Risk Reimagined!
The importance of people and culture to effective
risk management
Risk Reimagined!
Risk Management
author and
evangelist
Former Chairman of
the Institute of Risk
Management and risk
manager
Webinar #1:
December 1st, 2015
Webinar #2:
December 8th, 2015
www.riskreimagined.com
Richard AndersonNorman Marks
Risk Reimagined!
About this webinar:
• CPE: 1 Credit
• Program Level: Intermediate
to Advanced
• Prerequisites and
Advance Preparation: N/A
• Delivery Method: Group
Internet Based
• Category: Specialized
Knowledge and Applications
To receive a CPE credit:
• Remain joined to webinar for entire
duration of programming (full hour)
• Answer all 3 polling questions
• Answer all evaluation questions
Join the conversation on Twitter with #RiskReimagined
Risk Reimagined!
Regulators are getting excited by culture
Regulator Year No of Pages Culture Risk Culture
NAO 2011 18 4 Nil
Department of Justice 2011 43 6 Nil
FRC 2014 28 20 Nil
FSB 2014 14 100+ 73
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It’s all about people
Any organization is an assembly of people: people who take risks
as they manage and direct the enterprise; decide how much risk is
acceptable or even desirable; and provide oversight into the
management of risk across the extended enterprise.
Risk Reimagined!
It’s all about people
“Culture is how organizations ‘do things’” — Robbie
Katanga
“Organizational culture is the sum of values and
rituals which serve as ‘glue’ to integrate the members
of the organization” — Richard Perrin
Risk Reimagined!
“Culture eats strategy for
breakfast” – Peter Drucker
Risk Reimagined!
Polling Question 1
Has the risk culture in your organization been reviewed internally or
by consultants?
 Yes, it is reviewed on a regular basis
 Yes, once
 We are thinking about it
 It would never fly
 It is not possible
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Is there a single culture?
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Is there such a thing as a single risk level?
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Compliance area Level of risk
Bribery and corruption 50
Environmental regulations 20
Financial reporting 30
Export/import regulations 20
Product safety 30
TOTAL 150???
Is there such a thing as a single risk level?
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Why do so many of us take different views of exactly the same
risks? How does an organization decide which view is “right”?
Risk Reimagined!
Why do people matter?
Human nature is …
Individualist … or … collectivist
What do you believe … ?
I or C? Which do you think?
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Why do people matter?
Human nature is …
Individualist … or … collectivist
What do you believe … ?
I or C? Which do you think?
The way we live …
“superiors” tell “inferiors” … or … “equals” negotiate the “rules”
Prescribed/In-equal … versus … Prescribing/Equal
Tell or Negotiate? T or N? Which way does it work?
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Polling Question 2
Are you:
 Individual/Negotiate
 Collectivist/Negotiate
 Individual/Tell
 Collectivist/Tell
 None of the above
 Don’t know
 Don’t Understand
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And cultural theory...
Fatalist
Individualist
Egalitarian
Hierarchist
I C
Tell
Negotiate
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What is the difference between the “risk” culture and the
“organizational” culture? How can it be analyzed?
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IRM Risk Culture Framework
IRM’s risk culture framework
looks at component parts
making up an organisation’s
risk culture
• How will I react?
• How will I respond in
recognition of other
competing needs?
• What will I do?
• What will we do?
• Our overall risk culture
Risk Culture
Organisational Culture
Behaviours
Personal Ethics
Personal
Predisposition to
Risk
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Risk culture aspects model
Risk Culture
Tone at the
Top
Risk
Leadership
Dealingwith
BadNews
Governance
Accountability
Transparency
Decisions
RiskInformed
Decisions
Reward
Competency
Risk
Resources
RiskSkills
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Thinking about risk is managed…
1. Risk informed decision
2. Deals with risk systemically
3. Throughout the
organization
4. With partners
5. Nimble with new issues
6. Can leverage risks
7. Takes more, better-
managed risks
8. Gets hit by few surprises
9. Lives by established
principles
10. Expects excellent
performance
11. Top-level buy-in to risk
management
12. Links risk management to
strategic and operational
management
13. Aims for simplicity and action,
not bureaucracy
14. Constantly conscious of risk
management performance
Risk Reimagined!
Holding a mirror up...
Risk Reimagined!
Holding a mirror up...
Risk Reimagined!
Holding a mirror up...
Regular findings
 Non-execs normally refuse to take part.
 Exec directors are ALWAYS more optimistic about their risk
management maturity than the rest of the workforce.
