Beyond KRIs: Making Performance Metrics Risk-Aware

Risk managers developed a troubling tendency to create parallel systems for everything. One prime example is the separation between Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Key Risk Indicators (KRIs). Everyone is using KRIs without even realising how RM1 they are. This artificial division doesn’t reflect business reality and creates unnecessary complexity while reducing effectiveness. The problem… Continue reading Beyond KRIs: Making Performance Metrics Risk-Aware

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

What motivates risk managers?

A while back I went on a quest. I was trying to find what motivates risk managers. After a dozen interviews I am no closer to the answer but I think I got a pretty good grasp about what motivates me, Alex Sidorenko, as a risk manager. See if any of these resonate with you.… Continue reading What motivates risk managers?