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BWC | Mastering Risk Workshop Facilitation
Course Details
Duration: AEDT (UTC+11:00)
SESSION 1 (4 hours)
1:00pm - 5:00pm Thursday, 27 February 2025
SESSION 2 (4 hours)
9:00am - 1:00pm Friday, 28 February 2025
Delivery: Online
Costs:
RMIA Members $1,440.00 (incl GST)
Non-Members $1,725.00 (incl GST)
CPD Points: 12
Come experience this immersive workshop, presented by our Training Partner - Bryan Whitefield Consulting, that will provide you with the confidence to tackle the online environment while building your skill set for the future.
Modified for online facilitation using a range of collaboration tools that will make sure your workshops are engaging and effective.
About
This course is for risk professionals seeking mastery in risk workshop facilitation. To move beyond mechanical processes for collecting a list of risks. You will be given a process for preparing for engaging workshops, shown techniques for facilitating effective conversations and be introduced to a range of tools to provide insights to the business so they can make better sense of their world.. As a result, you will be more valued, more trusted, and will be invited to provide your advice before decisions are made.
Course Overview
Two half-day online interactive workshops with ample time to participate and practice your facilitation skills.
One: Preparation
Objectives – Context and scope
Team – Politics, culture and capability
Facility – Optimising and working with constraints
Analysis – Tools and techniques to provide insights
Two: Facilitation
Framing – Introducing, confirming and clarifying
Conversations – Initiating, guiding and ending
Tipping points – Navigating dominance, bias and silence
Collation – Priorities, breadth and depth
Three: Post-Mortem
Objectives check – Alignment with values and goals
Reality check – Fact check, resource check, pub-test check
Learning Objectives
How to prepare for a workshop to maximise the value delivered to participants.
Understand the key to an engaging workshop no matter the participants, the location or the time available.
Learn how to deliver strong insights to decision makers before, during and after the workshop.
Experience the value of key tools and techniques for managing politics, bias and difficult people.
Format of the Course
Online run over two half-days. An interactive workshop with ample time to participate, share and network.
About the Trainer
Bryan Whitefield is a management consultant operating since 2001, specialising in risk-based decision making and influencing decision makers, born from his more than twenty years of facilitating executive and board workshops. Bryan’s experience as a risk practitioner includes the design and implementation of risk management programs for more than 150 organisations across the public, private and not-for- profit sectors. Bryan is the author of DECIDE: How to Manage the Risk in Your Decision Making, Persuasive Advising: How to Turn Red Tape into Blue Ribbon and Risky Business: How Successful Organisations Embrace Uncertainty (#1 Amazon Best Seller). Bryan was President and Chair of the RMIA from 2013 – 2015, is licenced as a Certified Chief Risk Officer (CCRO) and is the designer and facilitator of the RMIA’s flagship Enterprise Risk Course since 2019.
For more information on Bryan you can email him at bryan@bryanwhitefield.com or visit his website www.bryanwhitefield.com
Group Bookings: For Group Bookings, please contact us via email on pdp@rmia.org.au or by phone on 02 9095 2500.
When you register for this course you agree to the RMIA passing your registration details onto our Training Partner, Bryan Whitefield Consulting.
A Year in the Life: with Dr. Maria A. Pozza | RMIA Risk Award Winner | Risk Leader of the Year APAC Region
Course Details
Time: 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm AEDT (UTC+11:00)
Date: 20 March 2025
Venue: Online
Registration Fee: FREE
About Event
Join RMIA's CEO Simon Levy, for an engaging conversation with last year’s RMIA Risk Leader of the Year - APAC Region Award winner, Dr Maria A. Pozza, as she reflects on her journey over the past 12 months. This interactive webinar will explore how winning the award has elevated Maria's professional profile, and influenced her contributions to the risk management field.
Discover the story behind her award-winning submission, the challenges she overcame, and lessons learned along the way. Gain practical tips on how to craft a standout submission and hear Maria's advice for future nominees aiming to showcase excellence in risk management.
Whether you’re aspiring to be an RMIA Risk Award winner, curious about the impact of this prestigious recognition, or simply looking for inspiration from a leader in the field, this is a conversation you won’t want to miss.
Guest Speaker
Eli Goldberg
Consultant
Battleground Group
Key Topics:
The professional and personal impact of being an RMIA Risk Award winner
Insights into their award-winning project or initiative
Tips for crafting a strong submission for the RMIA Risk Awards
Advice for aspiring nominees and future award winners
Adaptive Cultures | Workshop | The Risk Culture Paradox: Making Progress on the Risk Agenda in Complex Environments
Event Details
Date: 13 & 27 March 2025 (Two Half Days)
Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Delivery: Online
Registration fee:
Member $880 incl GST
Non-member $1100 incl GST
CPD Points: 8
About Event
CROs and their teams have invested heavily in building risk management capabilities and implementing frameworks such as 3LOD. Yet there remains a significant disconnect between the quality of risk capabilities and the quality of risk outcomes – well documented by the Hayne Royal Commission and underscored frequently by headlines in the financial and business press.
In an effort to address this disconnect, CROs and their teams are turning their attention to risk culture - how culture influences risk management and risk outcomes.
In these two interactive workshops for CROs and Senior Risk Leaders, Adaptive Cultures facilitates an exploration of the challenges to deepening risk ownership and embedding quality risk practices, and participants will develop strategies they can implement in their organisations to improve risk culture. Topics include:
the core qualities and capabilities that support influence on risk topics,
approaches to broaden and deepen risk ownership,
what’s working well and less well in the 3LOD framework and FAR implementation,
ways to complement structural risk tools with adaptive methods that can create a truly embedded risk framework, and
how to engage executive peers more fully in this work.
About the Trainers
DeAnna Burton
Adaptive Cultures - Risk Culture Practice Lead
DeAnna works with organisations and leaders to deepen the alignment of risk management, risk culture, and risk outcomes. She has over 20 years' financial services experience in Australia and the US in a variety of business arenas, including culture integration for a complex merger, designing a risk culture framework and initiatives to uplift risk culture maturity, survey design, senior leadership development programs and coaching.
Andrew Brown
Adaptive Cultures – Director and Co-Founder
Andrew is a director and co-founder of Adaptive Cultures. He has lectured, written, worked and consulted extensively in the field of risk management and risk culture. He believes that how we think about (and what we believe about) risk and consequences has a profound impact on ourselves, our organisations, our society and our planet. Andrew has held executive positions across the Asia Pacific region. These include Chief Actuary for AXA Life Singapore, Chief Financial Officer for Philippine AXA Life.
Note: As part of our ongoing commitment to provide valuable connections, we would like to inform you that the contact information provided during registration may be shared with our event sponsors. This is in accordance with our privacy policy and will be done solely for the purpose of fostering professional engagement and collaboration opportunities.
A Year in the Life: with Terri-Ann James and Eli Goldberg RMIA Risk Award Winner | Risk Student of the Year
Course Details
Time: 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm AEDT (UTC+11:00)
Date: 20 March 2025
Venue: Online
Registration Fee: FREE
About Event
Join RMIA's CEO Simon Levy, for an engaging conversation with last year’s RMIA Risk Student of the Year Award Winners as they reflect on their journey over the past 12 months. This interactive webinar will explore how winning the award has shaped their career, elevated their professional profile, and influenced their contributions to the risk management field.
Discover the story behind their award-winning submission, the challenges they overcame, and the lessons learned along the way. Gain practical tips on how to craft a standout submission and hear their advice for future nominees aiming to showcase excellence in risk management.
Whether you’re aspiring to be an RMIA Risk Award winner, curious about the impact of this prestigious recognition, or simply looking for inspiration from a leader in the field, this is a conversation you won’t want to miss.
Guest Speakers
Terri-Ann James
Director Risk Management
Australian Taxation Office
Eli Goldberg
Consultant
Battleground Group
Key Topics:
The professional and personal impact of being an RMIA Risk Award winner
Insights into their award-winning project or initiative
Tips for crafting a strong submission for the RMIA Risk Awards
Advice for aspiring nominees and future award winners
Risk 2 Solution | Graduate Certificate in Organisational Resilience, Risk and High Reliability (11056NAT) | Unit 2 schedule
Course Details
Duration:
The course runs for four units, online sessions, followed by independent study time to complete assessments.
Venue:
Online
2025 Dates:
Unit 1 – 7-10 February 2025
Unit 2 – 21-24 March 2025
Unit 3 – 2-5 May 2025
Unit 4 – 13-16 June 2025
Costs:
RMIA Members $8,775.00 (incl GST)
Non-Members: $9,125.00 (incl GST)
CPD Points:
30 points
This qualification will give you the skills and knowledge to manage risk and business disruption in today’s volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous operating environment. Through a unique approach combining elements, tools, and best practice from risk management, leadership, psychology, behavioural economics, and organisational development, graduates will be able to lead teams and organisations to achieve organisational resilience and high reliability.
This nationally accredited program is only offered through the Institute of Presilience® (11056NAT) RTO #4785
About
Presilience® is effectively Risk Intelligence in practice.
It is the mindset and approach that enables you to successfully prevent (where possible), prepare for, respond to, and recover from events, crises, or emergencies – whilst still being able to look for, identify and capitalise on opportunities.
With the world’s current Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous (VUCA) environment, never has the demand on our ability to build not just resilience, but also Presilience®, within a team or organisation been so critical to long-term success.
