Editions
-
Editor's LetterSR Q3 2025: This is what it sounds like
In a world shaken by extremism, inequality and climate crisis, it’s easy to feel powerless. Yet risk managers can drive real change. We shine a light on those of us who are pushing boundaries, working tirelessly to reshape governance and proving business can be a force for good.
-
Editor's LetterSR Q2 2025: Lost in translation?
From the Middle East to the North of England, conference season is in full swing. And so are the fascinating conversations around risk priorities and strategies. But if we hope to take what we’ve learnt to the board, we need to be speaking their language.
-
Editor's LetterSR Q1 2025: Risk management – a kind of magic
I’m sure organisations would love to wave a wand and eliminate the latest geopolitical tension, cyberattack threat or supply chain disruption. But instead they have risk managers, who weave their own magic spells to navigate their businesses past the perils that lurk around every corner
-
Editor's LetterSR Q4 2024: A resolution for change
Closing out another rollercoaster year, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and not exactly brimming with cheer. But risk managers are tougher than that. We continue to prove that this industry is the place for resilience, innovation and e ecting real change. Bring on 2025
-
Editor's LetterSR Q3 2024: The best laid plans…
As risk managers, we spend lots of time preparing for the worst. And yet, preparation can’t protect you from everything. When disaster strikes, sometimes the best you can do is keep smiling – even if it is through gritted teeth – and carry on, logging lessons for next time.
-
Editor's LetterSR Q2 2024: The great balancing act
Parenthood and risk management have a lot in common – both demand a superhuman ability to multitask, stay one step ahead, and keep a cool head. Every day is another challenge… but you wouldn’t change it for the world, right?
-
Editor's LetterSR Q1 2024: It’s tough out there, but we’ve got this
It sometimes feels like the world is spinning faster, as we are bombarded with ever-more complex and intertwining threats. It is the risk professional’s job to manage and mitigate, while guiding senior management through – no easy task. But with the right tools and information, we can do this.
-
OpinionSR Q4 2023: It won’t be lonely this Christmas
The risk manager can be something of a lone wolf in an organisation – operating alone, often misunderstood. Thankfully, risk managers know where to find each other. Here’s to another year of collaborating, supporting and learning from our fellow loners.
-
Editor's LetterSR Q3 2023: Adapt or die
As the world of risk gets increasingly complex, there is a golden opportunity to elevate the profession beyond insurance buying, to strategic, value-adding, board-level ERM. Those risk managers who fail to step up and grab it with both hands may quickly become irrelevant.
-
AnalysisSR Q2 2023: Protecting your greatest asset
No risk is an island. And in this complex, interconnected risk landscape we are operating in, no risk department should be either. The health of our organisations and our people depends on building risk cultures that break silos and become truly cross-functional
-
AnalysisSR Q1 2023: Look out, listen out, speak out
One thing risk professionals know only too well is that history has a nasty habit of repeating itself
-
AnalysisSR Q4 2022: Thriving or surviving?
As we approach year-end, it is clear 2022 has offered no reprieve from shocks and cascading risks
-
AnalysisSR Q3 2022: Inflation - staying grounded
Even the risk community isn’t keen on trying to predict the next crisis, as each one seems to have a cascade effect
-
AnalysisStrategicRISK Q2 2022: It just won’t wash
Organisations are racing to declare their sustainable credentials… but should they tread more carefully?
-
Special ReportsStrategicRISK Airmic 2022: Sink or swim
Taking ESG responsibilities seriously could help build greater resilience. This, and much more, in our special Airmic edition
-
AnalysisStrategicRISK Q1 2022: Our world in pain
The world needs more adults in the room who are willing to speak up and behave with intellect, diplomacy and integrity through a crisis
-
AnalysisStrategicRISK Q4 2021: The great reset
Risk management is not just about avoiding losses. It is about saying ‘yes’ when it counts
-
AnalysisStrategicRISK Q3 2021: Comply or explain
Companies are being told ‘no more greenwashing’ as governments and activist shareholders push the zero-carbon agenda
-
AnalysisStrategicRISK Q2 2021: Stronger together
We all learned a lot in the past year. Now it’s time to take that into the latest redesign of work life.
-
AnalysisStrategicRISK Q1 2021: A slice of the pie
Like so many of us, capitalism kicked off 2021 with something of an existential crisis. Is it time to call time on short-termism?
