Risk is Our Business

In this episode of Risk Is Our Business, Captain Michael Rasmussen is joined by Karan Rao, Head of Enterprise Risk at Embark Student Corp., for a conversation that started not in a boardroom but on LinkedIn.

A post from Karan caught Michael’s attention on how the best risk managers aren’t the ones with the most complex models, but the ones who can walk into a room, read the people, interrogate the data, and explain risk so clearly ...

In this episode of Risk Is Our Business, Captain Michael Rasmussen welcomes Anne Louise Higgins, Global Head of Cyber Governance, Risk and Control at BNY Mellon, for a conversation about how the risk profession has evolved and who will be leading it into the future.

Anne reflects on the growing role of women in risk management and cybersecurity, and how diversity of experience and perspective strengthens decision-making at every le...

In this episode of Risk Is Our Business, Captain Michael Rasmussen connects over a slightly long-distance subspace channel (also known as a video call) with Alex Dali, President of the G31000 Risk Institute, to explore the evolution of one of the most widely recognized frameworks in modern risk management.

Alex walks through the story of ISO 31000, where the standard came from, how it has evolved since its original release,...

In this episode of Risk Is Our Business, Captain Michael Rasmussen is joined by Geoff Trickey, founder of Psychological Consultancy and creator of the Risk Type Compass™, alongside Elliot Phillips, Principal Risk Psychologist, for a conversation that shifts the focus of risk management from systems to psychology.

They begin by unpacking psychometrics—what it is, how it works, and why measuring personality traits can provide powerfu...

In this return episode of Risk Is Our Business, Captain Michael Rasmussen welcomes back Amir Ramezanpour to unpack the thinking behind his new book, Beyond Controls: Reshaping Risk Into Intelligent Advantage.

The conversation begins with a direct challenge to risk managers: too much of risk management is still focused on controls. Controls that validate compliance. Controls that document activity. Controls that comfort regulators. ...

In this episode of Risk Is Our Business, Captain Michael Rasmussen is joined by Chyono Flynn, Head of Enterprise Risk Management at Rolls-Royce, for a candid conversation about the realities of running risk management inside one of the world’s most complex engineering organizations.

They begin with what really keeps risk leaders awake at 2 a.m., which is not abstract frameworks, but execution risk, governance expectations, and whet...

In this episode of Risk Is Our Business, Captain Michael Rasmussen is joined by Fayadh Alenezi, strategic risk leadership architect and presilience advisor, for a candid discussion on where risk management stands today and where it needs to go next.

They begin by unpacking the current state of practice and what works, what doesn’t, and why too much risk management still feels like process without purpose. From there, the conversati...

Recorded live at the GPRC Summit in Riyadh, this episode of Risk Is Our Business features Thamer Al Hamed, Executive General Manager of GRC and Data Management, in a timely conversation on how risk management and resilience are converging as strategic capabilities in Saudi Arabia.

Michael and Thamer explore the relationship between risk and resilience, asking whether they truly belong together and how that relationship changes at n...

In this return voyage of Risk Is Our Business, Captain Michael Rasmussen reconnects with Stefan Gershater for a candid, occasionally interrupted conversation from opposite ends of a video call—a fitting setup for a discussion about signal, noise, and what actually matters in modern risk management.

The episode centers on the real value of risk and GRC software, and how leaders should measure it. Stefan brings a healthy skepticism t...

In this episode of Risk Is Our Business, Captain Michael Rasmussen is joined by Christopher Hetner, Senior Cyber Risk Advisor serving the boardroom community and former senior cybersecurity advisor to the Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

The conversation opens by tackling a deceptively simple question: what do we even call this space anymore? Information security, IT security, cybersecurity, cyber risk, digital...

In this episode of Risk Is Our Business, Captain Michael Rasmussen opens a subspace channel with Bradley Jewett, Chief Financial Officer at LeadVenture and a seasoned operating executive who helped shape enterprise risk management inside Microsoft and BMC Software.

The discussion begins by contrasting bad risk management (periodic, siloed, and designed to check a box) with good risk management that actively informs how organization...

In this episode of Risk Is Our Business, Captain Michael Rasmussen beams into a cross-continental conversation with Karsten Findeis, Head of Risk Management at Nordex Group, and Dr. Ayman Nagi, Corporate Risk Manager, for a deep look at how risk maturity evolves inside a global renewable-energy manufacturer.

They discuss how Nordex has transformed its risk mindset over the past decade, shifting from a compliance-driven obligation t...

In this latest episode of Risk Is Our Business, Captain Michael Rasmussen connects via subspace (okay… a Zoom call) with Marc Leipoldt, CEO of Global Risk Advisory Services.

Marc and Michael take a candid look at the state of operational risk management in financial services today. Has it become little more than a Basel-born compliance checkbox? Or can it truly guide strategic decision-making and protect the organization when volat...

In this episode of Risk Is Our Business, Captain Michael Rasmussen welcomes aboard Mark Heywood, writer, presenter, creative director, novelist, screenwriter, and former global crisis-management leader, for a conversation that travels well beyond the neutral zone of traditional risk models. Together, they explore why risk and resilience can’t be governed by left-brain logic alone, and why the future of the discipline requires imagi...

In this episode of Risk Is Our Business, Captain Michael Rasmussen welcomes aboard Reshad Alam, Vice President of Information Systems Security at Regal Rexnord, for a conversation about navigating risk at enterprise scale, and why the greatest threat is often the one you can’t see coming.

Reshad describes the sheer scope of Regal Rexnord’s global footprint, and with it, the vast digital surface he’s responsible for protecting. What...

In this episode of Risk Is Our Business, Captain Michael Rasmussen welcomes Richard Chambers, Senior Advisor at AuditBoard and one of the most influential voices in internal audit and assurance, to discuss how risk, audit, and compliance have evolved in a decade defined by unprecedented velocity and volatility.

Richard reflects on the shifting mindset across GRC—from static frameworks and predictable cycles to a world where risk si...

In this episode of Risk Is Our Business, Captain Michael Rasmussen beams aboard Ana Valdez Rodgers, VP of Internal Audit, and Melissa Pici, Global Director of Governance, Risk & Compliance, of Syniverse to talk about what really keeps GRC leaders up at night.

They dive into how GRC isn’t about ticking boxes but about aligning governance, risk, and compliance with the organization’s purpose and strategy. Drawing on Syniverse’s e...

In this episode of Risk Is Our Business, Captain Michael Rasmussen beams aboard Renee Murphy, independent analyst, storyteller, and founder of The Storyteller’s Circle, to reflect on insights emerging from a recent workshop they led together. One theme rose quickly to the surface: are risk registers keeping pace with reality, or are many organizations still flying with decade-old assumptions?

They explore how today’s emerging risks...

In this episode of Risk Is Our Business, Captain Michael Rasmussen beams aboard Ernest Legrand, CEO, technologist, and author of Guardians of Uncertainty: The Making of Influential Risk Managers in the Modern World, to explore what it really means to lead through volatility.

Drawing on lessons from his book and decades of experience across insurance, AI, and geospatial technology, Ernest discusses how elite risk managers transform ...