The course is delivered by the Institute of Presilience® (RTO#4785). Australian Nationally Recognised Skills Certificate including the following units will be issued upon successful completion:
NAT11056001 – Integrate the psychology of risk to decision making
NAT11056002 – Lead teams and influence risk-based decision making
NAT11056003 – Manage disruption, crisis, and opportunity
NAT11056004 – Implement and review organisational high reliability
Course Overview
This qualification reflects the role of individuals who undertake specialist resilience and risk management roles, both internally and externally to an organisation. These roles include cross-industry tasks and responsibilities relating to corporate governance and risk management, business continuity, crisis management, leadership, innovation, and high reliability teams.
Individuals in these roles have autonomy in performing tasks, apply solutions to a range of often complex and ambiguous problems, and research, analyse and evaluate information from a variety of sources. They apply their initiative to plan and respond, to lead teams, to manage change, to coordinate and evaluate courses, to challenge and facilitate risk-based conversations, and to establish and maintain high reliability teams.
About the Trainers
Dr Gav Schneider, Chief Executive Officer, Risk 2 Solution Group, Acknowledged Risk Leader
Dr Gav is the CEO of Risk 2 Solution Group and is an acknowledged subject matter expert on human based risk management and the psychology of risk. He is a highly experienced, security, safety, emergency and risk specialist with decades of experience.
Dr Gav has conducted business in over 17 countries and provided a wide range of services for a very diverse client base, ranging from heads of state to school teachers. He is a leading academic in his field and heads up the Post Graduate Psychology of Risk program at the Australian Catholic University (ACU).
He is also the author of the highly acclaimed ‘Can I See your Hands: A Guide to Situational Awareness, Personal Risk Management, Resilience and Security’ available for purchase, here. Dr Gav has been recognised for his work and was the RMIA Risk Consultant of the Year for 2019 and one of the top twenty global thought leaders in fire and security in the IFSEC Global Security & Fire Influencer Awards.
Education and Training:
Doctor of Criminology
Certificate in Disruptive Strategy (Harvard Business School)
Master of Technology in Security and Risk Management
Graduate Diploma in Management (Learning) & Strategic Leadership
Advanced Diploma in Integrated Risk
Dr Paul Johnson, Behavioural Scientist and Senior Risk Expert, Risk 2 Solution Group
Paul has 25 years of operational and management consulting experience in both the public and private sectors, during which time he has worked with and provided management advisory and capacity development services to a wide range of industry groups throughout Australia and internationally – with this encompassing a number of major government, infrastructure, transport, and oil & gas projects.
Holding accreditations as a Fellow of the Australian Risk Policy Institute (FARPI), Chartered Generalist OHS Professional (ChOHSP) and Certified Master Anti-Terrorism Specialist (CMAS), his specific areas of expertise relate to health/safety/wellbeing and security risk management and capacity development on a personal, organisational and societal level.
Adopting an evidence based behavioural science approach, Paul actively integrates the principles of organisational psychology and risk management to facilitate sustainable cultural change and capacity development that is supported by, and actively aligned with, wider management and operational frameworks - thereby facilitating health/safety/wellbeing and security risk management as being truly “business as usual”.
Employing this approach, Paul has provided need assessment, management system auditing, research/analysis, and organisational change and capacity development services to a number of organisations, developing bespoke management and training frameworks/programs and solutions, and integrating the same with existing systems – actively incorporating operational needs and statutory requirements with strategic goals and business objectives.
Paul also has extensive experience in project risk governance, workshop facilitation, and the development and provision of specialised capacity development/training packages.
Combining practical experience with theoretical knowledge, Paul maintains an active relationship with academic and research institutions.
BWC | Enterprise Risk Management with Lauren Jones
Course Details
Duration: AEDT (UTC+11:00)
SESSION 1 (4 hours)
01:00pm - 5:00pm - Monday 24 March 2025
SESSION 2 (4 hours)
01:00pm - 5:00pm - Tuesday 25 March 2025
Costs:
RMIA Members $1,875.00 (incl GST)
Non-Members $2,500.00 (incl GST)
CPD Points: 12
Welcome to the Enterprise Risk Management course, RMIA's signature course and a certification pre-requisite presented by our Training Partner, Bryan Whitefield Consulting.
About
All organisations, no matter whether private, government or not-for-profit have one thing in common – they all take risk to achieve their goals.
Unfortunately, too many organisations either don’t have any formal approach to considering the risks they are taking, or they utilise forms of risk management that are below par. That is, they are not in line with the principles and guidelines of better practice as defined in AS ISO 31000.
The purpose of the course is to provide you with the requisite knowledge to design, implement and operate enterprise risk programs for the successful management of organisational risk.
Course Overview
Introducing AS ISO 31000:2018
The course is aligned to the international standard on risk.
The standard is a guideline for any organisation that can be adapted to suit the needs of the organisation.
It provides principles, framework and process for managing organisational risk.
Learning Objectives
Understand the principles that underlie an efficient and effective approach to the management of organisational risk and the value it brings to the organisation.
Understand the core elements and benefits of a framework for integrating risk management into the governance and operations of an organisation.
Understanding of the risk management process and how to apply it to organisations of differing size and complexity.
Format of the Course
Please note that this course is now being delivered online. Attendees will receive a zoom invitation to participate in the 'face-to-face' aspect of the course online after registering. We can assure you that despite being online, we provide a high quality experience presented by Bryan Whitefield, a leader in the risk industry and a certified virtual presenter. To view testimonials on the success of Bryan's online RMIA tutorials here.
One Day Online Self-Paced Learning - Develop a technical understanding of ISO 31000
Two Half Day Online Learning Workshops facilitated by Bryan Whitefield
Clarify and embed technical understanding of ISO 31000
Tips and tricks on enterprise risk management including on:
Assessing the quality of an organisation’s approach to risk
What makes a good risk assessment
The key to communicating and consulting on risk
About the Trainer
Lauren Jones
Trainer, Bryan Whitefield Consulting
Lauren Jones is a facilitator, trainer and expert in helping leaders build sustainable businesses, with over 30 years of experience working with C level executives, business owners and leaders. Her experience specialising in strategic facilitation, skills development, systems implementation and continual improvement for organisations has increased clarity and focus on outcomes, built efficiency and increased profitability with her clients.
Over the past decade Lauren has facilitated numerous risk workshops and has designed and implemented risk management programs for a multitude of organisations across diverse industries such as construction, infrastructure and manufacturing.
Lauren has authored a recently released book: 10% BETTER: Taking Organisations from Ordinary to Excellent written for leaders who want to build resilience for their organisations to sustain change and challenge, and be a legacy into the future. For more information on Lauren you can email her on lauren@laurenjones.com.au or visit her website www.laurenjones.com.au
Group Bookings: For Group Bookings, please contact us via email on pdp@rmia.org.au or by phone on 02 9095 2500.
RMIA Accreditation Pathway: Upon completion of the RMIA's Enterprise Risk Management course, participants will be eligible to sit the exam to become a Certified Practising Risk Associate (CPRA®) or the Certified Practising Risk Manager (CPRM®) accreditation. To apply for Certification click here.
When you register for this course you agree to the RMIA passing your registration details onto our Training Partner, Bryan Whitefield Consulting.
RMIA WA Chapter | Networking Breakfast
Event Details
Date: 27 March 2025
Venue: The Terrace Hotel | 237-239 St Georges Terrace, Perth, WA
Time: 7:30am - 9:00am
Join the RMIA WA Committee for an early morning breakfast or coffee and engage with fellow risk professionals at The Terrace Hotel on Thursday, 27 March 2025, from 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM.
This free event is a great opportunity to build relationships, share ideas, and strengthen our risk management community. Please note this event is self-funded.
We look forward to seeing you there!
BWC | Enterprise Risk Management with Bryan Whitefield - In Person Session
Course Details
Duration: AEDT (UTC+11:00)
9:00am - 17:00pm - Thursday 3 April, 2025
Venue:
Sydney CBD (Venue TBC)
Costs:
RMIA Members $1,875.00 (incl GST)
Non-Members $2,500.00 (incl GST)
CPD Points: 12
Welcome to the Enterprise Risk Management course, RMIA's signature course and a certification pre-requisite presented by our Training Partner, Bryan Whitefield Consulting.
About
All organisations, no matter whether private, government or not-for-profit have one thing in common – they all take risk to achieve their goals.
Unfortunately, too many organisations either don’t have any formal approach to considering the risks they are taking, or they utilise forms of risk management that are below par. That is, they are not in line with the principles and guidelines of better practice as defined in AS ISO 31000.
The purpose of the course is to provide you with the requisite knowledge to design, implement and operate enterprise risk programs for the successful management of organisational risk.
Course Overview
Introducing AS ISO 31000:2018
The course is aligned to the international standard on risk.
The standard is a guideline for any organisation that can be adapted to suit the needs of the organisation.
It provides principles, framework and process for managing organisational risk.
Learning Objectives
Understand the principles that underlie an efficient and effective approach to the management of organisational risk and the value it brings to the organisation.
Understand the core elements and benefits of a framework for integrating risk management into the governance and operations of an organisation.
Understanding of the risk management process and how to apply it to organisations of differing size and complexity.
About the Trainer
Bryan Whitefield
Director, Bryan Whitefield Consulting
Bryan Whitefield is a management consultant operating since 2001, specialising in risk-based decision making and influencing decision makers, born from his more than twenty years of facilitating executive and board workshops. Bryan’s experience as a risk practitioner includes the design and implementation of risk management programs for more than 150 organisations across the public, private and not-for- profit sectors. Bryan is the author of DECIDE: How to Manage the Risk in Your Decision Making, Persuasive Advising: How to Turn Red Tape into Blue Ribbon and Risky Business: How Successful Organisations Embrace Uncertainty (#1 Amazon Best Seller). Bryan was President and Chair of the RMIA from 2013 – 2015, is licenced as a Certified Chief Risk Officer (CCRO) and is the designer and facilitator of the RMIA’s flagship Enterprise Risk Course since 2019.
