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.
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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
Stop avoiding the risk quantification elephant in the room
In a profession dedicated to identifying and managing uncertainty, there exists a puzzling contradiction: many managers actively avoid quantifying the very risks they’re tasked with. You probably know risk managers like that, we all do. While quantitative risk analysis forms the foundation of effective decision-making under uncertainty (see any textbook on decision science), it remains… Continue reading Stop avoiding the risk quantification elephant in the room
