Publications & Events

Research papers, articles, speeches and commentary from Adrian Clements.

Browse the latest thinking in risk governance, model risk, regulation and professional development — with a focus on practical outcomes for banks, insurers and asset managers.

Framework Papers Articles & Speeches
Conference audience
Global risk perspective

Framework White Papers

Three proprietary frameworks developed by Adrian Clements for modern risk management — each available as a downloadable white paper.

CORE Framework
Risk Management

CORE©: A Better Way for Decision Making Under Risk

Beyond the traditional: embedding velocity and acceleration into the risk calculation. Includes the CORE© Translation Guide.

RADAR Framework
Enterprise Risk

RADAR©: Embracing Ambiguity, Capturing Opportunity

Emerging risks: embracing risk ambiguity and turning uncertainty into strategic opportunity.

FORGE Framework
Strategic Risk

FORGE©: Decision Windows & Urgency Calculation

Calculating decision urgency: when is the right time to act? A framework for timing risk responses.

Blog

Short-form, practitioner-focused instalments that translate the framework papers above into immediately actionable steps for boards, CEOs and CFOs — published monthly.

Latest collection

Insight series · 12 articles
RiskTime — the missing dimension
Article 1 of 5

Risk Management

RiskTime: The Missing Dimension in Risk Management

Why every risk score your organisation produces is missing its most critical variable.

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Beyond the Heat Map — the Threat-Trajectory Score
Article 2 of 5

Enterprise Risk Management

Beyond the Heat Map: The Threat-Trajectory Score

Replacing static risk scoring with a dynamic, formula-driven measure that tells you where risks are going.

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The CCORD — making causal structure visible
Article 3 of 5

Risk Visualisation

The CCORD: Making the Causal Structure of Risk Visible

The diagram that shows whether you still have time to act.

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Every Crisis Is Someone's Opportunity — the dual-axis model
Article 4 of 5

Strategic Risk Management

Every Crisis Is Someone's Opportunity

How CORE©'s dual-axis model turns risk management into strategic intelligence.

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Embedding CORE© in your existing governance architecture
Article 5 of 5

Governance & Implementation

Embedding CORE© in Your Existing Governance Architecture

A three-phase roadmap that augments, not replaces, what you have already built.

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Opportunities and the comfort zone
Insight 4

Opportunity

Opportunities and the Comfort Zone

Why the familiar can quietly become the biggest barrier to ambitious change.

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Push to pull implementation
Insight 5

Implementation

Push to Pull Implementation

A paper on creating implementation systems that respond to demand and not just plans.

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What we need to survive
Insight 6

Resilience

What We Need to Survive

A perspective on treating resilience as an organisational capability rather than a reaction.

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Procurement: the golden key
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Procurement

Procurement: The Golden Key

How procurement can create value, resilience and leverage in the broader change agenda.

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Articles & Publications

Thought leadership • 2022

Backcasting as the Way Forwards

LinkedIn thought leadership article on practical risk-based planning and forward-looking transformation.

Thought leadership • 2022

On the Opportunity Side of Operational Risk

LinkedIn article exploring how operational risk can be reframed as a source of strategic opportunity.

Thought leadership • 2022

On Macro-Event Preparedness

LinkedIn article on how organisations can prepare for systemic shocks with more disciplined risk thinking.

Knowledge centre • 2020–2021

AT-IPIC Knowledge Centre series

Included articles on The Value of Procurement, The Reality About Top 10 Risks Prognosis, Winning — Cracking the Transformation Mold, and Risk Focus.

Article • 2005

Captive Risk Management: can you afford not to?

Criticaleye, September/November 2005.

Speeches

Keynote • 2026

The Role of Risk Management and the Value of Spin-Ins and Spin-Offs

ERMINe

Keynote • 2026

CORE© — An Innovative Approach to Risk Management

The Institute of Risk Management Special Interest Group

Keynote • 2026

Climate Resilience and Emerging Risks

Roehampton University / CIMA

Keynote • 2026

The Future of Risk Management

Risk-In

Panel • 2023

Risk and Sustainability

Airmic — guidance on using risk principles to accelerate sustainability transformation.

Keynote • 2022

The Future Role of the Risk Manager

Risk-In

Speech • 2017

Project Management Black Swans

ECRI, London

Speech • 2017

Risk Ideas — A Different View

WSP-Parsons Brinckerhoff, London

Quotations & Interviews

Interview • 2026

GRC 20720 Research — “Shaking the Tree”

Interview with M. Rasmussens on changing how risk management is thought about and practiced.

Quoted authority • 2022

Risk-!n / StrategicRISK Conference

Contributor and quoted voice on the future role of the risk manager and the value of central European exchange on risk topics.

Interview • 2021

European Risk Landscape

Discussion of how changing risk patterns are challenging business resilience and organisational operating models.

Interview • 2017

AIG / Industry 4.0

Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 risk, Luxembourg.

Interview • 2016

StrategicRISK Magazine

Supply chain, globalisation, and economic conditions risk.

Interview • 2015

The Economist — “View from the Top”

Board-level perspective on current business risks.

Interview • 2014

Global Risk Magazine — Political Risks & Insurance

Issue 9, Luxembourg.

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