For more information on Bryan you can email him at bryan@bryanwhitefield.com or visit his website www.bryanwhitefield.com
Group Bookings: For Group Bookings, please contact us via email on pdp@rmia.org.au or by phone on 02 9095 2500.
RMIA Accreditation Pathway: Upon completion of the RMIA's Enterprise Risk Management course, participants will be eligible to sit the exam to become a Certified Practising Risk Associate (CPRA®) or the Certified Practising Risk Manager (CPRM®) accreditation. To apply for Certification click here.
When you register for this course you agree to the RMIA passing your registration details onto our Training Partner, Bryan Whitefield Consulting.
Stretch Think | Strategic Foresight for Risk Professionals
Course Details
Duration: AEDT (UTC+10:00)
9:00 am - 12:00 pm Friday, 4 April 2025
Venue:
Online
Costs
RMIA Members $544.50 (incl GST)
Non-Members $610.50 (incl GST)
CPD Points: 3
The management of risk is a dynamic and evolving practice. To support this evolution, RMIA has partnered with Associate Professors Ben Brooks and Steve Curnin, to deliver this unique course, ‘Strategic Foresight for Risk Professionals’. This course will provide participants with the insight required to determine if future risk-driven scenario planning is something their organisation should pursue. We call this type of scenario-planning ‘future risk-driven’ because it uses structured processes to explore consequences and the associated opportunities of situations in future time horizons.
Steve and Ben have packed this course with insights from over decade of research and even more practical experience in risk-driven scenario planning. They are master facilitators and experienced educators with years of experience in virtual course delivery. They will provide you with insights about the value and science behind risk-driven scenario planning. Steve and Ben personally produced most of the research that this course uses, so they speak intimately to this, and can provide all the insight you need to successfully identify the benefits for your organisation.
During the course you will develop a plausible future risk-driven scenario with your fellow course participants. The course is fully online over 3-hours and is size-limited to maximize interactions with the teaching team.
So, what is involved in our Strategic Foresight for Risk Professionals course?
Understanding the fundamentals and application of scenario planning.
Learn how scenario planning can be integrated into risk management.
Diagnose the maturity of scenario planning in your organisation.
Identify treatment options to enhance the maturity level.
Apply the Stretch Think Loops technique – a unique scenario planning technique.
You’ll leave with an understanding of why and how to risk-based scenario can be used in your organisation.
About the Trainers
Steve Curnin is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Tasmania where he is also a Director of the Disaster Resilience Research Group.
Prior to commencing a career in academia, Steve worked in emergency and crisis management roles with Australian Government Departments, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Australian State Government Departments, the critical infrastructure sector, and not-for-profit organisations.
Steve continues to combine his academic and practical capabilities on national advisory groups promoting organisational resilience.
Ben Brooks is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Tasmania where he is also a Director of the Disaster Resilience Research Group.
Before joining the university he was a Project Director for Occupational Health and Safety in the Human Factors Group – a part of Centre for Sleep Research at the University of South Australia.
Ben has held professional safety management positions in state government, was a consultant occupational hygienist for a decade and continues to provide consulting services in cultural change through the organisations niwaki.global and SafetyCircle.
When you register for this course you agree to the RMIA passing your registration details onto our Training Partner, ABM Risk Partnership.
BWC | Persuasive Adviser Program
Course Details
Duration: AEST (UTC+10:00)
SESSION 1 (4 hours)
1:00pm - 5:00pm Monday 7 April, 2025
SESSION 2 (4 hours)
09:00am - 13:00pm Tuesday 8 April, 2025
Costs:
RMIA Members $990.00 incl GST
Non-Members $1,320.00 incl GST
The average piece of business advice to an executive takes about 8 hours of your and your team’s time to prepare and 15 minutes to deliver.
Those 15 minutes simply cannot be wasted.
About
RMIA is proud to bring the risk community Bryan Whitefield’s Persuasive Adviser Program, which has been delivered successfully to full-houses across the public, private and not-for-profit sectors.
The Persuasive Adviser Program tackles the challenge risk advisers, practitioners and managers have with getting their message and key advice through to their stakeholders.
It will give risk practitioners all you will need to make the difference you know you can make, so you can create the change that is needed in your organisations.
Join the Persuasive Adviser Program to learn practical tools and techniques that will enable you to influence your stakeholders as a trusted Adviser and have a greater impact on outcomes.
Every attendee to the Persuasive Adviser Program will get a complimentary copy of Bryan Whitefield’s book, Winning Conversations: How to Turn Red Tape Into Blue Ribbon.
Course Overview
Perceptions of internal advisers
Achieving Persuasive Adviser status
The Pathfinder Model
Why decision making can be improved
MCI - Motivation - Clarification - Implementation
Stand – Paint – Tell – Make
How to stand in your internal client’s shoes
How to paint them a picture
How to tell them a story
How to make them believe
Action Plan
Developing your toolbox
Planning your journey
Making yourself accountable
One of the most common complaints Bryan hears from internal advisers of all kinds (admin, finance, HR, IT, risk, compliance, procurement and audit as examples) is that it is often difficult to get some business leaders to listen to them and even harder to get them to act on their advice. He hears things like:
“Sometimes I feel like I am there just to keep them out of trouble with the boss, they don’t really see me as a key adviser.”
“It is because what I do is not sexy like sales or marketing (private sector)/like the Minister’s favourite program (public sector).”
“If I was the CEO they would sit up and listen!”
While all of these comments are examples of the challenges internal advisers need to overcome to cut through with their advice, they are not the cause. There is more going on.
For starters, most advisers have to be a corporate cop from time to time. They have to say to the business that certain policies, frameworks, and processes have to be followed. Worse still, sometimes advisors have to report a problem when the business has not done the right thing.
It then makes it very hard to turn around the next day and say to a business leader, "I am your trusted adviser on this and you should heed my advice."
The imperative for an internal adviser is to solve problems for your internal clients. The way to do that is to stand in their shoes, understand their problems, and deliver solutions.
Consider the trust scale in the diagram below. Are you seen as a controller, like a financial controller, or an expert? If so you are not having the impact you could, you are not making the difference you know you can make.
The Persuasive Adviser Program: How to turn red tape into blue ribbon will give you all you need to make the difference you know you can make, to get invited to provide your advice 5 or 10 times more than you are now so you can create the change that is needed. While it covers so many of the traditional elements of a trusted adviser program such as listening and influencing skills it has so much more.
Learning Objectives
Here is what you will learn in the program:
How best to stand in the shoes of your stakeholders and internal clients, including the executives and the board.
How to paint them a picture to clarify and engage.
How to use stories to connect and inspire.
How best to ensure you have so much credibility, they cannot help but follow your advice.
Underlying each of these is the MCI Decision Model that is the subject of Bryan's book DECIDE How to Manage the Risk in Your Decision Making. The model is the key that will help you to unlock the door to the decision-making processes of those you are advising so you can deliver the right message at the right time to get the right decision.
Format of the Course
Two half-day online in-person Learning Workshops facilitated by Bryan Whitefield (4 hours for each of the 2 half-day online Learning Workshops). An interactive workshop series with ample time to participate, share and network.
About the Trainer
Bryan Whitefield
Director, Bryan Whitefield Consulting
Bryan Whitefield is a management consultant operating since 2001, specialising in risk-based decision making and influencing decision makers, born from his more than twenty years of facilitating executive and board workshops. Bryan’s experience as a risk practitioner includes the design and implementation of risk management programs for more than 150 organisations across the public, private and not-for- profit sectors. Bryan is the author of DECIDE: How to Manage the Risk in Your Decision Making, Persuasive Advising: How to Turn Red Tape into Blue Ribbon and Risky Business: How Successful Organisations Embrace Uncertainty (#1 Amazon Best Seller). Bryan was President and Chair of the RMIA from 2013 – 2015, is licenced as a Certified Chief Risk Officer (CCRO) and is the designer and facilitator of the RMIA’s flagship Enterprise Risk Course since 2019.
Why Bryan developed the Persuasive Adviser Program
Bryan knows that all advisers and those they advise face the same problem – giving and receiving valuable advice, succinctly, and with clarity. Read more here.
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Download a brochure about the Persuasive Adviser Program
Download a paper about Persuasive Advising
E-mail Bryan to discuss a 1 or 2-day in-house program.
When you register for this course you agree to the RMIA passing your registration details onto our Training Partner, Bryan Whitefield Consulting.
Group Bookings: For Group Bookings, please contact us via email on pdp@rmia.org.au or by phone on 02 9095 2500.
Risk 2 Solution | Graduate Certificate in Organisational Resilience, Risk and High Reliability (11056NAT) | Unit 3 schedule
Course Details
Duration:
The course runs for four units, online sessions, followed by independent study time to complete assessments.
Venue:
Online
2025 Dates:
Unit 1 – 7-10 February 2025
Unit 2 – 21-24 March 2025
Unit 3 – 2-5 May 2025
Unit 4 – 13-16 June 2025
Costs:
RMIA Members $8,775.00 (incl GST)
Non-Members: $9,125.00 (incl GST)
CPD Points:
30 points
This qualification will give you the skills and knowledge to manage risk and business disruption in today’s volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous operating environment. Through a unique approach combining elements, tools, and best practice from risk management, leadership, psychology, behavioural economics, and organisational development, graduates will be able to lead teams and organisations to achieve organisational resilience and high reliability.
