Risk Insight articles, papers and interviews

In this section you will find articles, papers and interviews about risk management, resilience and crisis management.

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A selection of this body of information is published by international institutes and associations, including the IRM, StrategicRISK, the GRC Institute, CEO magazine and the PMI.

A selection of articles

General Risk Management

Cyber risk & Technology

Project Risk Management

Resilience & Disaster Risk

Does Enterprise Risk need a refresh? (the IRM) Leveraging the value of standards (StrategicRISK AP) Risk Predictions for 2018 (my input into the IRM review) Harness the speed of change (StrategicRISK co-author) The Interconnectivity of Risk (IRM website) Social risk moves centre stage (IRM website) Leveraging ISO 31000:2018 (StrategicRISK) An article about Pro and Pre-mortems (IRM magazine) Risk Mgmt & Climate Change (IRM magazine) Risk Mgmt & Climate Change (GRCI magazine) Business Transformation (StrategicRISK) Where Risk Mgmt should head, by Hans Laessoe A Risk Story - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs An article about scenario analysis

Managing Risk in the digital age (StrategicRISK AP) Managing Risk in the AI age (StrategicRISK AP) Manage downside digital risk (StrategicRISK AP) Aspects of digital risk (StrategicRISK EU) Managing Cyber risk (GRC Institute) Risk & Technology viewpoint (by Hans Laessoe) Data Analytics to revolutionise risk Leveraging technology to manage risk

Project Risk - Plan for success (the IRM) Keys to managing project risk Singapore SPM) Project & Risk Management (CIO magazine) Winning with Projects (by Hans Laessoe) Managing stakeholder perception of risk (the IRM) Project Schedules & Quantitative Risk Analysis Working in a project alliance (the IRM) An article for Risk Watch Canada - Infrastructure Risk Aspects of managing infrastructure project risk An article on QRA - by Graeme Keith Risk and Complexity article - by Mark Turner Project Complexity Part 1 - by Matt Winchur Project Complexity Part 2 - by Matt Winchur Thoughts on how to manage risk at warp speed

Keys to Business Resilience (GRC Institute) Counterfactual Risk Analysis (GRC Institute) Business Resilience viewpoint (by Hans Laessoe) Dealing with terrorism risk (GRC Institute) Purposeful Resilience - an article for the IRM Purposeful Resilience on projects (the AIPM) Purposeful Resilience - an article for StrategicRISK Cooperative Resilience - an article for the IRM Cooperative Resilience - businesses & urban areas Disasters Avoided - an article for Crisis Response Journal Disasters Avoided - an article for the IRM

Papers

This section contains Risk Insight Consulting papers that cover a variety of topics and aspects.

The Future of Risk Management & Resilience

A paper on cooperative resilience

A paper on risk management & resilience

A paper about Novel Risks and what to do about them

Sustainability and Environment, Social & Governance (ESG)

A paper on Risk Management and the SDGs A paper about the air conditioning industry A paper about the steel industry

A paper on dealing with climate-related risk A paper about plastic and sustainability A paper about our use of copper

A paper about the sustainable use of concrete A paper about hydrogen for sustainable energy A paper about the shipping industry

A paper about the cocoa and chocolate industry A paper about coal as an energy source

Safety and Engineering

Formula One - leading the way in risk management

A paper on Safety & Risk Management

Psychology, cognitive bias, culture, decision-making and teamwork

A paper on Culture and Risk Management Voyager - a case study in taking and managing risk The psychology of risk - Thinking, Fast and Slow

Practical implementation of Scenario Analysis A paper on Risk Appetite (presented at APAC SRF) Kaleidoscopic learning - Counterfactual / PreMortems

Scenario Analysis (provided by StrategicRISK) Business Transformation (provided by StrategicRISK)

Views on ISO 31000:2018 and COSO ERM 2017 A 2018 Risk Maturity survey (with StrategicRISK)

Risk tools & techniques

A paper on the keys to successful risk management Quantifying Risk - how to add value and avoid pitfalls Schedule Quantitative Risk Analysis (with John Owen)

A paper on construction risk management An overview of the bowtie method An example of using Decision Trees to manage risk

Practical implementation of Scenario Analysis Scenario Analysis (provided by StrategicRISK) An overview of Pro and Pre-mortems

Project Risk Management - insights & predictability A 2018 Risk Maturity survey (with StrategicRISK) Risk Performance Curves (perception of risk)

Resilience & Crisis Management

A paper on key elements to crisis management

Cyber risk special report (provided by StrategicRISK)

Learning lessons from Chernobyl

Purposeful Resilience on Capital Projects

Sectors and Professional Activities

Formula One - leading the way in risk management Complexity in Construction - by Matt Winchur

Voyager - a case study in taking and managing risk

Pro Cycling - an example of taking and managing risk

A paper on construction risk management

Interviews

This section contains interviews held with risk, resilience and crisis management practitioners, cognitive psychologists, respected academics, business executives and specialists, policy-makers and journalists since 2017.

Sustainability and Environment, Social & Governance (ESG)

Interview on Sustainability with Cate Harris Interview on Green Initiatives with Julian Popov

Interview on Sustainability with Victoria Tan An interview about ITER with Michel Claessens

Interview on ESG with Sustainalytics

Interview on Risk & the SDGs with Zak Wood

Safety and Engineering