MRM Episode 105 - Simon Levy and the 2025 RMIA Conference!

This is an interview I was looking forward to doing from the moment it was booked! My guest is Dan Donovan, founder and CEO of Stratoscope and Ingressotek and a leader in safety and security innovation for large scale events and conferences.And what sort of events? How about the F1 race in Las Vegas, 13 Super Bowls and 7 Olympic Games.Dan generously shares his vast experience in the sector providing insights into proactive safety & security, including an overview of the latest technology solutions being deployed in the sector.As Dan says in our discussion, the goal in preventing mass incidents is not just in the protection of people, but also in protecting the organisation's brand, reputation and bottom line.This is a fascinating insight into a very specific risk area and was certainly an eye-opener for me. I trust you will enjoy listening to this episode as much as I did recording it!Check out the Stratoscope website here to find out more.Send us a textContact ABM Risk Partnership to optimise your risk management approach: email us: [email protected] Tweet us at @4RiskCme Visit our LinkedIn page https://www.linkedin.com/company/18394064/admin/ Thanks for listening to the show and please keep your guest suggestions coming!

My guest today is Rhiannon Albert, the founder of My Trusted HR, and a respected leader in the people and capability space. Rhiannon's mission is to change the view of the HR function as a processor of paperwork to a true strategic enabler in achieving organisational objectives.Rhiannon shares how she has been helping entrepreneurs tackle their various HR challenges - from avoiding a workplace disaster to expanding into new territories. And for established businesses, Rhiannon is the steady hand that can support multiple activities from interim HR Executive assignments through to mentoring a team to evolve beyond just administrative tasks.Transforming your people function from a centre of human resource risk to a strategic asset? Sounds like must-do to me!I know you will enjoy this episode. To find out more, get in touch with Rhiannon via her website here or via LinkedInSend us a textContact ABM Risk Partnership to optimise your risk management approach: email us: [email protected] Tweet us at @4RiskCme Visit our LinkedIn page https://www.linkedin.com/company/18394064/admin/ Thanks for listening to the show and please keep your guest suggestions coming!

In this chat, we catch up again with Aaron Painter, CEO of Nametag Inc. After appearing in episode 90, Aaron is back with updates and developments in the identity management arena that all risk professionals need to be aware of.We talk about why only using multi-factor authentication (MFA) as a strategy is no longer enough - and not just because of the friction created from an experience and cost perspective.Aaron also shares a worrying trend exploiting a gap in the employment process between the Human Resources team onboarding and IT team provisioning new users (beware foreign actors!).There is some great advice for risk managers and discussion on why everyone's mobile phone is such a valuable weapon in the fight against identity theft / impersonation.So great to have Aaron back for this discussion - hope you enjoy it as much as I did! For those looking for more information Aaron's contact details are below:Website: https://getnametag.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronpainter/  Send us a textContact ABM Risk Partnership to optimise your risk management approach: email us: [email protected] Tweet us at @4RiskCme Visit our LinkedIn page https://www.linkedin.com/company/18394064/admin/ Thanks for listening to the show and please keep your guest suggestions coming!

Simon and I catch up to talk about the upcoming Risk Management Institute of Australasia (RMIA) Risk Conference coming up on the 6th - 8th May 2025 on Queensland's Gold Coast.A fantastic line up of keynote speakers, relevant and relatable workshops, and excellent networking opportunities - what else could the upcoming or experienced risk professional want?Have a listen to our discussion and don't forget to grab your tickets! Available from the link below:Risk Management Institute of Australasia (RMIA)Send us a textContact ABM Risk Partnership to optimise your risk management approach: email us: [email protected] Tweet us at @4RiskCme Visit our LinkedIn page https://www.linkedin.com/company/18394064/admin/ Thanks for listening to the show and please keep your guest suggestions coming!

My guest for this episode is Donna Dupont, Founder and Chief Strategist for Purple Compass. She is an award-winning designer and futurist, and brings skills and insights developed over 25 years working with leaders in healthcare, public safety, defense and security. In our discussion, Donna explains the work she does helping organisations build their future literacy skills to navigate and lead change in today’s complex and uncertain world. By integrating theory and practice she assists organisations to strengthen their anticipatory and adaptive capabilities, strategic intelligence, and agility in learning to advance future policy and strategic planning for impact. Donna is passionate about helping her clients learn and apply foresight to support organisational decision-making and advancing actions to mitigate future risk, enhance preparedness and adaptive capacity to disruptive events, and leverage opportunities for change, innovation and transformation. Her unique style bridges systems thinking with strategic foresight to understand patterns and the potential evolution over time. She works with both quantitative and qualitative data, and designs processes to ensure confidence with insights and knowledge theories generated. And Donna is well qualified to provide this foresight to organisation - she is a recipient of seven government awards at the provincial and federal level for outstanding achievement, excellence and partner relations in policy and strategic planning. Her futures research “Anticipation in Emergency Management, 2020” received awards from the Canadian Defence and Security Network, and the Association of Professional Futurists. Donna holds a Master of Design in Strategic Foresight & Innovation from OCAD University. I hope you find this conversation as interesting as I did.Send us a textContact ABM Risk Partnership to optimise your risk management approach: email us: [email protected] Tweet us at @4RiskCme Visit our LinkedIn page https://www.linkedin.com/company/18394064/admin/ Thanks for listening to the show and please keep your guest suggestions coming!