This nationally accredited program is only offered through the Institute of Presilience® (11056NAT) RTO #4785
About
Presilience® is effectively Risk Intelligence in practice.
It is the mindset and approach that enables you to successfully prevent (where possible), prepare for, respond to, and recover from events, crises, or emergencies – whilst still being able to look for, identify and capitalise on opportunities.
With the world’s current Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous (VUCA) environment, never has the demand on our ability to build not just resilience, but also Presilience®, within a team or organisation been so critical to long-term success.
The course is delivered by the Institute of Presilience® (RTO#4785). Australian Nationally Recognised Skills Certificate including the following units will be issued upon successful completion:
NAT11056001 – Integrate the psychology of risk to decision making
NAT11056002 – Lead teams and influence risk-based decision making
NAT11056003 – Manage disruption, crisis, and opportunity
NAT11056004 – Implement and review organisational high reliability
Course Overview
This qualification reflects the role of individuals who undertake specialist resilience and risk management roles, both internally and externally to an organisation. These roles include cross-industry tasks and responsibilities relating to corporate governance and risk management, business continuity, crisis management, leadership, innovation, and high reliability teams.
Individuals in these roles have autonomy in performing tasks, apply solutions to a range of often complex and ambiguous problems, and research, analyse and evaluate information from a variety of sources. They apply their initiative to plan and respond, to lead teams, to manage change, to coordinate and evaluate courses, to challenge and facilitate risk-based conversations, and to establish and maintain high reliability teams.
About the Trainers
Dr Gav Schneider, Chief Executive Officer, Risk 2 Solution Group, Acknowledged Risk Leader
Dr Gav is the CEO of Risk 2 Solution Group and is an acknowledged subject matter expert on human based risk management and the psychology of risk. He is a highly experienced, security, safety, emergency and risk specialist with decades of experience.
Dr Gav has conducted business in over 17 countries and provided a wide range of services for a very diverse client base, ranging from heads of state to school teachers. He is a leading academic in his field and heads up the Post Graduate Psychology of Risk program at the Australian Catholic University (ACU).
He is also the author of the highly acclaimed ‘Can I See your Hands: A Guide to Situational Awareness, Personal Risk Management, Resilience and Security’ available for purchase, here. Dr Gav has been recognised for his work and was the RMIA Risk Consultant of the Year for 2019 and one of the top twenty global thought leaders in fire and security in the IFSEC Global Security & Fire Influencer Awards.
Education and Training:
Doctor of Criminology
Certificate in Disruptive Strategy (Harvard Business School)
Master of Technology in Security and Risk Management
Graduate Diploma in Management (Learning) & Strategic Leadership
Advanced Diploma in Integrated Risk
Dr Paul Johnson, Behavioural Scientist and Senior Risk Expert, Risk 2 Solution Group
Paul has 25 years of operational and management consulting experience in both the public and private sectors, during which time he has worked with and provided management advisory and capacity development services to a wide range of industry groups throughout Australia and internationally – with this encompassing a number of major government, infrastructure, transport, and oil & gas projects.
Holding accreditations as a Fellow of the Australian Risk Policy Institute (FARPI), Chartered Generalist OHS Professional (ChOHSP) and Certified Master Anti-Terrorism Specialist (CMAS), his specific areas of expertise relate to health/safety/wellbeing and security risk management and capacity development on a personal, organisational and societal level.
Adopting an evidence based behavioural science approach, Paul actively integrates the principles of organisational psychology and risk management to facilitate sustainable cultural change and capacity development that is supported by, and actively aligned with, wider management and operational frameworks - thereby facilitating health/safety/wellbeing and security risk management as being truly “business as usual”.
Employing this approach, Paul has provided need assessment, management system auditing, research/analysis, and organisational change and capacity development services to a number of organisations, developing bespoke management and training frameworks/programs and solutions, and integrating the same with existing systems – actively incorporating operational needs and statutory requirements with strategic goals and business objectives.
Paul also has extensive experience in project risk governance, workshop facilitation, and the development and provision of specialised capacity development/training packages.
Combining practical experience with theoretical knowledge, Paul maintains an active relationship with academic and research institutions.
Risk 2 Solution | Graduate Certificate in Organisational Resilience, Risk and High Reliability (11056NAT) | Unit 4 schedule
Course Details
Duration:
The course runs for four units, online sessions, followed by independent study time to complete assessments.
Venue:
Online
2025 Dates:
Unit 1 – 7-10 February 2025
Unit 2 – 21-24 March 2025
Unit 3 – 2-5 May 2025
Unit 4 – 13-16 June 2025
Costs:
RMIA Members $8,775.00 (incl GST)
Non-Members: $9,125.00 (incl GST)
CPD Points:
30 points
This qualification will give you the skills and knowledge to manage risk and business disruption in today’s volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous operating environment. Through a unique approach combining elements, tools, and best practice from risk management, leadership, psychology, behavioural economics, and organisational development, graduates will be able to lead teams and organisations to achieve organisational resilience and high reliability.
This nationally accredited program is only offered through the Institute of Presilience® (11056NAT) RTO #4785
About
Presilience® is effectively Risk Intelligence in practice.
It is the mindset and approach that enables you to successfully prevent (where possible), prepare for, respond to, and recover from events, crises, or emergencies – whilst still being able to look for, identify and capitalise on opportunities.
With the world’s current Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous (VUCA) environment, never has the demand on our ability to build not just resilience, but also Presilience®, within a team or organisation been so critical to long-term success.
The course is delivered by the Institute of Presilience® (RTO#4785). Australian Nationally Recognised Skills Certificate including the following units will be issued upon successful completion:
NAT11056001 – Integrate the psychology of risk to decision making
NAT11056002 – Lead teams and influence risk-based decision making
NAT11056003 – Manage disruption, crisis, and opportunity
NAT11056004 – Implement and review organisational high reliability
Course Overview
This qualification reflects the role of individuals who undertake specialist resilience and risk management roles, both internally and externally to an organisation. These roles include cross-industry tasks and responsibilities relating to corporate governance and risk management, business continuity, crisis management, leadership, innovation, and high reliability teams.
Individuals in these roles have autonomy in performing tasks, apply solutions to a range of often complex and ambiguous problems, and research, analyse and evaluate information from a variety of sources. They apply their initiative to plan and respond, to lead teams, to manage change, to coordinate and evaluate courses, to challenge and facilitate risk-based conversations, and to establish and maintain high reliability teams.
About the Trainers
Dr Gav Schneider, Chief Executive Officer, Risk 2 Solution Group, Acknowledged Risk Leader
Dr Gav is the CEO of Risk 2 Solution Group and is an acknowledged subject matter expert on human based risk management and the psychology of risk. He is a highly experienced, security, safety, emergency and risk specialist with decades of experience.
Dr Gav has conducted business in over 17 countries and provided a wide range of services for a very diverse client base, ranging from heads of state to school teachers. He is a leading academic in his field and heads up the Post Graduate Psychology of Risk program at the Australian Catholic University (ACU).
He is also the author of the highly acclaimed ‘Can I See your Hands: A Guide to Situational Awareness, Personal Risk Management, Resilience and Security’ available for purchase, here. Dr Gav has been recognised for his work and was the RMIA Risk Consultant of the Year for 2019 and one of the top twenty global thought leaders in fire and security in the IFSEC Global Security & Fire Influencer Awards.
Education and Training:
Doctor of Criminology
Certificate in Disruptive Strategy (Harvard Business School)
Master of Technology in Security and Risk Management
Graduate Diploma in Management (Learning) & Strategic Leadership
Advanced Diploma in Integrated Risk
Dr Paul Johnson, Behavioural Scientist and Senior Risk Expert, Risk 2 Solution Group
Paul has 25 years of operational and management consulting experience in both the public and private sectors, during which time he has worked with and provided management advisory and capacity development services to a wide range of industry groups throughout Australia and internationally – with this encompassing a number of major government, infrastructure, transport, and oil & gas projects.
Holding accreditations as a Fellow of the Australian Risk Policy Institute (FARPI), Chartered Generalist OHS Professional (ChOHSP) and Certified Master Anti-Terrorism Specialist (CMAS), his specific areas of expertise relate to health/safety/wellbeing and security risk management and capacity development on a personal, organisational and societal level.
Adopting an evidence based behavioural science approach, Paul actively integrates the principles of organisational psychology and risk management to facilitate sustainable cultural change and capacity development that is supported by, and actively aligned with, wider management and operational frameworks - thereby facilitating health/safety/wellbeing and security risk management as being truly “business as usual”.
Employing this approach, Paul has provided need assessment, management system auditing, research/analysis, and organisational change and capacity development services to a number of organisations, developing bespoke management and training frameworks/programs and solutions, and integrating the same with existing systems – actively incorporating operational needs and statutory requirements with strategic goals and business objectives.
Paul also has extensive experience in project risk governance, workshop facilitation, and the development and provision of specialised capacity development/training packages.
Combining practical experience with theoretical knowledge, Paul maintains an active relationship with academic and research institutions.
