Prepare to Dare

The discipline and profession of risk management is undergoing significant changes these years and will continue to do so for years to come. In an ever-changing world, the attention towards taking risks and managing the risks taken becomes increasingly important for businesses and organisations to survive and prosper. The stakes are getting higher and speed is increasing. Hence, intelligent risk taking becomes a necessary core competence of leaders at all levels of an organisation. This book builds on solid and practical experience and takes the reader from the basic concepts and approaches to making manoeuvrability a true competitive advantage by actively and deliberately leveraging the tools and processes of risk management in business design, strategic and operational decision making. As such, this is a practical guidebook to be used by risk managers and executives who wishes to get more value out of the efforts spent on risk management.

Hans Læssøe M. Sc. has 35 years industry experience from the LEGO Group covering a range of positions. In 2007 Hans Læssøe established the LEGO Group Strategic Risk Management. Over the years, this evolved to cover Strategic Scenario Planning, Project Risk and Opportunity Management as well as Enterprise Risk Management. The processes and tools developed, based on the ISO 31000 standard, are standard operating procedures at the LEGO Group. Hans Læssøe and the LEGO Group won multiple international awards. Hans Læssøe has been a member of Danish and International risk management networks. Hans Læssøe is author/co-author of multiple articles and book chapters, including the RIMS Strategic Risk Management Implementation Guide. Hans Læssøe is an approved ISO 31,000 professional and trainer. In 2017, Hans Læssøe founded the consulting company AKTUS. The perspective is to go beyond traditional risk management and enable deliberate and intelligent risk taking.