This podcast chat provides a great case study  of risk management in action - and not just that but uses an upside risk (an opportunity) as the example.My guest is Jonathan Egan, CEO and Founder of FabCast Solutions, a vertically integrated contract manufacturing company that specializes in engineered metal and plastic components for small-to-midcap companies. Jonathan foresaw the increasing demand for nearshoring, and established FabCast Solutions SRL de CV in México to help them assist US businesses in relocating their operations from the Far East to North America. This provided additional production capacity and cost savings. Why Mexico you ask? Think of cheaper energy prices, raw material prices being unstable in East Asia, the various tariffs on imported Chinese goods coming into the US, and Mexico bringing more predictable production lead times!This episode provides an insight into an organisation that has seen an opportunity and used risk management techniques to bring it to reality. I hope you enjoy the conversation as much as I did! Send us a textContact ABM Risk Partnership to optimise your risk management approach: email us: [email protected] Tweet us at @4RiskCme Visit our LinkedIn page https://www.linkedin.com/company/18394064/admin/ Thanks for listening to the show and please keep your guest suggestions coming!

In this episode, Anthony discusses 10 risks that every organisation will (or should!) have on their risk register for 2025 along with some thoughts on how to prevent or mitigate them.It won't come as any surprise to listeners that have worked in risk management for some time that the list looks somewhat familiar - perhaps just the priority changes periodically.As always, we welcome your feedback and thoughts on potential guests for the program or topics you'd like to hear discussed. We have a great roster of guests lined up for 2025 so stay tuned. Thanks again for listening!Send us a textContact ABM Risk Partnership to optimise your risk management approach: email us: [email protected] Tweet us at @4RiskCme Visit our LinkedIn page https://www.linkedin.com/company/18394064/admin/ Thanks for listening to the show and please keep your guest suggestions coming!

How mature are your due diligence processes when making key business decisions? Due diligence (DD) is a critical control in ensuring that organisations are making the right decisions that create value for the organisation (and protect its existing people, assets and reputation).My guest on this episode of the Mastering Risk Management podcast is Lyndee Fletcher, President of Vcheck, a firm that supports clients by providing continuous intelligence through background checks and open-source research, human intelligence, and continuous monitoring.Lyndee not only shares her own journey but talks of the importance of relying on robust data - in DD, the days of 'gut feel' and intuition are numbered - at least without a robust process to leverage all available data in key decision-making.This is a fascinating discussion and reminds us that every aspect of doing business is being impacted, and mostly improved, by new technology and innovative processes.Get in touch with the Vcheck team at: https://vcheckglobal.com/I hope you enjoy the conversation! Send us a textContact ABM Risk Partnership to optimise your risk management approach: email us: [email protected] Tweet us at @4RiskCme Visit our LinkedIn page https://www.linkedin.com/company/18394064/admin/ Thanks for listening to the show and please keep your guest suggestions coming!

It's here - episode 100 in the Mastering Risk Management Podcast!And for this milestone episode, I wanted to bring you a very special guest. His name is Gus Balbontin, and I think you'll find him a little different from most of the other guests I've had on the program.Gus is a keynote speaker, innovator and alternative futurist (listen to how Gus explains this) in his 'day job' and also pens a wonderful weekly newsletter, 'Rebellious Thoughts' designed to push us out of our comfort zone and towards peak performance.This discussion has Gus sharing his vast experience, on leadership and innovation but also on looking after family. It was a fun episode to record, and I hope you have fun listening.Thanks again to Gus for being part of the program - very much appreciated!Many thanks also to my listeners - you don't get to 100 episodes without a loyal following and I am truly thankful and humbled that you take the time to download and listen to the program. On to the next milestone!Cheers, AnthonySend us a textContact ABM Risk Partnership to optimise your risk management approach: email us: [email protected] Tweet us at @4RiskCme Visit our LinkedIn page https://www.linkedin.com/company/18394064/admin/ Thanks for listening to the show and please keep your guest suggestions coming!

This episode is a must listen! If you were raised on a diet of TV medical dramas like House, The Good Doctor, ER, Grey's Anatomy or any of hundreds of others, today's guest will help set the record straight!Mainak Majumdar is the Director, Intensive Care Services, Mercy Hospital, in Werribee, Victoria and is my very special guest. In our discussion, we hear of how Mainak got into medicine (not his first choice!) and what led him to specialise in emergency / intensive care medicine.Of most relevance to my audience, Mainak shares how he applies a risk management approach to running the Intensive Care Unit and leverages the power of his people to get the best possible patient outcomes.This approach was recognised when in 2021, Mainak received the Public Sector Risk Leader of the Year award, presented by the Risk Management Institution of Australasia (RMIA).This is a fascinating discussion and insight into the workings of a busy Intensive Care Unit - a big thank you to Mainak for so graciously sharing his time and expertise!For those counting, you'll notice this is episode #99 - stay tuned next week when I'll launch our 100th episode in time for listening over the festive season break.Enjoy!Send us a textContact ABM Risk Partnership to optimise your risk management approach: email us: [email protected] Tweet us at @4RiskCme Visit our LinkedIn page https://www.linkedin.com/company/18394064/admin/ Thanks for listening to the show and please keep your guest suggestions coming!