I always hated risk management conferences. And yet, I attended, presented and hosted dozens of risk management conferences all over the world. But something just wasn’t right. And I think I can now pin point what made me very sad at every risk management conference I attended – the quality of learning. Many conferences are “sponsor to talk”, so they are full of empty and feel good sales pitches and wishful thinking, others focus on risk management case studies, but the organisers are usually so disconnected from the risk profession that the quality of case studies is RM1 at best. But my biggest pet peeve is “flavour of the month” type agendas. I will buy you a beer if you can find a conference that doesn’t have cyber, machine learning and AI on its agenda. AI… really… for risk managers that still think multiplying yellow and high is risk management.
So in 2019 I had enough and created RISK AWARENESS WEEK. An online platform dedicated to the fundamental science of risk management. Something that is applicable to risk managers and decision makers alike but more importantly is timeless, regardless of what the next flavour of the month risk will be. I strongly believe that learning how to build an influence diagram or a decision tree and then converting it into a stochastic model, running simulations and back testing model assumptions will prepare you for any emerging risk on the planet. Risks change, the math under the bonnet is almost always the same. Learning the basic principles of probability theory, decision science, behavioral economics and corporate finance, in my mind, is still the most important skillset for a risk manager to have.
I have personally used stochastic decision trees to deal with insurance, environmental risks, procurement and investments decisions. And the techniques I learned at RAW will help me deal with whatever next sexy risk will be promoted tomorrow.
Watch RAW2019 replays, still as relevant as ever
Learn how to use influence diagrams to build a risk model, how to use SIPs to make your risk models universally used throughout the organisation, why heatmaps don’t work, overcome cognitive biases when talking about risks, implement practical risk culture ideas and many more. All RAW2019 replays are now free.
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RAW2019: Chris Hunt - Human Risk
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RAW2019: Graeme Keith - Mapping the world: How causal maps help
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RAW2019: David Vose - Why only a quantitative ERM approach will help solve the problems
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RAW2019: Grant Purdy - The millstone called ‘risk management’
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Latest trends in Risk Management 2 by Alex Sidorenko at #raw2019
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RAW2019: Alex Dali - Changes in the 2018 version of the ISO 31000 standard
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RAW2019: Ben Pickup - Corporate misconduct has its origins in poor risk management practices
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RAW2019: Norman Marks - Risk Management in Plain English
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RAW2019: Patrick McConnell - Strategic Risk Management increasing the chances of succeeding
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RAW2019: Mark Powell - The Philosophy and Setting the Risk Framework
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RAW2019: Derval Research - Neurosciences, Leadership Styles, and Risk Management
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RAW2019: Frank Ashe - Do you know what you're doing
Watch RAW2020 replays and share with your team
Learn some of most advanced project risk management techniques, use game theory to improve decision making, integrate risk analysis into planning and budgeting. Learn how to calibrate experts if you must use their opinions in risk analysis and why a group of experts is better than one. All RAW2020 replays are free to our YouTube members.
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Welcome to #RAW2020
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RAW2020: Alex Sidorenko - Future trends in Risk Management 2.0
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RAW2020: Annette Hofmann - The Cat Insurance Puzzle: Why People insure their Cellphone but not Home
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Annette Hofmann - The Cat Insurance: Why People insure their Cellphone but not their Home #RAW2020
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Alex Sidorenko - Future trends in Risk Management 2.0 #RAW2020
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Ariadna Berger - Agricultural Risk Analysis: art and science #RAW2020
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Ben Cattaneo - Death, Taxes and Uncertainty #RAW2020
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Managing risks while getting shot at – AKA you have the time to conduct a risk assessment
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Benoit Ladouceur - Introduction to using QRA for nefarious decision making.
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Brian Putt - Applying Decision Quality Framing practices to a case study #raw2020
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Brian Putt - Create an Excel model and evaluate using Decision Analysis and Monte Carlo #raw2020
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Bridget Cash - Stochastic Contagion Models for Collaborative Pandemic Risk Management #raw2020
Watch RAW2021 replays and turn it into an online learning for corporate employees
Learn more about project risk management techniques, apply risk analysis to save lots on insurance and lots more. RAW2021 workshops are free to anyone registered and paid for RAW2022.
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Measuring Readiness and Building Capability in Business Continuity - David Lindstedt
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Future trends in Risk Management 2.0 - Alex Sidorenko at RAW2021
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Practical steps to enrich risk analysis with scenario planning - Henk Krijnen
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The board's role in risk governance - Norman Marks
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Risk as a Scarce Resource - Boards and the Attraction of Risk Capital - David Koenig
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Measuring Outcomes and Demonstrating Value in Resilience - Mark Armour
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Robert Brown highlights
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Mariia Kozlova highlights
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Joe Scott highlights
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David Vose highlights
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Brian Putt highlights
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Hans Laessoe highlights
Watch RAW for Charity to learn and support a great cause
Earlier in 2022 a small group of speakers got together to share some of the latest case studies and techniques in risk management and support the victims of the war in Ukraine.
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How to measure risk manager's performance - Alex Sidorenko, David Vose, Graeme Keith #RAW2022
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Private video
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How to measure risk manager's performance - Alex Sidorenko, David Vose, Graeme Keith #RAW2022
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RISK AWARENESS for charity, support victims of the war - Alex Sidorenko #RAW2022
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Data literacy is so boring - Trent Russell #RAW2022
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The specter of resilience - David Lindstedt #RAW2022
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Quantifying reputational risk - Benoit Ladouceur #RAW2022
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Effective risk reporting - Hans Læssøe #RAW2022
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ChanceCalc: The lightbulb for your probability power grid - Sam Savage #RAW2022
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Chancification: How to fix the flaw of averages - Sam Savage #RAW2022
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The latest developments in combining expert judgements - Doug Hubbard #RAW2022
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Risk can be managed by quantifying it and using bow tie analysis to identify and control mitigations
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Informed Risk Taking
Learn 15 practical steps on integrating risk management into decision making, business processes, organizational culture and other activities!

ISO31000 Integrating Risk Management
Alex Sidorenko, known for his risk management blog http://www.riskacademy.blog, has created a 25-step program to integrate risk management into decision making, core business processes and the overall culture of the organization.

Advanced Risk Governance
This course gives guidance, motivation, critical information, and practical case studies to move beyond traditional risk governance, helping ensure risk management is not a stand-alone process but a change driver for business.