 Risk managers, heads of internal audit etc. ALWAYS know when
they are using smoke and mirrors to report up the line.
 Few others even care...
Risk Reimagined!
Assessing the Risk Culture
Desk Top
Research
Surveys Interviews
Risk Reimagined!
Assessing the Risk Culture
Desk Top
Research
Surveys Interviews
Conversations in Risk
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Conversations in risk management
Me
CEO
EE
Partners
Suppliers Clients
IP owner
Back
Office
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0%
25%
50%
75%
Production and
Projects
Sustainability
and HSE
Drilling Exploration &
New Business
Finance Other
Production and Projects
Risk Reimagined!
0%
25%
50%
75%
Production and
Projects
Sustainability
and HSE
Drilling Exploration &
New Business
Finance Other
Sustainability and HSE
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What about when the actions of one impact the success of another?
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Objective
Risk D
Objectives, Risks and Controls
Objective
Risk A Risk B Risk C
Control 1 Control 2
Control 3 Control 4
Risk to more
than one
objective
Control to
more than
one risk
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Objectives, Risks and Controls
Objective
Risk D
Objective
Risk A Risk B Risk C
Control 1 Control 2
Control 3 Control 4
Department A Department BWho owns Control 4?
Who has a
guardianship interest?
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Objective
Risk D
Objectives, Risks and Controls
Objective
Risk A Risk B Risk C
Control 1 Control 2
Control 3 Control 4
Company One Third party coWho owns Control 4?
Who has a
guardianship interest?
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Risk vs. Organizational Culture
Culture:
The culture of the organization is built from the behaviours, beliefs, attitudes,
activities and ethical responses of the individuals in the organization and
determines how those individuals will respond to issues in the “here-and-
now”. It is influenced by the tone from the top, incentives and the social &
regulatory environment.
Risk Culture:
“The risk culture of the organization is about how individuals tackle the
complexity of the multiple futures that face them in dealing with issues
today. It is about “tomorrow” rather than the “here-and-now”. It is what gives
an organization the resilience to tackle difficult decisions today while having
an eye on the impact tomorrow.”
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And where they clash…
Issues which any board should want to know about:
• Values: Significant deviations from the board’s values.
• Silos: Especially where an organization is facing complexity in its dealings
internally or externally.
• Layering: Layered management reporting prevents new issues being spotted on a
timely basis.
• Short-termism: Extrapolation from past behaviours is not necessarily good enough
for dealing with new futures.
• Control vs. Risk: Control (or risk control) management instead of risk
management.
• Obstruction: Individually obstructive nodes can be very dangerous.
• Black holes: Sometimes it is difficult to discern any volume of conversations about
risks.
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Balanced Risk revisited
Performance
Culture
Corporate
Ethics
Avoiding
Pitfalls
More Managed
Risk
Performance
Zone
Dead
Zones
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Balanced Risk revisited
Performance
Culture
Corporate
Ethics
Here-and-Now Tomorrow
Performance
Zone
Dead
Zones
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Leadership in complex systems
Relationships
& behaviours
Draw on widely
diverse
perspectives
Adopt open
enquiring
mind set
Go out of
your way to
make
connections
Tasks
& ideas
Be Clear
Be Curious
Be Courageous
Invest in
promoting
values
Establish
compelling
vision
Embrace
uncertainty
Distribute
leadership &
decisions
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Polling Question 3
Does your organization have a healthy risk culture?
 Without question, yes
 With exceptions, mostly yes
 Only to a degree
 Not really
 Unsure
Risk Reimagined!
The bottom line
Risk Management should be the
disruptive intelligence that pierces
perfect-place arrogance
Risk Reimagined!
DISCUSSION
Risk Reimagined!
Risk Reimagined!
RiskReimagined! Events:
Tampa, FL March 3rd, 2016
London, UK April 7th, 2016
Chicago, IL April 22nd, 2016
Details for booking:
www.riskreimagined.com
Risk Reimagined!
www.riskreimagined.com
Richard Anderson
Director, AndersonRisk
rca@andersonrisk.com
www.AndersonRisk.com
Norman Marks
Risk Management Author and Evangelist
nmarks2@yahoo.com
Contact Us:
Resolver Inc.
