All opinion articles
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OpinionSix 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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OpinionDecision-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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OpinionHow SMEs can tackle product liability risks
Small and medium-sized enterprises are particularly vulnerable to product liability threats. Captive solutions may hold the answer, argues Randy Sadler, CIC Services
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OpinionSupply chain risk lessons from the ancient Greeks
Entropy constantly pushes the world towards volatility, but businesses must learn from ancient philosophy and find ways to combat threats, says risk expert Adriano Lanzilotto
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OpinionOpinion: How business leaders can navigate the digital age
As organisations evolve their business models to embrace digitalisation they open themselves up to new cyber risks. Matthew Worsfold, a partner in Ashurst’s Risk Advisory practice, and Rachel Sexton, the head of the Risk Advisory Practice explore how firms need to think about managing these exposures
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Expert ViewsInside BHSI’s regional blueprint
EXPERT VIEW: In 2020, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) used its business blueprint to build a Manchester-based UK national team. Here its four leaders discuss the state of UK national business and how it has become both wanted and needed – by leaning in to serve customers through their most ...
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InterviewsFive minutes with new IRM board member David Epstein
StrategicRISK caught up with David Epstein, a new non-executive board member at the Institute of Risk Management, to get his take on the top risks facing organisations today
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OpinionHuman error and cybersecurity – tackling one of today’s biggest business risks
Simon McNally, identity and access management expert at Thales, explains why cybersecurity is a pressing people-related risk that must be tackled urgently
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OpinionWhy risk management must not be totally embedded in operations
Volkan Can, enterprise risk manager of a global building materials company, and board member of the Enterprise Risk Management Association of Turkey, explores why entwining risk with day-to-day operations is a common but critical mistake
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OpinionOpinion: Challenging dangerous cyber risk insurance myths
Alarmist debate around cyber risk insurance can leave risk managers lost. Here, Scott Hammesfahr, solutions consultant - insurance analytics, strategy, and operations at Guidewire Software, clears up the myths.
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OpinionThe biggest problem in supply chain risk management
Risk management expert Adriano Lanzilotto explains what supply chains and SatNavs have in common, and why data is the most important tool in a risk manager’s arsenal.
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Special ReportsRegulators are cracking down on PFAS and risk managers must plan accordingly
The effects of PFAS chemicals are yet to be seen as health problems slowly come to light. BHSI’s Javier Villalba, explores the litigation landscape risk managers are facing
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OpinionHow to identify and manage people-related risks
David Tattam, chief research & content officer and co-founder, Protecht, explores the key people-related risks facing organisations and how risk managers can tackle them
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InterviewsTime to be risk leaders
As we adapt to the era of ‘perma-crisis’, the business rationale for pushing risk management up the strategic hierarchy has never been clearer
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OpinionThree steps to smarter collaboration
Joining forces with the right people at the right time is the best way to combat a crisis
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OpinionHow humanity averted an environmental catastrophe
The success of the 1987 Montreal Protocol is proof all is not lost in the fight against climate change
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InterviewsLeadership and risk culture: setting a course for success
At its most fundamental level, a good risk culture encourages curiosity, opportunity, swift problem spotting and trust, writes Sheena Thomson
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OpinionWhat can risk managers do better in 2023?
In the post-pandemic world, risk managers must reevaluate what constitutes an ‘acceptable’ risk
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OpinionSecuring industrial digital transformation
Cyber attacks against critical infrastructure are becoming more frequent, with knock-on impacts for everyone
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OpinionWhat is concentration risk in technology?
From supply chains to software: Why you could be unknowingly putting all your eggs in one basket