Stretch Think | Strategic Foresight for Risk Professionals
Course Details
Duration: AEDT (UTC+10:00)
9:00 am - 12:00 pm Friday, 4 September 2025
Venue:
Online
Costs
RMIA Members $544.50 (incl GST)
Non-Members $610.50 (incl GST)
CPD Points: 3
The management of risk is a dynamic and evolving practice. To support this evolution, RMIA has partnered with Associate Professors Ben Brooks and Steve Curnin, to deliver this unique course, ‘Strategic Foresight for Risk Professionals’. This course will provide participants with the insight required to determine if future risk-driven scenario planning is something their organisation should pursue. We call this type of scenario-planning ‘future risk-driven’ because it uses structured processes to explore consequences and the associated opportunities of situations in future time horizons.
Steve and Ben have packed this course with insights from over decade of research and even more practical experience in risk-driven scenario planning. They are master facilitators and experienced educators with years of experience in virtual course delivery. They will provide you with insights about the value and science behind risk-driven scenario planning. Steve and Ben personally produced most of the research that this course uses, so they speak intimately to this, and can provide all the insight you need to successfully identify the benefits for your organisation.
During the course you will develop a plausible future risk-driven scenario with your fellow course participants. The course is fully online over 3-hours and is size-limited to maximize interactions with the teaching team.
So, what is involved in our Strategic Foresight for Risk Professionals course?
Understanding the fundamentals and application of scenario planning.
Learn how scenario planning can be integrated into risk management.
Diagnose the maturity of scenario planning in your organisation.
Identify treatment options to enhance the maturity level.
Apply the Stretch Think Loops technique – a unique scenario planning technique.
You’ll leave with an understanding of why and how to risk-based scenario can be used in your organisation.
About the Trainers
Steve Curnin is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Tasmania where he is also a Director of the Disaster Resilience Research Group.
Prior to commencing a career in academia, Steve worked in emergency and crisis management roles with Australian Government Departments, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Australian State Government Departments, the critical infrastructure sector, and not-for-profit organisations.
Steve continues to combine his academic and practical capabilities on national advisory groups promoting organisational resilience.
Ben Brooks is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Tasmania where he is also a Director of the Disaster Resilience Research Group.
Before joining the university he was a Project Director for Occupational Health and Safety in the Human Factors Group – a part of Centre for Sleep Research at the University of South Australia.
Ben has held professional safety management positions in state government, was a consultant occupational hygienist for a decade and continues to provide consulting services in cultural change through the organisations niwaki.global and SafetyCircle.
When you register for this course you agree to the RMIA passing your registration details onto our Training Partner, ABM Risk Partnership.
BWC | Enterprise Risk Management with Bryan Whitefield
Course Details
Duration: AEDT (UTC+11:00)
SESSION 1 (4 hours)
9:00am - 1:00pm - Thursday, 20 February 2025
SESSION 2 (4 hours)
9:00am - 1:00pm - Friday, 21 February 2025
Venue:
Online
Costs:
RMIA Members $1,875.00 (incl GST)
Non-Members $2,500.00 (incl GST)
CPD Points: 12
Welcome to the Enterprise Risk Management course, RMIA's signature course and a certification pre-requisite presented by our Training Partner, Bryan Whitefield Consulting.
About
All organisations, no matter whether private, government or not-for-profit have one thing in common – they all take risk to achieve their goals.
Unfortunately, too many organisations either don’t have any formal approach to considering the risks they are taking, or they utilise forms of risk management that are below par. That is, they are not in line with the principles and guidelines of better practice as defined in AS ISO 31000.
The purpose of the course is to provide you with the requisite knowledge to design, implement and operate enterprise risk programs for the successful management of organisational risk.
Course Overview
Introducing AS ISO 31000:2018
The course is aligned to the international standard on risk.
The standard is a guideline for any organisation that can be adapted to suit the needs of the organisation.
It provides principles, framework and process for managing organisational risk.
Learning Objectives
Understand the principles that underlie an efficient and effective approach to the management of organisational risk and the value it brings to the organisation.
Understand the core elements and benefits of a framework for integrating risk management into the governance and operations of an organisation.
Understanding of the risk management process and how to apply it to organisations of differing size and complexity.
Format of the Course
Please note that this course is now being delivered online. Attendees will receive a zoom invitation to participate in the 'face-to-face' aspect of the course online after registering. We can assure you that despite being online, we provide a high quality experience presented by Bryan Whitefield, a leader in the risk industry and a certified virtual presenter. To view testimonials on the success of Bryan's online RMIA tutorials here.
One Day Online Self-Paced Learning - Develop a technical understanding of ISO 31000
Two Half Day Online Learning Workshops facilitated by Bryan Whitefield
Clarify and embed technical understanding of ISO 31000
Tips and tricks on enterprise risk management including on:
Assessing the quality of an organisation’s approach to risk
What makes a good risk assessment
The key to communicating and consulting on risk
About the Trainer
Bryan Whitefield is a management consultant operating since 2001, specialising in risk-based decision making and influencing decision makers, born from his more than twenty years of facilitating executive and board workshops. Bryan’s experience as a risk practitioner includes the design and implementation of risk management programs for more than 150 organisations across the public, private and not-for- profit sectors. Bryan is the author of DECIDE: How to Manage the Risk in Your Decision Making, Persuasive Advising: How to Turn Red Tape into Blue Ribbon and Risky Business: How Successful Organisations Embrace Uncertainty (#1 Amazon Best Seller). Bryan was President and Chair of the RMIA from 2013 – 2015, is licenced as a Certified Chief Risk Officer (CCRO) and is the designer and facilitator of the RMIA’s flagship Enterprise Risk Course since 2019.
For more information on Bryan you can email him at bryan@bryanwhitefield.com or visit his website www.bryanwhitefield.com
Group Bookings: For Group Bookings, please contact us via email on pdp@rmia.org.au or by phone on 02 9095 2500.
RMIA Accreditation Pathway: Upon completion of the RMIA's Enterprise Risk Management course, participants will be eligible to sit the exam to become a Certified Practising Risk Associate (CPRA®) or the Certified Practising Risk Manager (CPRM®) accreditation. To apply for Certification click here.
When you register for this course you agree to the RMIA passing your registration details onto our Training Partner, Bryan Whitefield Consulting.
A Year in the Life: with Martene Archer | RMIA Risk Award Winner | Public Sector Risk Leader
Event Details
Time: 12:15 pm - 12:45 pm AEDT (UTC+11:00)
Date: 19 February 2025
Venue: Online
Registration Fee: FREE
About Event
Join RMIA's CEO Simon Levy, for an engaging conversation with last year’s RMIA's Public Sector Risk Leader of the Year Award winner, Martene Archer, as she reflects on her journey over the past 12 months. This interactive webinar will explore how winning the award has shaped her career, elevated her professional profile, and influenced her contributions to the risk management field.
Discover the story behind Martene's award-winning submission, the challenges she overcame, and lessons learned along the way. Gain practical tips on how to craft a standout submission and hear advice for future nominees aiming to showcase excellence in risk management.
Whether you’re aspiring to be an RMIA Risk Award winner, curious about the impact of this prestigious recognition, or simply looking for inspiration from a leader in the field, this is a conversation you won’t want to miss.
Guest Speakers
Martene Archer
Executive Manager - Integrity & Risk
Lake Macquarie City Council
Key Topics:
The professional and personal impact of being an RMIA Risk Award winner
Insights into their award-winning project or initiative
Tips for crafting a strong submission for the RMIA Risk Awards
Advice for aspiring nominees and future award winners
ABM Risk Partnership | Mastering Project Risk
Course Details
Duration: AEDT (UTC+11:00)
SESSION 1 (4 hours)
1:00pm - 5:00pm Monday, 17 February 2025
SESSION 2 (4 hours)
1:00pm - 5:00pm Tuesday, 18 February 2025
Costs:
RMIA Members $990.00 (incl GST)
Non-Members $1,320.00 (incl GST)
CPD Points: 8
For many organisations, project management fails to effectively align to their risk management framework. The statistics speak for themselves with >15% of large-scale IT projects failing, and approximately 50% of others facing significant challenges that compromise objectives, clearly highlighting the substantial risks associated with inadequate project risk management practices.
These two half day workshops will:
Guide you through the fundamental concepts of project risk management, how it supports all stages of the project from concept through to delivery and Business as Usual
Help develop your understanding of the importance of alignment of project methodology with risk management strategies
Demonstrate how aligning project management and risk practices through actionable strategies that mitigate risks can enhance project outcomes
These workshops have broad application to multiple types of projects and is designed to bring a foundational understanding of project risk to non-risk professionals, and project management to risk professionals. The course will appeal to those involved in project development and delivery, as a project manager, a risk professional, or for those with the need to have a greater understanding of how to align both to increase the likelihood of project success - on time, on budget, in accordance with scope and design.
Format of the Course
Online run over two half-days. An interactive workshop with ample time to participate, share and network.
About the Trainer
Brett Palmer
Founding Partner, ABM Risk Partnership
When you register for this course you agree to the RMIA passing your registration details onto our Training Partner, ABM Risk Partnership.
RMIA WA Chapter | Understanding Geopolitical Risks for WA in 2025
Event Details
Date: Thursday, 13th February 2025
Time: 8:00 am to 9:30 am
Venue:
Central Park Theatre,
152-158 St George Terrace,
Perth WA
Registration & Cost:
Free for Members
$10 Non-members
CPD Points: 2
The WA State Chapter is delighted to invite you to an insightful morning event on the topic Understanding Geopolitical Risks for WA in 2025. This is a fantastic opportunity to explore critical trends shaping our region and connect with like-minded professionals.
About Event
There can no longer be any doubt that we are living through a period of increasing geopolitical volatility. What the World Economic Forum describes as a ‘polycrisis’ is creating real risks for organisations if they are not facing into this changing reality. The disruptions are also generating opportunities for those organisations which are on the front foot.
