll everyone except Dump.
finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-t...
And mere speculation that he may not do what he campaign promised causes the market to bounce higher. Because everyone knows tariffs are bad, we’ll everyone except Dump.
finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-t...
Trump Team Studies Gradual Tariff Hikes Under Emergency Powers
(Bloomberg) -- Members of President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming economic team are discussing slowly ramping up tariffs month by month, a gradual approach aimed at boosting negotiating leverage while...
finance.yahoo.com
January 14, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Complete horse crud that the entire financial world is hanging on the words on one man …
And mere speculation that he may not do what he campaign promised causes the market to bounce higher. Because everyone knows tariffs are bad, we’ll everyone except Dump.
finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-t...
And mere speculation that he may not do what he campaign promised causes the market to bounce higher. Because everyone knows tariffs are bad, we’ll everyone except Dump.
finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-t...
TODAY IN HISTORY - 1/8/2017
“I am going to be the greatest jobs president that God ever created”
— Donald Trump
NYT interview
Here are the facts (excluding Covid) … www.factcheck.org/2021/10/trum...
“I am going to be the greatest jobs president that God ever created”
— Donald Trump
NYT interview
Here are the facts (excluding Covid) … www.factcheck.org/2021/10/trum...
January 8, 2025 at 9:11 PM
TODAY IN HISTORY - 1/8/2017
“I am going to be the greatest jobs president that God ever created”
— Donald Trump
NYT interview
Here are the facts (excluding Covid) … www.factcheck.org/2021/10/trum...
“I am going to be the greatest jobs president that God ever created”
— Donald Trump
NYT interview
Here are the facts (excluding Covid) … www.factcheck.org/2021/10/trum...
“U.S. stock markets will be closed on January 9, 2025 … to honor former President Jimmy Carter.”
This is what I saw this morning when logging into a brokerage account.
Reply with a ❤️ if you like this!
This is what I saw this morning when logging into a brokerage account.
Reply with a ❤️ if you like this!
January 8, 2025 at 2:11 PM
“U.S. stock markets will be closed on January 9, 2025 … to honor former President Jimmy Carter.”
This is what I saw this morning when logging into a brokerage account.
Reply with a ❤️ if you like this!
This is what I saw this morning when logging into a brokerage account.
Reply with a ❤️ if you like this!
“From China to Europe, Canada to Mexico, world markets are already reeling from Donald Trump's promise to jack up tariffs …”
www.reuters.com/markets/glob...
www.reuters.com/markets/glob...
Tariffied? Markets feeling the most pinch from Trump tariff risks
From China to Europe, Canada to Mexico, world markets are already reeling from Donald Trump's promise to jack up tariffs when he becomes U.S. president in less than two weeks.
www.reuters.com
January 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
“From China to Europe, Canada to Mexico, world markets are already reeling from Donald Trump's promise to jack up tariffs …”
www.reuters.com/markets/glob...
www.reuters.com/markets/glob...
It frustrates me that the entire financial world moves to the whims of one man.
finance.yahoo.com/news/live/st...
finance.yahoo.com/news/live/st...
Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures retreat amid report Trump could tap emergency powers for tariffs
Investors absorbed a report that President-elect Donald Trump is considering declaring a national economic emergency to pave the way for proposed tariffs.
finance.yahoo.com
January 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
It frustrates me that the entire financial world moves to the whims of one man.
finance.yahoo.com/news/live/st...
finance.yahoo.com/news/live/st...
Big down day today on highest volume in over 5 years. This is not looking good.
January 7, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Big down day today on highest volume in over 5 years. This is not looking good.
Um, I just realized Martin Luther King Jr. Day is January 20th, the same day as the inauguration
1) How ironic (and sad)
2) I think we need to get it out there that Don will have to share ‘his day’
3) How do we organize a march across the country to celebrate Mr. King, same time
Imagine the shade
1) How ironic (and sad)
2) I think we need to get it out there that Don will have to share ‘his day’
3) How do we organize a march across the country to celebrate Mr. King, same time
Imagine the shade
January 5, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Um, I just realized Martin Luther King Jr. Day is January 20th, the same day as the inauguration
1) How ironic (and sad)
2) I think we need to get it out there that Don will have to share ‘his day’
3) How do we organize a march across the country to celebrate Mr. King, same time
Imagine the shade
1) How ironic (and sad)
2) I think we need to get it out there that Don will have to share ‘his day’
3) How do we organize a march across the country to celebrate Mr. King, same time
Imagine the shade
