Ep 66: 99% of what you know about risk management is wrong (Alexei Sidorenko - Chief Risk Officer)

Alex Sidorenko, author and Chief Risk Officer at EuroChem, gives a bombshell interview on this week's show. He is one of the most influential people in the world on the topic of risk management and strives to make risk management more accessible and easier to understand. Also, Alex walks us through the 16 best books for risk management, creating free resources for Risk Awareness Week, and why 99% of what you know about risk management is wrong. Be sure to connect with Alex on LinkedIn. Best risk management books Thinking, Fast and Slow https://riskacademy.blog/my-favourite-risk-management-books/ Free Risk Management Book: Guide To Effective Risk Management 3.0               https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323254437_FREE_RISK_MANAGEMENT_BOOK_GUIDE_TO_EFFECTIVE_RISK_MANAGEMENT_30 Risk Academy; https://riskacademy.blog/ Risk Awareness Week: https://2021.riskawarenessweek.com/checkout/select-tickets/ "The Purple Book" Psycology of Intelligence Analysis: https://www.cia.gov/static/9a5f1162fd0932c29bfed1c030edf4ae/Pyschology-of-Intelligence-Analysis.pdf The risk of using risk matrices: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266666768_The_Risk_of_Using_Risk_Matrices   Also be sure to sign up for The Audit Podcast newsletter and to check out my favorite part of the interview on The Audit Podcast YouTube channel. If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a rating on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests. It only took 16 seconds to give myself a five-star rating (beat that!). * This episode is brought to you by Greenskies Analytics. Greenskies is a service provider of expert data analysis, continuous monitoring, and RPA for forward-thinking internal audit teams. Schedule time today to leapfrog up the analytics maturity model!