RISK DOCTOR BRIEFINGS

As part of David’s aim to share risk insights as widely as possible, in 2003 he launched the Risk Doctor Briefing series of short articles. The Risk Doctor Briefing collection of 140 briefings was completed in 2020, written by David Hillson for the first ten years, with occasional guest briefings from trusted colleagues being included in later years.

The Risk Doctor Briefing collection provides a rich resource of valuable information covering a very wide range of topics. Each briefing addresses a specific aspect of the risk challenge, presented on a single page. The aim is to provide busy practitioners with focused practical insights and guidance on current issues in best practice risk management.

In addition to English, Risk Doctor briefings are also available in French, German, Spanish, (Brazilian) Portuguese, Chinese (traditional), Farsi (Persian) and Russian.

Risk Doctor Briefings

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Briefings 130-141

141 Should we use external risk consultants? (David Hillson)

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140 To know or not to know? (Rasoul Abdolmohammadi)

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139 Quantitative Risk Analysis strengths and weaknesses (David Hillson)

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138 Key risks for doing business in China (Dr Yang Chu)

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137 Understanding the risk mindset (David Hillson)

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136 Executive involvement in project risk management (Alfonso Bucero)

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135 All decisions are risky (David Hillson)

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134 Risk Management in the age of Big Data (Marconi Vieira)

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133 Why should we include opportunity? Five C’s (David Hillson)

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132 Using VUCA for strategic risk management (Greg Githens)

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131 Providing infrastructure to support opportunity management (David Hillson)

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130 Modifying the IACCM capability maturity model for risk (David Hillson)

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Briefings 120-129

129 Scoring schemes for prioritising project risks (David Hillson)

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128 Professionalism in risk management (David Hillson)

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127 Implementing risk management in an African context (Liz Dewing)

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126 Overcoming fear of failure (David Hillson)

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125 Quantitative risk analysis – Why bother (David Hulett)

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124 The lifecycle of a project risk (David Hillson)

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123 Agile projects don’t need risk management? (Thomas Wuttke)

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122 Ten things every business needs to know (David Hillson)

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121 Risk management in developing countries (Rasoul Abolmohammadi)

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120 The expanding risk management universe (David Hillson)

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Briefings 110-119

119 Managing contract claims risk (Kate Boothroyd)

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118 Risk leaders need to dance the TANGO (David Hillson)

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117 The evolution of risk (Magda Stepanyan)

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116 Managing risky stakeholders (David Hillson)

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115 Headline risks: Seeing the big picture (Dale Cooper)

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114 Prioritising opportunities using Red/Yellow/Green? (David Hillson)

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113 The anatomy of risk (Magda Stepanyan)

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112 Managing risk with VUCA-Prime (David Hillson)

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111 Democratic Risk Management (Rasoul Abdolmohammadi)

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110 Communicating risk for attention and action (David Hillson)

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Briefings 100-109

109 “Who Dares Wins” (Rose-Hélène Humeau)

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108 Risk Escalation – a new response strategy (David Hillson)

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107 Risk Communication through story-telling (Joachim Adenusi)

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106 Defining and using risk appetite (Ruth Murray-Webster)

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105 Effective risk facilitation: Dealing with difficult people (David Hillson)

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104 Effective risk facilitation: Matching style to technique (David Hillson)

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103 Effective risk facilitation: Using different styles (David Hillson)

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102 Effective risk facilitation: Understanding the 4 Ps (David Hillson)

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101 Risk landscapes and international development (Magda Stepanyan)

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100 Top Ten Risk Myths (David Hillson)

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Briefings 90-99

99 Modifying risk behaviour with change management (Andrew McGregor)

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98 Risky contracts (David Hillson)

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97 Boards and Risk – Have we got it right yet? (Garry Honey)

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96 A Grand Unified Theory for risk (David Hillson)

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95 Influencing risky project decisions (Alfonso Bucero)