Western Australia is right in the thick of these rapidly evolving geopolitical risks and opportunities. Countries are realising that maintaining access to the metals and minerals needed for advanced tech and the energy transition – many of which are produced in WA – is a matter of national security. But that doesn’t mean that these commodities provide certain profitability for resources companies. In fact, as they scramble to shore up supply, some governments have spurred over-investment that has contributed to low global prices.
These dynamic geopolitical forces are complex, but with the right systems and processes in place, leaders can better understand and navigate geopolitics and optimise opportunities. Building in knowledge of the broader geopolitical trends will help companies to assess and manage over-the-horizon risks.
Leading companies are facing these challenges head on, not just hoping the world will go back to ‘normal’ soon – because it won’t. Jon Berry (Associate Director of KPMG’s Australia Geopolitics Hub) will be joining us to unpack these issues, and to discuss how they could impact Western Australia in the years ahead.
About the Speaker
Jon Berry
Associate Director, Australia Geopolitics Hub
Jon Berry is Associate Director of the Australia Geopolitics Hub at KPMG. He provides analysis and advice for businesses seeking to understand how geopolitical risks and opportunities impact their operations and ambitions.
Jon is an experienced international trade, investment and geopolitical analyst. He has had a varied 20-year career including roles in Australia, China, Japan, France, Italy, Africa, Switzerland and India. Jon worked for ten years as a Melbourne-based consultant, advising most of Australia’s largest export industries, and representing their interests in Canberra and at international cooperation fora.
From 2008 to 2010, Jon worked within the UN system, as an emergency logistics officer for the World Food Programme. This role involved frequent missions to Africa and the Middle East where he saw firsthand both the challenges and opportunities represented by international trade, and the geopolitical forces that shape and influence the decisions of governments. This experience helps Jon understand and anticipate the varied ways that governments respond to major global events and trends.
Jon has an MBA focusing on international and intergovernmental relations from the University of Geneva, as well as a Master of Public Policy from Melbourne University with a focus on trade policy and international relations. Jon has published or contributed to numerous research papers for organisations including the Australian APEC Study Centre, the APEC Policy Support Unit, Canada’s Fraser Institute and Asialink. He is regularly interviewed by national and international media on issues of trade policy.
Registration will close on Monday, 10 February 2025.
Risk 2 Solution | Graduate Certificate in Organisational Resilience, Risk and High Reliability (11056NAT) | Unit 1 schedule
Course Details
Duration:
The course runs for four units, online sessions, followed by independent study time to complete assessments.
Venue:
Online
2025 Dates:
Unit 1 – 7-10 February 2025
Unit 2 – 21-24 March 2025
Unit 3 – 2-5 May 2025
Unit 4 – 13-16 June 2025
Costs:
RMIA Members $8,775.00 (incl GST)
Non-Members: $9,125.00 (incl GST)
CPD Points:
30 points
This qualification will give you the skills and knowledge to manage risk and business disruption in today’s volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous operating environment. Through a unique approach combining elements, tools, and best practice from risk management, leadership, psychology, behavioural economics, and organisational development, graduates will be able to lead teams and organisations to achieve organisational resilience and high reliability.
This nationally accredited program is only offered through the Institute of Presilience® (11056NAT) RTO #4785
About
Presilience® is effectively Risk Intelligence in practice.
It is the mindset and approach that enables you to successfully prevent (where possible), prepare for, respond to, and recover from events, crises, or emergencies – whilst still being able to look for, identify and capitalise on opportunities.
With the world’s current Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous (VUCA) environment, never has the demand on our ability to build not just resilience, but also Presilience®, within a team or organisation been so critical to long-term success.
The course is delivered by the Institute of Presilience® (RTO#4785). Australian Nationally Recognised Skills Certificate including the following units will be issued upon successful completion:
NAT11056001 – Integrate the psychology of risk to decision making
NAT11056002 – Lead teams and influence risk-based decision making
NAT11056003 – Manage disruption, crisis, and opportunity
NAT11056004 – Implement and review organisational high reliability
Course Overview
This qualification reflects the role of individuals who undertake specialist resilience and risk management roles, both internally and externally to an organisation. These roles include cross-industry tasks and responsibilities relating to corporate governance and risk management, business continuity, crisis management, leadership, innovation, and high reliability teams.
Individuals in these roles have autonomy in performing tasks, apply solutions to a range of often complex and ambiguous problems, and research, analyse and evaluate information from a variety of sources. They apply their initiative to plan and respond, to lead teams, to manage change, to coordinate and evaluate courses, to challenge and facilitate risk-based conversations, and to establish and maintain high reliability teams.
About the Trainers
Dr Gav Schneider, Chief Executive Officer, Risk 2 Solution Group, Acknowledged Risk Leader
Dr Gav is the CEO of Risk 2 Solution Group and is an acknowledged subject matter expert on human based risk management and the psychology of risk. He is a highly experienced, security, safety, emergency and risk specialist with decades of experience.
Dr Gav has conducted business in over 17 countries and provided a wide range of services for a very diverse client base, ranging from heads of state to school teachers. He is a leading academic in his field and heads up the Post Graduate Psychology of Risk program at the Australian Catholic University (ACU).
He is also the author of the highly acclaimed ‘Can I See your Hands: A Guide to Situational Awareness, Personal Risk Management, Resilience and Security’ available for purchase, here. Dr Gav has been recognised for his work and was the RMIA Risk Consultant of the Year for 2019 and one of the top twenty global thought leaders in fire and security in the IFSEC Global Security & Fire Influencer Awards.
Education and Training:
Doctor of Criminology
Certificate in Disruptive Strategy (Harvard Business School)
Master of Technology in Security and Risk Management
Graduate Diploma in Management (Learning) & Strategic Leadership
Advanced Diploma in Integrated Risk
Dr Paul Johnson, Behavioural Scientist and Senior Risk Expert, Risk 2 Solution Group
Paul has 25 years of operational and management consulting experience in both the public and private sectors, during which time he has worked with and provided management advisory and capacity development services to a wide range of industry groups throughout Australia and internationally – with this encompassing a number of major government, infrastructure, transport, and oil & gas projects.
Holding accreditations as a Fellow of the Australian Risk Policy Institute (FARPI), Chartered Generalist OHS Professional (ChOHSP) and Certified Master Anti-Terrorism Specialist (CMAS), his specific areas of expertise relate to health/safety/wellbeing and security risk management and capacity development on a personal, organisational and societal level.
Adopting an evidence based behavioural science approach, Paul actively integrates the principles of organisational psychology and risk management to facilitate sustainable cultural change and capacity development that is supported by, and actively aligned with, wider management and operational frameworks - thereby facilitating health/safety/wellbeing and security risk management as being truly “business as usual”.
Employing this approach, Paul has provided need assessment, management system auditing, research/analysis, and organisational change and capacity development services to a number of organisations, developing bespoke management and training frameworks/programs and solutions, and integrating the same with existing systems – actively incorporating operational needs and statutory requirements with strategic goals and business objectives.
Paul also has extensive experience in project risk governance, workshop facilitation, and the development and provision of specialised capacity development/training packages.
Combining practical experience with theoretical knowledge, Paul maintains an active relationship with academic and research institutions.
A Year in the Life: with Mikelis Jaunalksnis | RMIA Risk Award Winner | Most Outstanding Organisational Resilience Response
Course Details
Time: 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm AEDT (UTC+11:00)
Date: 6 February 2025
Venue: Online
Registration Fee: FREE
About Event
Join RMIA's CEO Simon Levy, for an engaging conversation with last year’s RMIA's Most Outstanding Organisational Resilience Response Award Winner as they reflect on their journey over the past 12 months. This interactive webinar will explore how winning the award has shaped their career, elevated their professional profile, and influenced their contributions to the risk management field.
Discover the story behind their award-winning submission, the challenges they overcame, and the lessons learned along the way. Gain practical tips on how to craft a standout submission and hear their advice for future nominees aiming to showcase excellence in risk management.
Whether you’re aspiring to be an RMIA Risk Award winner, curious about the impact of this prestigious recognition, or simply looking for inspiration from a leader in the field, this is a conversation you won’t want to miss.
Guest Speakers
Mikelis Jaunalksnis
Business Continuity & Resilience Lead
Lake Macquarie City Council
Key Topics:
The professional and personal impact of being an RMIA Risk Award winner
Insights into their award-winning project or initiative
Tips for crafting a strong submission for the RMIA Risk Awards
Advice for aspiring nominees and future award winners
BWC | Mastering Risk Workshop Facilitation
Come experience this immersive workshop, presented by our Training Partner - Bryan Whitefield Consulting, that will provide you with the confidence to tackle the online environment while building your skill set for the future.
Modified for online facilitation using a range of collaboration tools that will make sure your workshops are engaging and effective.
About:
This course is for risk professionals seeking mastery in risk workshop facilitation. To move beyond mechanical processes for collecting a list of risks. You will be given a process for preparing for engaging workshops, shown techniques for facilitating effective conversations and be introduced to a range of tools to provide insights to the business so they can make better sense of their world.. As a result, you will be more valued, more trusted, and will be invited to provide your advice before decisions are made.
Course overview:
Two half-day online interactive workshops with ample time to participate and practice your facilitation skills.
