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)
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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.
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
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
RISK AWARENESS WEEK 2025 – Largest virtual risk and insurance conference of the year
For years, I sat through risk management conferences that made me want to leave the profession. The pattern was always the same. Sponsors paid for booths. Sponsors got speaking slots. And suddenly the agenda was full of presentations about software features or broker nonsense that had nothing to do with making better decisions or risk management.… Continue reading RISK AWARENESS WEEK 2025 – Largest virtual risk and insurance conference of the year
The guy who created risk management says we screwed up
Grant Purdy helped write the book on risk management – literally. He co-authored ISO 31000, the global standard everyone follows. After 50 years in the field, he’s saying something uncomfortable: we got it wrong. Here’s what he means. Walk into most companies and you’ll find risk registers nobody reads, heat maps that annoy everyone, and… Continue reading The guy who created risk management says we screwed up
Are you happy risk management in your company creates value?
Most risk management destroys value. Risk matrices lie to you. ERM frameworks waste time and annoy management. Quarterly risk reports accomplish nothing except satisfying auditors. Your risk register sits in a drawer while critical decisions get made without considering uncertainty. Your insurance department is relying on broker recommendations instead of your risk analysis. Meanwhile, you’re… Continue reading Are you happy risk management in your company creates value?
Which LLM is Better for Risk Management? ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Copilot?
None of them. And here’s why that should terrify every risk professional. When you ask ChatGPT about risk matrices, it enthusiastically explains their “benefits.” Claude confidently describes how to implement enterprise risk management frameworks. Gemini cheerfully walks you through creating risk appetite statements. Copilot helpfully suggests using heat maps for risk visualization. They’re all spectacularly… Continue reading Which LLM is Better for Risk Management? ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Copilot?
3 Risk Management Ideas from the Future
I believe there are 3 things risk managers of the future will be doing. Today, most of you are doing number 1, some, very few, are doing number 2 and almost no one is doing number 3. Risk managers of the future will be spending 50% of their time on number 3, 49% of their… Continue reading 3 Risk Management Ideas from the Future
