riskologists

This is the Closing Monologue for our third season of riskologists. Our hosts, Patrick Bradshaw and Nicola Boyle, will be rounding off the season and reflecting back on the key takeaways and theme. As well as offering their own piece of advice! Enjoy! Please find our hosts on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-bradshaw-89995314a/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicola-boyle-506537209/ Pleas...

For the 12th and final time for Season 3, Nic and Pat are joined by the brilliant Chiara Simonetti to discuss AI's interface with Risk Management in the construction industry. Successes, challenges, technology, and implementation are key themes throughout. We’ll also explore Chiara’s journey in the construction industry, examining how she has tackled its unique challenges while assessing the effec...

After a 3 year hiatus, Donna Festorazzi is back on the riskologists podcast for the penultimate episode of season 3! She joined Pat and Nic via Zoom, tuning in from the Middle-East to discuss the role of the risk manager, yesterday, today and tomorrow. They take a trip down memory lane to reminisce on Donna's first few years in the profession as a graduate vs her role now as a strategic leader and...

In Episode 10 of the riskologists podcast, the riskologists team recently travelled over the Pennines for this double header with the brilliant Andrew & Tim. In the age of AI, we dive into why automation is as important to the risk practitioner as ever. Tools, techniques, and tips on how to continually 'sharpen your axe' are constant throughout, and we discuss how automating more of your role...

In Episode 9 of the riskologists podcast, Hannah recently joined Pat and Nic for garbed in their Xmas jumpers for a festive special; however, it wasn't Christmas dinner on the menu, it was risk. Risk appetite, tolerance, and capacity remain critical themes in today's business landscape. In this episode, we dive into the challenges of defining them, the strategies for effectively cascading them fro...

In Episode 8 of the riskologists podcast, optimise Partner, Matt recently sat down with Pat & Nic to unpack the practical applications for the risk practitioner. Conscious of all the noise in the industry at the moment, Matt breaks down some common misconceptions, discusses potential resistance and explores opportunities for implementation for risk professionals. Key themes explored are: ➡ Mat...

In Episode 7 of the riskologists podcast, Mark recently travelled to the optimise office in Warrington, to discuss lessons learned and resilience and how he has seen it develop over his career. Are we truly embracing the lessons from our past experiences and embedding them into our actions, or are we merely paying lip service to the concept of continuous improvement? Key themes explored are: ➡ Mar...

In Episode 6 of the riskologists podcast, Mark recently travelled up to the optimise office in Warrington, to discuss 'the iron triangle', and more specifically, whether any components of this omnipresent trifecta of P3 management may be replaced in a world where ESG is becoming increasingly important.   For those of you familiar with Mark's excellent research, I'm sure you won't be surprised...

In Episode 5 of the riskologists podcast, the team recently collaborated with Alex via Zoom, where they dove into an insightful conversation with Alex, exploring his inspiring journey and tackling the big questions around Net Zero.   Are organisations truly onboard and empowered to behave ethically and in keeping with the UK's 2050 Net Zero pledge, or are they just having their arms twisted b...

In Episode 4 of the riskologists podcast, the team recently collaborated with Deepak via Zoom, to unpack all things, 'decisions'. They delve into how decision-making has evolved alongside risk management, highlighting the shift from reactive approaches to proactive strategies. Deepak also shares insights into overcoming challenges, integrating risk into decisions, and using modern frameworks to na...

In Episode 3 of riskologists Season 3, our hosts, Pat & Nic recently travelled to Manchester City Centre to meet with Paul to unpack how risk management has evolved over his illustrious career. They reflected on practices and ideologies from 30 years ago and worked their way through the decades, from the early days of navigating regulatory changes to today’s fast-paced digital risks, he shares...

In Episode 2 of riskologists Season 3, our hosts, Pat & Nic recently welcomed Charlotte Candy to the Optimise office to chat about how subtle shifts in choice architecture can guide decision-making without people even realizing it. In this episode, we explore the psychological strategies behind nudging, and how it’s used ethically in risk management to drive positive outcomes.   This incl...

In Episode 1 of riskologists Season 3, our hosts, Pat & Nic recently travelled to London to chat with Alan about how organisations can 'future-proof' their risk management strategies to create an innovative and resilient culture in the face of a rapidly changing landscape. This includes: ➡ Alans' Journey to Date ➡ Effective Integration of AI ➡ Preparing for Change ➡ Emerging Technolo...

