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How will El Niño impact Africa? | Part 1
An interview with Dr. Richard Muita, Ag. Deputy Director of Research and Education at the Kenya Meteorological Department, conducted by IRM Africa. A Climate Perspective on Preparedness, Early Warning and Resilience El Niño is often viewed primarily as a weather or climate event. However, for organisations operating across Africa, it should also be understood as…
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Digital risk is enterprise risk: The case for AI and digital committees
by Alexander Larsen, CFIRM, Deputy Chair of the IRM Energy and Renewables Committee and IRM Saudi Arabia Committee member Artificial Intelligence (AI), digital transformation, automation and cloud computing (and other technologies) have quickly become fundamental to modern business strategy. Organisations across nearly every sector are adopting these technologies at pace, pursuing greater efficiency, improved customer…
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People risk Q&A with Stephen Sidebottom
We are particularly delighted to feature an exclusive interview with Stephen Sidebottom, Chair of the Institute of Risk Management (IRM), to mark the release of his new book, Fundamentals of People Risk Management. In our conversation, Stephen shares insights from his extensive experience in risk, leadership and human resources, and discusses why people risk deserves…
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Moving AI in GRC from Promise to Practice
A sponsored post by the MetricStream Research Team 47% percent of risk professionals say they recognize the value of artificial intelligence in governance, risk, and compliance. Yet only 14% have integrated it into their GRC frameworks and processes. These headline findings are from MetricStream’s recent GRC Practitioner Survey. It’s tempting to read the gap in…
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The oil must flow
By Sean Gotora, 2026 | Strategy, Risk & ResilienceMBA-Strategy, BSc.Eng. Chemical Engineering, CRMA, SIRM, CERM, CBCP, RMP, CAPM. Frank Herbert’s *Dune* was never about distant planets. It was about systems that appear stable until a single constraint is exposed. Replace Arrakis with the Strait of Hormuz and the analogy ceases to be literary; it becomes diagnostic. The modern energy…
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From Risk Registers to Board Intelligence: What Directors Actually Need to See
In most organisations, the board risk report is one of the most carefully prepared documents the risk function produces. It is also one of the least used. Not because boards do not care about risk, but because the reports they receive too often answer questions they are not asking.
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When molecules stop moving: What the Strait of Hormuz disruption may mean for global supply chains
by Ryan Price, Dylan Campbell and Grant Griffiths This piece picks up where an earlier blog post, Crisis in the Middle East – Energy Prices and Geopolitical Risks, published on 9 March, left off. That article looked at the wider crisis through the lens of geopolitics, energy prices, and the strategic importance of the Strait…
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Enterprise Risk Magazine Issue #5 Out Now
Geopolitical risk is no longer a distant concern — it’s reshaping strategy, resilience, and decision-making across every sector. Issue 5 of Enterprise Risk Magazine dives into the forces redefining the global risk landscape, from shifting power dynamics and economic uncertainty to supply chain disruption, cyber threats, and regional conflict. Featuring expert insights, analysis, and practical…
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The fatal flaw in risk management
By Sean Gotora, 2026 | Strategy, Risk & Resilience | MBA-Strategy, BSc.Eng. Chemical Engineering., CRMA, SIRM, CERM, CBCP, RMP, CAPM. In over 16 years as a risk practitioner, spanning both technical and management roles, I have seen, and at times supported organisations recover from weak methodologies, poorly applied frameworks, and immature techniques with relatively modest…
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Crisis in the Middle East – Energy Prices and Geopolitical Risks
By Grant Griffiths and Dylan Campbell The current events unfolding in Iran and across the Middle East once again highlight the continuing importance of hydrocarbons to our global economy, and their impact beyond the here and now of a gas or oil supply shock. Maritime chokepoints like the Strait of Hormuz present an unavoidable risk;…