One: Preparation
Objectives – Context and scope
Team – Politics, culture and capability
Facility – Optimising and working with constraints
Analysis – Tools and techniques to provide insights
Two: Facilitation
Framing – Introducing, confirming and clarifying
Conversations – Initiating, guiding and ending
Tipping points – Navigating dominance, bias and silence
Collation – Priorities, breadth and depth
Three: Post-mortem
Objectives check – Alignment with values and goals
Reality check – Fact check, resource check, pub-test check
Learning objectives
1. How to prepare for a workshop to maximise the value delivered to participants.
2. Understand the key to an engaging workshop no matter the participants, the location or the time available.
3. Learn how to deliver strong insights to decision makers before, during and after the workshop.
4. Experience the value of key tools and techniques for managing politics, bias and difficult people.
Format of the course
Online run over two half-days. An interactive workshop with ample time to participate, share and network.
About the trainer:
Bryan Whitefield is a management consultant operating since 2001, specialising in risk-based decision making and influencing decision makers, born from his more than twenty years of facilitating executive and board workshops. Bryan’s experience as a risk practitioner includes the design and implementation of risk management programs for more than 150 organisations across the public, private and not-for- profit sectors. Bryan is the author of DECIDE: How to Manage the Risk in Your Decision Making, Persuasive Advising: How to Turn Red Tape into Blue Ribbon and Risky Business: How Successful Organisations Embrace Uncertainty (#1 Amazon Best Seller). Bryan was President and Chair of the RMIA from 2013 – 2015, is licenced as a Certified Chief Risk Officer (CCRO) and is the designer and facilitator of the RMIA’s flagship Enterprise Risk Course since 2019.
For more information on Bryan, you can email him at bryan@bryanwhitefield.com or visit his website www.bryanwhitefield.com
Course details:
Duration
Session 1 (4 hours)
1:00pm - 5:00pm Monday, 09 December 2024
Session 2 (4 hours)
1:00pm - 5:00pm Thursday, 12 December 2024
AEDT UTC+11:00
Costs
RMIA members $1,440.00 (incl. GST)
Non-members $1,725.00 (incl. GST)
When you register for this course, you agree to the RMIA passing your registration details onto our Training Partner, Bryan Whitefield Consulting.
BWC | Enterprise Risk Management with Lauren Jones
Welcome to the Enterprise Risk Management course, RMIA's signature course and a certification pre-requisite presented by our Training Partner, Bryan Whitefield Consulting.
About
All organisations, no matter whether private, government or not-for-profit have one thing in common – they all take risk to achieve their goals.
Unfortunately, too many organisations either don’t have any formal approach to considering the risks they are taking, or they utilise forms of risk management that are below par. That is, they are not in line with the principles and guidelines of better practice as defined in AS ISO 31000.
The purpose of the course is to provide you with the requisite knowledge to design, implement and operate enterprise risk programs for the successful management of organisational risk.
Course Overview
Introducing AS ISO 31000:2018
The course is aligned to the international standard on risk.
The standard is a guideline for any organisation that can be adapted to suit the needs of the organisation.
It provides principles, framework and process for managing organisational risk.
Learning Objectives
Understand the principles that underlie an efficient and effective approach to the management of organisational risk and the value it brings to the organisation.
Understand the core elements and benefits of a framework for integrating risk management into the governance and operations of an organisation.
Understanding of the risk management process and how to apply it to organisations of differing size and complexity.
Format of the Course
Please note that this course is now being delivered online. Attendees will receive a zoom invitation to participate in the 'face-to-face' aspect of the course online after registering. We can assure you that despite being online, we provide a high quality experience presented by Bryan Whitefield, a leader in the risk industry and a certified virtual presenter. To view testimonials on the success of Bryan's online RMIA tutorials here.
One Day Online Self-Paced Learning - Develop a technical understanding of ISO 31000
Two Half Day Online Learning Workshops facilitated by Lauren Jones
Clarify and embed technical understanding of ISO 31000
Tips and tricks on enterprise risk management including on:
Assessing the quality of an organisation’s approach to risk
What makes a good risk assessment
The key to communicating and consulting on risk
About the Trainers
Bryan Whitefield is a management consultant operating since 2001, specialising in risk-based decision making and influencing decision makers, born from his more than twenty years of facilitating executive and board workshops. Bryan’s experience as a risk practitioner includes the design and implementation of risk management programs for more than 150 organisations across the public, private and not-for- profit sectors. Bryan is the author of DECIDE: How to Manage the Risk in Your Decision Making, Persuasive Advising: How to Turn Red Tape into Blue Ribbon and Risky Business: How Successful Organisations Embrace Uncertainty (#1 Amazon Best Seller). Bryan was President and Chair of the RMIA from 2013 – 2015, is licenced as a Certified Chief Risk Officer (CCRO) and is the designer and facilitator of the RMIA’s flagship Enterprise Risk Course since 2019.
For more information on Bryan you can email him at bryan@bryanwhitefield.com or visit his website www.bryanwhitefield.com
Lauren Jones is a facilitator, trainer and expert in helping leaders build sustainable businesses, with over 30 years of experience working with C level executives, business owners and leaders. Her experience specialising in strategic facilitation, skills development, systems implementation and continual improvement for organisations has increased clarity and focus on outcomes, built efficiency and increased profitability with her clients.
Over the past decade Lauren has facilitated numerous risk workshops and has designed and implemented risk management programs for a multitude of organisations across diverse industries such as construction, infrastructure and manufacturing.
Lauren has authored a recently released book: 10% BETTER: Taking Organisations from Ordinary to Excellent written for leaders who want to build resilience for their organisations to sustain change and challenge, and be a legacy into the future. For more information on Lauren you can email her on lauren@laurenjones.com.au or visit her website www.laurenjones.com.au
Course Details
Duration
SESSION 1 (4 hours)
09:00am - 1:00pm - Thursday 5 December 2024
SESSION 2 (4 hours)
09:00am - 1:00pm - Friday 6 December 2024
AEDT (UTC+11:00)
Costs
RMIA Members $1,875.00 (incl GST)
Non-Members $2,500.00 (incl GST)
When you register for this course you agree to the RMIA passing your registration details onto our Training Partner, Bryan Whitefield Consulting.
Group Bookings: For Group Bookings, please contact us via email on pdp@rmia.org.au or by phone on 02 9095 2500.
RMIA Accreditation Pathway: Upon completion of the RMIA's Enterprise Risk Management course, participants will be eligible to sit the exam to become a Certified Practising Risk Associate (CPRA®) or the Certified Practising Risk Manager (CPRM®) accreditation. To apply for Certification click here.
Swiss Re | Webinar | Understanding the Emerging Risks – Swiss Re Sonar Report
About Event
Emerging Risks are a key topic for risk managers worldwide to do their strategic resource allocation for risk mitigation.
In this webinar we look at the business case for emerging risk management, how to find, analyze and prioritize them.
Finally, we see what mitigation based on the results could look like.
Guest Speaker:
Bernd Wilke
Senior Risk Manager, Swiss Re
Bernd Wilke is Senior Emerging Risk Manager at Swiss Re looking at the risks in the future for the insurance industry and beyond.
He is an expert on environmental issues, the human factor and sustainability and is currently one in a team of four looking at the top sustainability risks in Swiss Re. He worked for over twelve years as a Risk Engineer and afterwards five years as a Top Topic Manager for Swiss Re in communications.
In these functions he developed risk assessment methodologies for different industries, including the oil and chemical sectors, assisted in the environmental liability area of emerging risk, was part of the team that developed forward looking modeling in casualty and provided support to the company's claims units. In addition he worked extensively on sustainability issues worldwide. After taking some time off to travel in South America he rejoined Swiss Re as Top Topic Manager combining his experience with science journalism and risk communication.
Wilson Huynh
Chief Risk Officer APAC
Wilson Huynh is the Asia Pacific CRO for Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, responsible for providing oversight on all risk-taking activities in the region. Wilson has worked over thirteen years at Swiss Re Corporate Solutions in various leadership positions across weather and energy solutions, P&C sales and distribution, international program business and risk management in New York, Singapore and Sydney. Prior to Swiss Re, he worked for Marsh in various roles including client management (middle market and risk management), creation of / led the ANZ region’s P&C actuarial consulting unit and Alternative Risk Solutions. Wilson is an Australian national and has a Bachelor degree in Economics, as well as a Masters diploma in Insurance and Risk Management.
Event Details
Registration fee: Free
Time: 10:30 - 11:30 am AEDT
Date: 28 November 2024
Delivery method: Teams (a link will be sent to registered participants)
CPD hours: 1
RMIA NSW Chapter | Christmas Party
Join us for an evening of celebration, camaraderie, and festive cheer at Bungalow 8 Terrace, King Street Wharf, Sydney.
Reserve your seat now!
Event Details:
Date: Wednesday 27 November 2024
Time: 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Venue: Bungalow 8 Terrace Section, King Street Wharf, Sydney NSW
Price: $50 per person
RMIA VIC Chapter | Risk Odyssey: Leading the Way
About Event
Join the RMIA VIC Chapter for the highly anticipated Risk Odyssey event, themed "Leading the Way", where industry leaders and risk professionals come together to explore the future of risk management. This year’s event will tackle the most pressing challenges and opportunities shaping the risk landscape, with insightful discussions on emerging trends, risk education, AI, and business resilience.
Key Topics:
Climate Risk, Emerging Trends, Gaps & Opportunities: Delve into the latest developments in the risk management field in the context of climate risk management.
Risk Education: Discover how risk education is evolving to meet the needs of professionals and organisations, equipping them to navigate complex environments.