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94 Scaling the PEAKS of competence (David Hillson & Ruth Murray-Webster)

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93 Managing cyber-crime risk (Ben Rendle)

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92 Seven questions to shape the risk process (David Hillson)

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91 Three success factors for Schedule Risk Analysis (David Hulett)

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90 Questions for the Board about risk (David Hillson)

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Briefings 80-89

89 Three essential elements of risk (Kik Piney)

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88 Stress testing for risk management (David Hillson)

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87 Managing reputation risk (Garry Honey)

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86 Risks with 100% probability

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85 Mindfulness in managing risk

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84 Managing risk in complex projects

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83 Including sustainability in the risk framework

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82 Using the “Six Value Medals” to identify and assess risk

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81 Implicit and explicit risk management

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80 The future of the risk universe

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Briefings 70-79

79 Ten years on: What’s changed?

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78 Managing risk across borders

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77 Opportunities are the same as threats

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76 Prerequisites for effective ERM

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75 Resolving Cobbs Paradox?

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74 One size of risk process does not fit all projects

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73 Risk is more than uncertain future events

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72 Risk Management or Risk Leadership?

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71 Risks in recession or recovery: React or respond?

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70 Defining different types of risk

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Briefings 60-69

69 Kill the Risk Manager!

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68 What causes emerging risks?

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67 Developing risk culture: First or last?

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66 Risk management principles: OGC M_o_R

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65 Risk management principles: ISO31000

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64 Managing risk in project portfolios

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63 Choosing the right risk tool

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62 Dealing with business uncertainty

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61 The IKEA approach to risk

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60 Seven steps to Monte Carlo

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Briefings 50-59

59 Ticking the right boxes

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58 How mature is your risk capability

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57 When are Black Swans white?

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56 Typical risk process problems

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55 Asking the right questions

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54 Risk process basics

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53 Hitting the target

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52 The definition debate - continued

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51 Optimism, pessimism, realism and risk

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50 Universal laws of risk management

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Briefings 40-49

49 It's all about objectives

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48 When will we ever learn?

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47 What is your biggest risk?

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46 Prioritising risks as simply as possible

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45 After the crisis - then what?

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44 Better safe than sorry?

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43 Keeping BAU Risks out of the Risk Register

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42 Boom, bust and risk management

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41 Non-rational factors affecting risk perception

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40 Appropriate risk-taking: Ten key concepts

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Briefings 30-39

39 Using risk metalanguage to identify risks

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38 Why 'risk' includes opportunity

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37 What drives risk attitudes?

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36 Managing the future

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35 Focused risk communication

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34 Risky resolutions

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33 Working backwards to opportunities

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32 Everybody loves brainstorming but

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31 Flexibility as a risk response

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30 What's wrong with intuition?

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Briefings 20-29

29 Problems with probability

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28 How high is High?

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27 The three tenses of risk identification

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26 Proving the value of risk management

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25 Managing luck

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24 Encouraging team involvement

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23 Stakeholder risk information needs analysis

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22 Using risk metalanguage to develop responses

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21 Zero chance of a zero-risk project

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20 Does opportunity management mean scope creep?

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Briefings 10-19

19 Personal risk management

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18 Using decision trees

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17 Innovative risk management

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16 Why risks turn into surprises

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15 How to find opportunities

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14 Understanding and managing risk attitude

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13 Risk management: Making it work

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12 Risk management: Important or Effective (or both)?

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11 The Cost of Managing Risk

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10 Imaginary risks

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Briefings 1-9

9 Describing risk - How much detail?

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8 Analysing Assumptions and Constraints

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7 When is a Risk not a Risk? Part 2

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6 When is a Risk not a Risk? Part 1

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5 The Ins and Outs of Risk Management

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4 Two Faced Risk Management

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3 Grade A Risk Responses

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2 Get the Frogs off the Log

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1 Health is not the Absence of Disease

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