As usual in January, the World Economic Forum has published the results of its Global Risks Perception Survey (GRPS). For this, the 17th annual report, the survey was refreshed to…
Tag: risk management
The Ministry of Mad er… Stuff.
On May 26 this year, The Times’ feature writer Janice Turner posted a rather thought provoking tweet. Since our last three blogs have been focussed on almost exactly this (here,…
Cyber Risk - Should boards be concerned?
The short answer is ‘yes’. Boards should be very concerned. Cyber risk is a growing threat for all organisations. If an organisation has not already suffered a cyber attack it…
Risk – how do you see your future in the glass
Risk as a management discipline gets a poor press. Like a hapless government agency it often appears that it has been set up to fail, due to unrealistic expectations of…
Existential risk – should we take notice?
The current pandemic has raised the question about existential risk and our response to it. What exactly is an existential threat anyway? The literal answer is anything that impacts our…
Do we really understand risk?
A recent report from the National Audit Office revealed the government failed to understand the risk to the Treasury for the HS2 rail project from the outset in 2010. Shortly…