This book articulates the need to engage people in the process of risk management. This new edition includes two brand new chapters, one taking a deeper dive into the common decision biases amongst groups in organisations, and one looking at virtual and hybrid ways of communication and facilitation.
If you only want to read one book on risk, I thoroughly recommend this text, it is digestible, wise, and offers solid advice to anyone who wants to drive best practice risk thinking into their work, or into their business.
Dr Michelle Tilley C.Dir, Director, Hinkley Point C, for EDF Energy
The section on 'Potential Pitfalls and How to Overcome Them' in particular is a masterpiece of concision and common sense.
Nick De Voil, Consultant and Author of User Experience Foundations
Praise for the first edition: A Short Guide to Facilitating Risk Management
Risk meetings don't have to be boring: A Short Guide to Facilitating Risk Management is the book that risk managers have been waiting for. It provides practical guidance on facilitating risk workshops, and making risk management happen outside of the workshop setting as well. Dotted throughout with cartoons, the emphasis is on practical guidance for getting things done without suffocating those poor souls who have to attend risk reviews. The book provides a clear introduction to tackling risk (including opportunities) in a fun, professional way, with the aim of gaining consensus. It's pragmatic and practical, with real-life examples to show how risk management can become ingrained in the day-to-day management of initiatives in your organisation.
Elizabeth Harrin, author of Project Management in the Real World
Ruth Murray-Webster is a recognised leader of project-based organisational change and risk management, performing roles as a practitioner, advisor, facilitator, researcher, and author. She is passionate about helping people overcome the many pitfalls involved in making risk management work. See www.potentiality.uk.
Penny Pullan is a pioneer of virtual leadership, expert on effective workshops, and facilitator of creative collaboration. Penny has run countless risk workshops over the years: in person, remote and hybrid. Like Ruth, she has written a number of books! See www.makingprojectswork.co.uk.
1. Introduction 2. What is Risk Management? 3. Why People and Their Perceptions Matter 4. Why Risk Facilitation Matters 5. Facilitating the Risk Management Process 6. Risk Workshops 7. Making Virtual Risk Management Work, Whether Fully Remote or Hybrid 8. Potential Pitfalls and How to Overcome Them 9. Ten Golden Guidelines for the Risk Facilitator