1-888-891-5500
info@resolver.com
www.resolver.com
Hussain Hasan
Principal and Regional Leader for Risk
Advisory Services, RSM US LLP
1-312-634-3700
Hussain.hasan@rsmus.com
www.rsmus.com

Risk Reimagined! Series- The Importance of People and Culture to Effective Risk Management

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    Risk Reimagined! The importanceof people and culture to effective risk management
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    Risk Reimagined! Risk Management authorand evangelist Former Chairman of the Institute of Risk Management and risk manager Webinar #1: December 1st, 2015 Webinar #2: December 8th, 2015 www.riskreimagined.com Richard AndersonNorman Marks
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    Risk Reimagined! About thiswebinar: • CPE: 1 Credit • Program Level: Intermediate to Advanced • Prerequisites and Advance Preparation: N/A • Delivery Method: Group Internet Based • Category: Specialized Knowledge and Applications To receive a CPE credit: • Remain joined to webinar for entire duration of programming (full hour) • Answer all 3 polling questions • Answer all evaluation questions Join the conversation on Twitter with #RiskReimagined
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    Risk Reimagined! Regulators aregetting excited by culture Regulator Year No of Pages Culture Risk Culture NAO 2011 18 4 Nil Department of Justice 2011 43 6 Nil FRC 2014 28 20 Nil FSB 2014 14 100+ 73
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    Risk Reimagined! It’s allabout people Any organization is an assembly of people: people who take risks as they manage and direct the enterprise; decide how much risk is acceptable or even desirable; and provide oversight into the management of risk across the extended enterprise.
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    Risk Reimagined! It’s allabout people “Culture is how organizations ‘do things’” — Robbie Katanga “Organizational culture is the sum of values and rituals which serve as ‘glue’ to integrate the members of the organization” — Richard Perrin
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    Risk Reimagined! “Culture eatsstrategy for breakfast” – Peter Drucker
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    Risk Reimagined! Polling Question1 Has the risk culture in your organization been reviewed internally or by consultants?  Yes, it is reviewed on a regular basis  Yes, once  We are thinking about it  It would never fly  It is not possible
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    Risk Reimagined! Is therea single culture?
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    Risk Reimagined! Is theresuch a thing as a single risk level?
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    Risk Reimagined! Compliance areaLevel of risk Bribery and corruption 50 Environmental regulations 20 Financial reporting 30 Export/import regulations 20 Product safety 30 TOTAL 150??? Is there such a thing as a single risk level?
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    Risk Reimagined! Why doso many of us take different views of exactly the same risks? How does an organization decide which view is “right”?
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    Risk Reimagined! Why dopeople matter? Human nature is … Individualist … or … collectivist What do you believe … ? I or C? Which do you think?
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    Risk Reimagined! Why dopeople matter? Human nature is … Individualist … or … collectivist What do you believe … ? I or C? Which do you think? The way we live … “superiors” tell “inferiors” … or … “equals” negotiate the “rules” Prescribed/In-equal … versus … Prescribing/Equal Tell or Negotiate? T or N? Which way does it work?
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    Risk Reimagined! Polling Question2 Are you:  Individual/Negotiate  Collectivist/Negotiate  Individual/Tell  Collectivist/Tell  None of the above  Don’t know  Don’t Understand
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    Risk Reimagined! And culturaltheory... Fatalist Individualist Egalitarian Hierarchist I C Tell Negotiate
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    Risk Reimagined! What isthe difference between the “risk” culture and the “organizational” culture? How can it be analyzed?
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    Risk Reimagined! IRM RiskCulture Framework IRM’s risk culture framework looks at component parts making up an organisation’s risk culture • How will I react? • How will I respond in recognition of other competing needs? • What will I do? • What will we do? • Our overall risk culture Risk Culture Organisational Culture Behaviours Personal Ethics Personal Predisposition to Risk
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    Risk Reimagined! Risk cultureaspects model Risk Culture Tone at the Top Risk Leadership Dealingwith BadNews Governance Accountability Transparency Decisions RiskInformed Decisions Reward Competency Risk Resources RiskSkills
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    Risk Reimagined! Thinking aboutrisk is managed… 1. Risk informed decision 2. Deals with risk systemically 3. Throughout the organization 4. With partners 5. Nimble with new issues 6. Can leverage risks 7. Takes more, better- managed risks 8. Gets hit by few surprises 9. Lives by established principles 10. Expects excellent performance 11. Top-level buy-in to risk management 12. Links risk management to strategic and operational management 13. Aims for simplicity and action, not bureaucracy 14. Constantly conscious of risk management performance
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    Risk Reimagined! Holding amirror up... Regular findings  Non-execs normally refuse to take part.  Exec directors are ALWAYS more optimistic about their risk management maturity than the rest of the workforce.  Risk managers, heads of internal audit etc. ALWAYS know when they are using smoke and mirrors to report up the line.  Few others even care...
