Risk Management | Julian Talbot's Books On Risk, Success And Leadership

I help people and organizations achieve their objectives by managing risk.

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Peter Drucker was wrong

"What gets measured gets managed." - Peter Drucker [1] Like many cliches, "what gets measured gets managed" is correct enough to be...

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Audits are useful, but auditing is essential

“Auditing is essential – and as far I am concerned it should be inquisitive auditing. If you read the report of a major incident you will...

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What's wrong with quantitative risk assessment?

Quantitative risk assessment (QRA) is a practical approach for evaluating and analyzing risk. Some proponents of QRA argue that it is the...

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Existential Risk as a Process

In Ernest Hemingway’s novel The Sun Also Rises, a passage in which a character named Mike is asked how he went bankrupt. “Two ways,” he...

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Why Your Company Can't Afford to Neglect Risk Management Training

Climate change, artificial intelligence, geopolitical instability, and the Internet of things are just a few examples of the trends...

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Some risk(y) thoughts

Let's start with the three most common errors when doing a risk assessment: Inadequate risk identification. Will the real risk please...

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Risk Management for Executives and Company Directors

I have put all my intelligence and effort into some beautifully crafted risk assessments over my years as a practitioner and I've been...

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Do we trust our health professionals?

On the 17th of June 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized emergency use of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine and the...

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The Psychology of Risk

“There is no dearth of evidence in everyday life that people apprehend reality in two fundamentally different ways, one variously...

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How to operationalize risk management

TL;DR: It's about culture. If you have to 'operationalize' risk management, whatever you're doing isn't risk management. Risk management...

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(ISC)2 Black Swan Extinction Presentation

I've just finished giving a presentation at the ISC2 2021 Security Congress and several people asked for a copy of the slides. I hope...

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How to find a risk management consultant

The search for the elusive subject matter expert - how to find a risk management consultant when you need one.

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Are COVID-19 Vaccinations Effective?

Usually, when I come across a flawed piece of research, I note it and move on. Occasionally, however, I find a piece of research with...

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Webinar: RIP the Black Swan

If you missed the webinar, you can watch a recording of it below or on Youtube. In his 2008 book 'Fooled by Randomness' Nassim Nicholas...

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How to find money for risk treatments

We all want better risk management but how do you convince people to pay for it? That question turned into a book and series of articles.

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What's wrong with our Risk Management Policies?

"Without clear objectives ... there is no business case to justify resources for risk management." It should be no surprise that a clear,...

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Example of a Risk Management Policy

I've seen policy documents that were 50 pages long, which is crazy because nobody reads them. They often end up including procedures,...

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How to assess risk without a risk matrix

Risk assessment is a complex activity but it gets easier if you have the right tools and concepts.

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How to build a risk management framework (RMF)

When I joined the Department of Health and Ageing (yes, that's the correct spelling), my mandate was to "build a risk management...

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Ten tips on how to grow a business without burning out.

The right question for any business - and 10 answers for that question.

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What is the problem with Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)?

I've written about my version of what a fully featured enterprise risk management (ERM) system should, or at least could, look like....

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Rock pools and risk management

I often find people have varying ideas about 'enterprise risk management' and many managers think it means identifying and treating every...

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Three Steps To Deal With Uncertainty Without Killing Yourself In The Process

In 30 years of crisis management I can distill the success factors down to three things. Scenarios, lead indicators, and Plan Bs.

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How To Use A Risk Matrix

If you want to (or have to) use a risk matrix, here are some pitfalls to minimize the problems and maximize the benefits.

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