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The Art of Risk

22/3/2021

A series of risk based artwork recently pushed out over LinkedIn to illustrate some current hot topics.

“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.” -Picasso
“Every child is a risk taker. The problem is how to retain the pro-active optimism once we grow up.” -Edge

Few businesses have the risk oversight NEEDED to remain resilient. Surviving a major incident, DOESN'T mean you're now safe! Success = Realistic optimism + subservience to purpose + peer calibration + accountability

Businesses need to embrace R&C transformation. Digitised NFR is refocusing risk mindsets from negative & reactive to proactive & advantaged! Don't fall into the TRAP... Let's get you 'Trap-Easing' :)

Challenge - the elephant in the board-room! businesses have the ideas, innovators & the desire to embrace risk tech but 'Business as Usual elephants' block the way Solution - regular dialogue btw c-suite, business, IT & lines of defence on the evolving risk ecosystem & the need to embrace digitised risk/controls/regs to enrich & strengthen org resilience (or just drop a mouse at their feet lol.. that always worked in disney cartoons)

Data overload is a modern day business reality! A lack of rigour can lead to reg fines, increased operating costs + reputational damage! To be resilient you MUST sift out the data insights to move from reactive to informed decision making !

Under Pressure? As David Bowie sang: Pressure, pushing down on me Pressing down on you, no person ask for Under pressure, that burns a building down

CAPTION COMPETITION TIME: What caption would you give the illustration below?

Amazing GRC artwork from GRC SC X for your use...

28/9/2020

Here are the amazing GRC SC illustration from GRC SC X, by the one and only Danny Burgess. Free for your download - please mention the GRC SC if you use them.

GRC Supper Club X: From doorbell to boardroom and courtroom
This event was held on 8 March 2018, at the Browns restaurant, The Barrister's Room, London. Our 3 esteemed speakers were:

Udo Scalla - Head of the Centre of Excellence for the Internet of Things (IOT), TÜV Rheinland
Toni Vitale - Partner, Winchworth Sherwood Solicitors
Andrew Churchill - Cyber Security Consultant, GCHQ

Amazing GRC artwork from GRC SC IX for your use...

28/9/2020

Here are the amazing GRC SC illustration from GRC SC IX, by the one and only Danny Burgess. Free for your download - please mention the GRC SC if you use them.

GRC Supper Club IX: The hedgehog and the fox: A GRC dichotomy!
This event was held on 2 November 2017, at the Barbican, London. Isaiah Berlin's essay 'The hedgehog and the fox' * was born out of a quote by greek poet Archilochus: 'The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing'. We are putting our own GRC spin on it :) Our 3 esteemed speakers were:

Georgios Samakovitis - University of Greenwich, Principal Lecturer in Computer Science (including A.I.)
Roger Miles - Faculty Lead, UK Finance Academy (Conduct and Culture)
Lionel Hackett - Director, Wise Crowd
Mike Hurst - Managing Director at Cyberst Ltd

Amazing GRC artwork from GRC SC XI for your use...

28/9/2020

Here are the amazing GRC SC illustrations from GRC SC XI, by the one and only Danny Burgess. Free for your download - please mention the GRC SC if you use them.

GRC Supper Club XI: Third parties and their third parties: SIRO hero or stumped for zero

This event was held on 5 July 2018, at the Kia Oval, London. Our 3 esteemed speakers were:

Lana Abdullayevan - Director Open Banking & PSD2, Lloyds Bank (also, Advisory board Member MLRSOs.com)
Ray Bricknell - Managing Director, Beyond Every Cloud Ltd
Fayyaz Cheema - Head of Technology Assurance, Vodafone

The battle for 'Operational Resilience': regulatory compliance v trusted technology

23/6/2020

Operational Resilience: Explainability vs Efficiency

Armed with his customary pint of bitter and a packet of Steak flavour pringles – not your typical Supper Club cuisine – our host Lee kicked off the final episode of our virtual trilogy:

Does the path to greater resilience require a combination of increased regulatory compliance and trusted technology?

A pertinent topic at the best of times; the Covid-19 outbreak has underlined the need to instil operational resilience before, during and after a crisis so businesses can respond, recover and thrive.

Zoom work culture: is it the ‘new normal’ and what are the risks?

5/6/2020

A summary of the second installment of the GRC 'virtual' Supper Club trilogy (the 17th event overall), which took place on 28 May, 2020

Zoom hasn’t only been responsible for hosting more quizzes than Bamber Gascoigne and Magnus Magnusson put together during the lockdown period; the video conferencing platform has also enabled businesses across the world to overcome many of the challenges presented by large scale homeworking – which has suddenly become a forced necessity, rather than a convenient and occasional alternative.

Zoom Culture & The Risk Environment

This collaboration tool – and the remote working culture it breeds – has the potential to become the ‘new normal’ for many businesses long after the Covid-19 pandemic has been consigned to history. But what about the potential risks?

With this in mind, we decided to ask our three esteemed speakers: will companies start to embrace the ‘Zoom’ work culture and how will this impact their risk environment?

Artwork from Episode 2 of our Covid-19 trilogy held on the 28 May, 2020:

29/5/2020

Episode 2: Will companies start to embrace the ‘Zoom’ work culture and how will this impact their risk environment?

Artwork time-lapse from Episode 2 of our Covid-19 trilogy held on the 28 May, 2020

29/5/2020

Will Covid-19 lead to a reframing of Operational Resilience in the boardroom?: 20 Questions & Answers

25/5/2020

The first virtual GRC SC took place on the 14 May, 2020. The topic for Episode 1 of the Covid 19 Trilogy was - Will Covid-19 lead to a reframing of Operational Resilience in the boardroom?

Below are 20 attendee questions, which have been kindly answered by our esteemed panelists (Dr. Sandra Bell (SB), Michael Rasmussen (MR), James Green (JG). The detailed responses below build on the content within the individual talks which can be watched through - SCTV speeches.

Like a phoenix from the flames: GRC (virtual) Supper Club takes flight

22/5/2020

The first virtual Supper Club – minus the food – kicked off with our host Lee reminding us why we had swapped the swanky confines of The Groucho Club for a video conference at the kitchen table: PPE facemask, suit and tie certainly isn’t the norm at our live events. With all the pleasantries taken care of and a quick virtual cheers, it was time to let our first esteemed speaker take the floor - or screen in this case – to give us their expert opinion on our chosen topic: will Covid-19 lead to a reframing of Operational Resilience in the boardroom?