This will be an opening monologue and a prerequisite to the forthcoming series, in which our hosts, Patrick Bradshaw and Nicola Boyle, will fly solo to offer some insight into the upcoming season. They will cover: A brief introduction into riskologists, optimise & themselves Recap of the previous seasons The theme of the season What you can expect from the third season of riskologists (Guests...

This is the Closing Monologue for our second Season of riskologists. Our host, Andy Haslam, will be flying solo to round off the season and to go over some of the key takeaways listeners have provided. He will cover: Risk management is so much more than a tick box exercise To be a valued risk professional, you need to work on facilitation Engagement is essential! Enjoy! Please find our host, Andy...

In Episode 11 of riskologists Season 2, our host, Andy, is joined by Lisa Street, where they discuss the need for Project Managers and professionals to be self-sufficient in their risk practices. This includes: - 𝘓𝘪𝘴𝘢'𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳. - 𝘙𝘪𝘴𝘬 𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱. - 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦. - 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦...

In Episode 10 of riskologists Season 2, our host, Andy, is joined by Sarah Williamson, where they discuss the importance of having Risk Management at the forefront of every Project Professionals mind. This includes: - 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬. - 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦. - 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴. - "𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦" 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴. -...

In Episode 9 of riskologists Season 2, our host, Andy, is joined by Paul Hodson, where they discuss what comes after Quantitative Risk Analysis, the benefits and how they can positively enhance decision making. This includes: - 𝘗𝘢𝘶𝘭'𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘘𝘙𝘈 - 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘘𝘙𝘈 - "𝘎𝘰-𝘵𝘰" 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘴 - 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴' 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 - 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘱...

In Episode 8 of riskologists Season 2, our host, Andy, is joined by Ade Orchard, where they discuss Operational Risk Management (ORM), its benefits and how it can be utilised across multiple industries. This includes: - 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘖𝘙𝘔? - 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘈𝘥𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘖𝘙𝘔 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴. - 𝘛𝘩𝘦 4 𝘬𝘦𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘖𝘙𝘔 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘴 - 𝘛𝘩𝘦 3 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘖𝘙𝘔 - 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘱...

In Episode 7 of riskologists Season 2, our host, Andy, is joined by Kathryn McCloghrie, where they delve into the world of Strategic Planning and how good risk management practices can help. This includes: - 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 - 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 - 𝘙𝘪𝘴𝘬 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 - 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵 - 𝘛𝘰𝘱 𝘵𝘪𝘱𝘴...

In Episode 6 of riskologists Season 2, our host, Andy, is joined by Claire Gallery-Strong, where they discuss the benefit of effective facilitation and how to best manage engagement across the risk process. This includes: 𝘋𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘧 𝘗3 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬 𝘙𝘪𝘴𝘬 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵...

In Episode 5 of riskologists Season 2, our host, Andy, is joined by Jason Dardis, where they discuss the benefit of effective facilitation and how to best manage engagement across the risk process. This includes: What makes a good facilitator Unique facilitation techniques Pros and cons of engaging through virtual meeting platforms Evolution of appreciation for good risk management How engagement...

In Episode 4 of riskologists Season 2, our host, Andy, is joined by Scott Macaulay, where they discuss the benefit of risk management across high hazard environments. This includes: Do risk and leadership go hand in hand? Risk management helping leadership teams Managing risk to gain intended added value The "7 Pillars" The art of interpretation Enjoy! Please find our host, Andy Haslam on LinkedIn...

In Episode 3 of riskologists Season 2, our host, Andy, is joined by Val Jonas, where they discuss how best to implement risk management within the C-Suite. This includes: Val's experience of managing project and strategic business risk The difference between Project, Business and Operational risk Improving team buy-in for differing practices Adapting business operations from experiences gained wit...

In Episode 2 of riskologists Season 2, our host, Andy, is joined by Tom Carey, where they discuss Quantitative Risk Analysis (QRA), it’s benefits and value in P3 space. This includes: 𝘛𝘰𝘮𝘴'𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘘𝘙𝘈 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘺 early 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴/𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘘𝘙𝘈 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴/𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘘𝘙𝘈/...