Bryan’s Blog

3LoD Creates Red Tape

The last few weeks I have been blogging about Risk Leadership. I have covered why risk management has failed in many organisations, what the risk function should look like in the next decade and the leadership required from the risk function in the next decade.  While on the surface the Three Lines of Defence Model (3LoD) model seems like

What is needed for Risk Leadership 2020s style?

Last week my blog was about what your risk function should look to deliver in the 2020s. In it I suggested risk functions should deliver: “The kind of leadership that will ensure a culture where everyone leans in and takes accountability for managing the uncertainty surrounding their decision making”. Realistically, how are we going to do

What should your risk function deliver in the 2020s?

Last week I wrote about why risk management has been failing in many organisations. The reason I gave was because risk functions often don’t deliver much value to the business served. The root cause, risk professionals often overcomplicate things and business leaders switch off and assume the “talk to the hand” pose. So, the obvious answer

Why Risk Management is failing in organisations

While there continues to be man-made catastrophes and Royal Commissions into the operation of industries such as finance and aged care, one must conclude that risk management has failed in many organisations. The banks and insurance companies were not bereft of resources focussed on risk and compliance. Unfortunately, their efforts had limited impact.  There are

Invaluable Advice

When is the last time you had someone look at you with their jaw dropped and their eyes wide? I hope it was recently. It could mean you just gave them invaluable advice. Invaluable advice is hard to come by unless you do the hard-smart work. That is the work that others won’t or can’t