Opinion
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Opinion
Opinion: Why it’s time for Risk Management 5.0
Horst Simon, founder of The Risk Culture Builders, explores the new skills that risk practitioners will need to survive and thrive through the fifth industrial revolution
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Opinion: “Embracing automation is no longer optional; it is necessary for building resilience”
David Halford, VP of continuity solutions at Fusion Risk Management argues that businesses must move beyond outdated business continuity planning practices, embracing automation to free up time to focus on resilience strategies that truly make a difference
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Regulation watch: How to manage the risks created by the Supply Chain Due Diligence Act
Enhanced due diligence requirements set a new standard for supply chain management, Bindiya Vakil, CEO of Resilinc explores what the legislation means for risk managers
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Six risk management lessons that businesses can learn from storm chasers
Horst Simon, founder of The Risk Culture Builder, explores the connection between storm chasing and the effective management of risk.
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Decision-making in the polycrisis era – will the risk profession rise to the challenge?
Traditional approaches to managing risk are not adequate, and risk professionals must adapt now. Co-authors of Decision-Making in the Polycrisis era, Ben Cattaneo and Daniel Wagner, share their tips for rising to the challenge
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Resilience lessons that will help organisations prepare for 2024
Fusion Risk Management’s Steve Richardson highlights the top continuity lessons learned in 2023 that can help businesses build resilience for the future
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Building a cyber resilient organisation begins with risk quantification
Rich Seiersen, Chief Risk Officer of Resilience, explores how CISOs and CROs can work together to understand cyber risk exposures and build resilience
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The role of the CRO in defining risk appetite
Alex Sidorenko, a chief risk officer and the founder of Risk Awareness Week and the RISK-ACADEMY, explores the three key aspects of risk appetite and where risk managers can add value
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Heatmaps can be dangerous - how to make sure you’re using them effectively
Hans Læssøe, founder of AKTUS, explains when heatmaps and risk matrices can be useful, and how to use them appropriately
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Four common mistakes risk managers make - and how to avoid them
New Risk Academy guides explore some of the biggest mistakes risk managers commonly make and how to avoid them
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Opinion
Why you must understand the board’s risk tolerance
Without this, efforts to manage and optimise risk will be futile
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Reducing risk in a time of climate transition
Greenwashing just won’t cut it anymore - here’s what risk managers need to know
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Make 2022 the year you step away from the desk
Get yourself out there, build relationships and get a seat at the table
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Your RAW2021 recap
Better and greener decision making through risk management was the timely theme for Risk Awareness Week 2021
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Should insurers lead the climate march?
If the politicians won’t go to battle against climate change, maybe insurers have the power to drive behavioural change
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Informing decisions with Monte-Carlo simulations
Alex Sidorenko sets out a three-step methodology for applying Monte-Carlo simulations to quantitative risk analysis
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Adding value with strategic risk
Understanding business strategies and coordinating a structured approach are critical to delivering better strategic risk management, explains Laxman Maharjan
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Risk management red flags
One of biggest mistakes a risk manager can make is to focus too much on the formal and compliance side of risk management, says Alex Sidorenko
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Opinion
Managing contract risk during a pandemic
How the coronavirus pandemic presents an opportunity to strengthen contract terms and implement better risk management tools
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Opinion: Future boards will focus on uncertainty rather than risk
“Boards will have to cope with uncertainty, leaving executives to focus on operational risks” says corporate governance and board development consultant Bob Garratt