Bryan’s Blog

Multiple Intelligences

How many intelligences do you thrive in? How many do you need to be successful in your role? If you have never heard of the Theory of Multiple Intelligences (Linguistic, Logical/Mathematical, Spatial, Bodily-Kinesthetic, Musical, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, and Naturalist) put forward by Howard Gardener in the early 1980s, you might be a bit perplexed. Prior to

Emerging or Emergent?

I sat on a panel at the RiskNZ conference in Auckland recently and a question asked of the panel was for tips on handling emerging risks. Specifically, implementing guidance from ISO/TS 31050:2023 Risk management – Guidelines for managing an emerging risk to enhance resilience. To be honest, I had not spent any time diving into

Taking Advantage of a Crisis

This week I am on a panel at the RiskNZ Risk and Resilient Summit in Auckland, New Zealand, helping to answer this exact question. There is no doubt that Covid-19 gave risk management a huge boost. Is the boost waning? The answer is yes and no. It’s yes for organisations that now “get it”. Good

Buying Influence

Advice I give to all advisers in organisations is to “buy time”. That is, when engaging with busy leaders ask for a minimum of time and “buy time” by delivering a highly valuable experience for the leader. Last week, Culture Strategist, Executive Mentor and Author Meredith Wilson gave me a new bit of advice I

I Thought It Was 2024

Wow. I know not everyone is embracing risk management and gaining the value it should deliver. However, it was a bit of a shock recently to have two different conversations with CEO’s people had introduced me to, to help them find and drink from the risk management trough because they simply did not get the