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    Risk Reimagined! Assessing theRisk Culture Desk Top Research Surveys Interviews
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    Risk Reimagined! Assessing theRisk Culture Desk Top Research Surveys Interviews Conversations in Risk
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    Risk Reimagined! Conversations inrisk management Me CEO EE Partners Suppliers Clients IP owner Back Office
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    Risk Reimagined! 0% 25% 50% 75% Production and Projects Sustainability andHSE Drilling Exploration & New Business Finance Other Production and Projects
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    Risk Reimagined! 0% 25% 50% 75% Production and Projects Sustainability andHSE Drilling Exploration & New Business Finance Other Sustainability and HSE
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    Risk Reimagined! What aboutwhen the actions of one impact the success of another?
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    Risk Reimagined! Objective Risk D Objectives,Risks and Controls Objective Risk A Risk B Risk C Control 1 Control 2 Control 3 Control 4 Risk to more than one objective Control to more than one risk
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    Risk Reimagined! Objectives, Risksand Controls Objective Risk D Objective Risk A Risk B Risk C Control 1 Control 2 Control 3 Control 4 Department A Department BWho owns Control 4? Who has a guardianship interest?
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    Risk Reimagined! Objective Risk D Objectives,Risks and Controls Objective Risk A Risk B Risk C Control 1 Control 2 Control 3 Control 4 Company One Third party coWho owns Control 4? Who has a guardianship interest?
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    Risk Reimagined! Risk vs.Organizational Culture Culture: The culture of the organization is built from the behaviours, beliefs, attitudes, activities and ethical responses of the individuals in the organization and determines how those individuals will respond to issues in the “here-and- now”. It is influenced by the tone from the top, incentives and the social & regulatory environment. Risk Culture: “The risk culture of the organization is about how individuals tackle the complexity of the multiple futures that face them in dealing with issues today. It is about “tomorrow” rather than the “here-and-now”. It is what gives an organization the resilience to tackle difficult decisions today while having an eye on the impact tomorrow.”
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    Risk Reimagined! And wherethey clash… Issues which any board should want to know about: • Values: Significant deviations from the board’s values. • Silos: Especially where an organization is facing complexity in its dealings internally or externally. • Layering: Layered management reporting prevents new issues being spotted on a timely basis. • Short-termism: Extrapolation from past behaviours is not necessarily good enough for dealing with new futures. • Control vs. Risk: Control (or risk control) management instead of risk management. • Obstruction: Individually obstructive nodes can be very dangerous. • Black holes: Sometimes it is difficult to discern any volume of conversations about risks.
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    Risk Reimagined! Balanced Riskrevisited Performance Culture Corporate Ethics Avoiding Pitfalls More Managed Risk Performance Zone Dead Zones
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    Risk Reimagined! Balanced Riskrevisited Performance Culture Corporate Ethics Here-and-Now Tomorrow Performance Zone Dead Zones
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    Risk Reimagined! Leadership incomplex systems Relationships & behaviours Draw on widely diverse perspectives Adopt open enquiring mind set Go out of your way to make connections Tasks & ideas Be Clear Be Curious Be Courageous Invest in promoting values Establish compelling vision Embrace uncertainty Distribute leadership & decisions
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    Risk Reimagined! Polling Question3 Does your organization have a healthy risk culture?  Without question, yes  With exceptions, mostly yes  Only to a degree  Not really  Unsure
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    Risk Reimagined! The bottomline Risk Management should be the disruptive intelligence that pierces perfect-place arrogance
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    Risk Reimagined! Risk Reimagined! RiskReimagined!Events: Tampa, FL March 3rd, 2016 London, UK April 7th, 2016 Chicago, IL April 22nd, 2016 Details for booking: www.riskreimagined.com
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    Risk Reimagined! www.riskreimagined.com Richard Anderson Director,AndersonRisk rca@andersonrisk.com www.AndersonRisk.com Norman Marks Risk Management Author and Evangelist nmarks2@yahoo.com Contact Us: Resolver Inc. 1-888-891-5500 info@resolver.com www.resolver.com Hussain Hasan Principal and Regional Leader for Risk Advisory Services, RSM US LLP 1-312-634-3700 Hussain.hasan@rsmus.com www.rsmus.com