Making Risk Management Work Resources

Thank you so much for reading our book! This is the area where we place useful resources for readers. We will let you know when new resources are added as it is still a work in progress.

Resources:

Penny interviewing Ruth on Bias (material related to Chapter 3: ‘Why people and their perceptions matter)

Jonathan Norman, publisher of the first edition, interviews Ruth and Penny on the new edition

Simple Risk Facilitation Self Assessment
This is a simple way of assessing your own competence at facilitation for risk management, from ‘just starting out’ through ‘mid level’ and to ‘world class’. It is a simplified version of what we use in our workshops and mentoring.

Available for direct download by clicking here.

Facilitating Risk Management on Projects – paper presented at PMI Global Congress in Marseilles in 2012

Lucid Thoughts on Risk by Ruth Murray-Webster and Peter Simon

Lucid Thought 33 If Risk Management is Good for Us – Why Dont We Do It

Lucid Thought 34 Understanding and Managing Risk Attitude

Lucid Thought 36 Make It Exciting Not Boring…

Lucid Thought 38 Always Look on the Bright Side of Life

Lucid Thought 65 To Make An Ass Out of You and Me

Lucid Thought 71 In A Virtual World – Every Word Counts

Lucid Thought 76 How Hungry Are You For Risk

Lucid Thought 88 Risk Managers – The Case of Unsung Heroes

Making Risk Management Work – Workshops
We run in person and/or virtual programmes to support you as you make your risk management work in your organisation.

Here’s how one of our clients found this:

“Working with Ruth & Penny was a sheer joy, we learnt so big
fundamental answers to questions we had such as ‘how do you actually
put together a risk workshop from start to finish’ to the more subtle
changes such as our use of language and how it can colour a whole
interaction with an individual or group which is such a gem of advice
when facilitating.
We also learnt how to make facilitating a risk workshop fun, enjoyable
AND productive – from scoping the workshop to meeting the objectives.
When putting this learning into practice with the Management Team some
of the comments back included:
‘That was really enjoyable’
‘That was fun’
‘The session was really worthwhile’
‘It’s made us realise how important a stakeholder plan is for managing
the programme….’
‘I’m really impressed with the quality of workshop’
‘I can’t believe how many opportunities there are’
The skills developed and knowledged shared during our session has
really helped spark enthusiasm, energy and real interest in the risk
process – amazing!
Thank you Ruth & Penny.”

Contact us for a conversation about what would be best for you and your organisation.

Making Risk Management Work – Tailored Mentoring Programme

We know that some people are really busy and need quick and effective support with specific facilitation and/or risk management problems at a time to suit them. If this is your situation, you can opt to have personal support from Penny and Ruth by telephone and online. We offer a service where you can schedule and define the agenda for monthly sessions over a period of twelve months.

For each session, you’ll describe the particular context and challenges that you’d like to cover and we’ll prepare to provide advice and tips based on our experience, and then run the session. After each session, we’ll let you have a short summary, highlighting the actions to take and any optional further reading that might be helpful.

Contact us:

Please e-mail Penny with any questions. I’m available at penny @ makingprojectswork.co.uk (remove the spaces) and on +44 (0)1509 821691.

Dr Penny Pullan
+44 (0)1509 821691
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Dr Ruth Murray-Webster
+44 (0)7974 943443
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