Start With the Question, Not the Brochure Most “best conferences” lists rank events by size, keynote names, or city. That is the wrong way to choose. A risk conference is only worth the budget if it answers the question you are actually facing this year. Some questions are about people: who do I need to… Continue reading 7 Best Risk Management Conferences to Attend in 2026 (And Which Question Each One Answers)
Author: Alex Sidorenko
Best Virtual Risk Management Conferences 2026: The Honest Answer Is Shorter Than You’d Expect
What You Will Not Find Here If you searched for “virtual risk management conferences 2026,” you probably expected a list of seven or eight events to compare. We reviewed 172 risk conferences across six continents in preparing this guide, and here is the uncomfortable finding: the risk profession has gone back to hotels. RIMS RISKWORLD… Continue reading Best Virtual Risk Management Conferences 2026: The Honest Answer Is Shorter Than You’d Expect
RISK AWARENESS WEEK 2026. Risk management is not about risks. It is about decisions.
Every October since 2019, thousands of risk professionals log into an event that spends five days questioning the foundations of their own profession. Risk Awareness Week — RAW to its regulars — is the largest virtual conference on risk-based decision making: more than 21,600 attendees from over 140 countries across seven years, named Training and… Continue reading RISK AWARENESS WEEK 2026. Risk management is not about risks. It is about decisions.
The IIA’s New ERM Paper: Rearranging Deck Chairs on a Sinking Framework
The IIA has published a Statement of Position clarifying the role of internal audit in Enterprise Risk Management. It is carefully written, professionally presented, and almost entirely beside the point. The paper’s central concern is independence: can internal auditors remain objective if they also help design or operate risk management processes? That is a legitimate… Continue reading The IIA’s New ERM Paper: Rearranging Deck Chairs on a Sinking Framework
Alex Sidorenko review of the new COSO ERM Guidance 2026
This document is the best thing COSO has published in years. I mean… ever… The decision-led framing is genuine, not cosmetic. The practical guidance is actionable. The critique of documentation-heavy ERM is honest. It’s still a COSO document, which means it carries legacy baggage: risk appetite as a meaningful construct, the five-component framework as the… Continue reading Alex Sidorenko review of the new COSO ERM Guidance 2026
Maslow’s Pyramid: Risk Management Edition
Abraham Maslow argued that human beings cannot pursue love and belonging if they are starving, and cannot chase self-actualization if they don’t feel safe. He argued that needs are hierarchical, and skipping layers doesn’t make you more evolved — it makes you unstable. Does the same logic apply to risk managers? Most organizations hire risk… Continue reading Maslow’s Pyramid: Risk Management Edition
How Risk Management Creates Immediate Economic Value
When uncertainty becomes a competitive advantage rather than a compliance exercise Risk management delivers hard cash savings when it quantifies uncertainty in operational and financial decisions. Organizations that integrate probabilistic thinking into credit management, operations, capital allocation, and insurance purchasing consistently reduce losses, free up trapped capital, and outperform competitors still relying on ERM nonsense.… Continue reading How Risk Management Creates Immediate Economic Value
Risk management is broken: why savvy professionals move beyond ERM
What if everything your organization calls “risk management” is actually making you poorer and more vulnerable? While companies worldwide pour billions into risk registers, ERM frameworks, and risk committees, they’re missing the most profound opportunity in modern business: transforming risk management from a cost center into a profit engine that could slash expenses and generate… Continue reading Risk management is broken: why savvy professionals move beyond ERM
The $221 billion scam: why your company is both overcharged and underinsured
Large corporations face a paradoxical crisis: 90% of buildings are underinsured while simultaneously overpaying for coverage, according to Kroll’s 2021 appraisal study. This represents a $221 billion annual global property protection gap (Swiss Re) occurring alongside systematic overpayment driven by pricing inefficiencies, with leading insurers achieving 47% loss ratios versus 73% for laggards—a 26-percentage point… Continue reading The $221 billion scam: why your company is both overcharged and underinsured
Why I don’t trust ChatGPT with risk management
Two years ago, I realized something that made me uncomfortable: every time I tested a public AI tool on risk management questions, it gave me terrible advice. Not just unhelpful. Actively bad. I’d ask ChatGPT about risk matrices, and it would enthusiastically explain their benefits. Claude would walk me through implementing enterprise risk management frameworks.… Continue reading Why I don’t trust ChatGPT with risk management
