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
Tag: Enterprise risk management
Critique of draft COSO Corporate Governance Framework: Principle 21
Risk management should help us make better decisions, not create more paperwork. Yet Principle 21 of COSO’s draft framework, while containing some good ideas, pushes companies toward the same old mistakes that have plagued risk management for years. Let me be clear: linking risk to strategy is smart. Looking at both threats and opportunities makes… Continue reading Critique of draft COSO Corporate Governance Framework: Principle 21
RISK-ACADEMY’s guide on risk reporting to the Board
Every decision you make comes with its own set of risks, and waiting until the next quarterly review to address them can leave your projects exposed. This guide is built on the idea that risk analysis should be embedded into every decision you make, not just as a periodic exercise to update an enterprise risk… Continue reading RISK-ACADEMY’s guide on risk reporting to the Board
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
Never compare inherent to residual risk again
The concept of inherent risk originated in insurance where underwriters used Maximum Possible Loss (MPL) to determine the total value that could be lost in a catastrophic event. MPL considers the absolute worst-case scenario, with no controls in place, even if it’s highly unlikely to occur. The concept of considering the worst-case scenario loss has… Continue reading Never compare inherent to residual risk again
Why are risk managers so bad at root cause analysis?
It’s puzzling, isn’t it? Risk management, a field that has been formalized and standardized in non-financial companies since the 1990s and accepted widely by 2009 with the publication of ISO31000, somehow doesn’t seem to make the seismic shifts we anticipated. As I leaf through articles in Forbes, I find more “risk management has failed again”… Continue reading Why are risk managers so bad at root cause analysis?
RAW@AI – Risk Management Advisor
We are thrilled to announce the launch of RAW (Risk Academy Wisdom), a cutting-edge AI chatbot designed to help you navigate the world of risk management with ease. Created by RISK-ACADEMY, RAW has been meticulously trained on our extensive collection of blogs, guides, and Alex Sidorenko’s influential book on risk management. RAW is not just… Continue reading RAW@AI – Risk Management Advisor
What is a risk? It’s not what you think it is
If there is one thing I learned as a CRO, it is crucial to understand the nature of each and every risk we have to work with. I will no doubt write a separate article about the mistake of aggregating various risks into a risk register or attempting to use the same methodology to quantify… Continue reading What is a risk? It’s not what you think it is
The better alternative to “inherent” and “residual” risk concepts
Few things are certain in life: death, taxes and someone in the risk community asking about inherent and residual risks. In fact the question is so frequent that I even did a short video response: To most organisations inherent vs residual comparison is a way to measure potential risk mitigation effectiveness and the reduction in… Continue reading The better alternative to “inherent” and “residual” risk concepts
Finally! An alternative to risk matrices
Ok, the title is obviously a joke, because the alternatives (multiple) have been available to anyone willing to learn for over 50 years. But since you clicked, this article will probably change your life for the better. Thank you Damir Ramazanov, Group Project Risk Manager, ERG for helping with the article and providing quality review. … Continue reading Finally! An alternative to risk matrices