AI Risk & Compliance: Explore the necessities to successfully adopt artificial intelligence whilst managing trust in GenAI. Equip yourself with the insights and tools necessary to understand and navigate GenAI risks effectively.
Business Resilience: Learn strategies to uplift your organisation's resilience, prepare for disruptions, and support long term sustainability.
This event will offer a unique opportunity for attendees to network with peers, gain actionable insights, and stay ahead of industry changes. Don't miss this chance to lead the way in risk management!
Guest Speakers
Jen Hookey
Partner, PwC Australia
Jen is the leader of PwC Australia’s Assurance AI offerings and spearheads the firm's AI literacy and upskilling initiatives. In her Assurance role, she oversees the integration of AI across External Audit, Internal Audit, and Risk teams, providing expert guidance on the governance and ethical use of AI within the firm. She also supports numerous clients in navigating AI governance and implementation.
With nearly 25 years of experience in risk, forensics, and digital transformation, Jen is passionate about blending business and risk insights through the use of artificial intelligence, automation, and digital strategies to benefit both her teams and clients.
In her work with digitally enabled risk functions, Jen assists risk teams in modernizing their operations. She helps them implement AI, analytics, automation, and data visualization to derive risk-based, data-driven insights, ultimately designing and executing digitally-enabled risk programs that include continuous monitoring.
David Ma
Director - AI Assurance, PwC Australia
David is a specialist in technology risk governance, bringing over 15 years of experience in managing risks associated with emerging technologies. He has worked with some of PwC’s most prominent clients, guiding them through the adoption of new technologies in a responsible and secure way.
As one of PwC’s global leaders in emerging technology risk, David has played a key role in shaping the firm’s internal strategies, methodologies, and thought leadership on artificial intelligence and cryptocurrencies. His expertise helps clients manage the complexities of these advanced technologies while maintaining solid risk management practices.
Abhi Ganugapati
Director, Adaptus
Abhi is a Director at Adaptus, a sustainability and resilience advisory firm that partners with leaders in business and society to improve ESG performance, navigate the energy transition, and increase resilience to climate change. Recently awarded the RMIA Risk Consultant of the Year, Abhi leads Adaptus' consulting practice in Victoria, bringing extensive experience in strategy, risk management, and sustainability across multinational corporations and government departments.
Abhi's expertise focuses on helping organisations understand and respond to strategic risks, to build resilience and capitalise on opportunities. He has worked closely with senior executives and board members across various industries, providing strategic guidance and implementing robust risk management frameworks.
Recently, Abhi developed a risk-based decision framework to enhance flood resilience for critical state infrastructure. He also led risk assurance services for Victoria's largest tunnelling project, showcasing his expertise in applying risk management principles to complex, high-stakes environments.
With a master's degree in engineering management, a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering, and a graduate certificate in risk management, Abhi combines technical knowledge with strategic insight to deliver value to his clients. His ability to engage effectively with C-suite leaders and translate complex risk concepts into actionable strategies has made him a trusted advisor at the intersection of risk management and sustainability.
Simon Abel
Senior Risk and Compliance Manager, MYOB
With over a decade of experience in the tech industry, Simon specialises in product/operational risk management at an enterprise level, governing a seamless risk framework that integrates effectively across programs, projects, Lines of Business and into the broader business risk landscape. Simon has a proven track record of facilitating risk workshops within agile tech environments, ensuring that risk management processes are both robust and adaptable to the fast-paced nature of the industry. His comprehensive approach to risk management has consistently helped organizations mitigate potential threats while maximizing opportunities for growth and innovation.
Belinda Olejniczak
Group Head of Risk and Resilience, OneFortyOne
Belinda brings over 20 years of both global and local expertise in delivering impactful and innovative solutions in Governance, Enterprise Risk Management, Business Resilience and Process Improvement. She thrives on challenging conventional risk management norms, advocating for a dynamic approach where Risk Management not only aligns with business strategies, but also comprehends the broader economic and competitive landscape. She views risk management as a catalyst for innovation, cultural change, and business improvement.
Throughout her career, she has held senior positions at prominent organisations including OneFortyOne, MYOB, Deakin, University, Slater & Gordon Lawyers, Worley, Shell & Ernst & Young.
Belinda lives and breathes the management and transformation of risk in complex and challenging business environments. She has served as a Director of the Risk Management Institute of Australia and as the Audit Chair of the Wodonga City Council. Currently, she is the Governance Board Director of Endometriosis Australia.
Sharon Wilkes
Senior Manager - Enterprise Risk, Transport Accident Commission (TAC)
Sharon is the Senior Manager, Enterprise Risk at the Transport Accident Commission. With 10+ years’ experience in the corporate financial sector and over 13 years’ dedicated tenure at TAC, including Governance and Finance, Strategy and Innovation and Enterprise Risk, Sharon has extensive knowledge of finance, risk management and governance and compliance practices.
Sharon’s passion for governance and integrity began in public accounting where she honed her skills in specialist taxation and estate planning. Transitioning to a role in state government provided an opportunity to broaden her skills in auditing, compliance and regulatory frameworks. Enjoying an opportunity as a Risk Champion sparked her interest in risk management and Sharon enjoys the broad stakeholder engagement and dynamic environment of the risk landscape.
Sharon holds a Bachelor Degree in Business/Arts (Japanese) from Swinburne University and an Advanced Diploma of Risk Management. Sharon is also a Certified Practising Accountant (CPA) and a Certified Practising Risk Manager (CPRM).
Sharon is an avid golfer, supporting her local club on the Audit & Risk Committee. She also enjoys travelling, reading and flying (small aircraft). She enjoys new opportunities and as a wife and mother, understands the delicate balance between work and family and is a keen supporter and mentor of women looking to advance their professional career whilst understanding the challenges this entails.
Oliver Webb
Senior Risk and Resilience Advisor, Save the Children Australia
As a change agent, he is committed to advancing effective risk management and resilience practices that enhance and preserve organizational value. He advocates for these practices to help organizations achieve strategic goals and recover from crises. His extensive experience spans government, not-for-profit, consulting, and professional services sectors, where he has demonstrated success in leading organizational change and improving risk management maturity.
With expertise across all three lines of defense, he has developed risk and resilience culture in the second line, managed functions in the first line, and provided independent assurance in the third line. His contributions were recognized by the Risk Management Institute of Australasia, where he was a finalist for the 2019 Risk Manager of the Year award.
As a certified Business Continuity Management practitioner, he has led comprehensive capability enhancements in BCM, aligning policies and practices with ISO standards and BCI Good Practice Guidelines. His consulting work includes reviewing BCM frameworks for various organizations and recommending improvements.
RMIA VIC Chapter Committee
Rachelle Tippett
Manager Governance and Risk at VCAT
RMIA Victoria Chapter Committee President
Rachelle is an accomplished risk management specialist with extensive experience in the public sector, currently employed as the Risk and Regulatory Compliance Manager with the Victorian Institute of Teaching. With a deep understanding of risk frameworks and governance, she is dedicated to enhancing organisational resilience and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. Rachelle successfully leads various risk assessment initiatives that support strategic decision-making. Her collaborative approach fosters effective communication across departments, promoting a culture of transparency and accountability.
In addition to her role at VIT, Rachelle is an independent member on various State and Local Government Audit and Risk Committees. She actively engages in continuous professional development, staying abreast of emerging trends in risk management to drive best practices.
Leah Tran
Head of Risk, Group Technology and International at PEXA
RMIA Victoria Chapter Committee Member
Leah Tran is an innovative and engaging risk and compliance professional leading the Technology and Delivery Risk team, including for International jurisdictions at PEXA. Leah has over 15 years of risk and compliance experience within banking and financial services across both the private and public sectors. She has a passion for risk management and optimisation and believes great risk management offers organisations increased opportunities for high performance and growth.
By day she helps organisations optimise their operational performance and helping to uplift their risk and controls environment, including through innovative tools to automate risk management activities. By night she works on optimising her own performance through various forms of personal development, and calls herself a forever learner.
Jeri Thomas
Head of Enterprise Risk and Resilience at ASIC
RMIA Victoria Chapter Committee Member
Jeri describes himself as a risk professional who believes that sound risk management is an enabler to the business meeting its objectives through stimulating the right behaviours and culture.
As a Certified Practising Risk Manager, and with extensive senior leadership in financial services over 20 years, Jeri has strong hands-on experience in protecting and partnering in various organisations to help them realise and manage risk and risk events in a practical manner. As a specialist in risk engagement and assessment, Jeri provides a strong strategic and stakeholder-oriented view to ensure that the strategic delivery of objectives is achieved. Jeri is involved in the alumni mentoring program at Monash University and the RMIA and sits on the Victorian Chapter committee of the RMIA as a strong supporter of fostering professional relationships and championing the industry.
Joseph Tran
Head of Risk & Compliance at CBUS Property
RMIA Victoria Chapter Committee Member
Joseph is a passionate and pragmatic risk professional with broad experience in technology, property development/investment and financial services businesses. Joseph is a subject matter expert in governance, enterprise risk management and compliance having successfully partnered with diverse organisations over the past 16+ years to transform risk capability and culture, enhance operating models and improve business practices.
Leonora Roccisano-Wilson
Director, Risk Partnering at futurefund
RMIA Victoria Chapter Committee Member
Leonora Roccisano-Wilson is a Director in the Enterprise Risk team at the Future Fund where she supports management of risk across various functions including Technology. Leonora’s practice is also heavily focussed on Operational Resilience. Prior to her time at the Future Fund, Leonora has led global and regional risk management initiatives and functions from Singapore and Hong Kong for large financial institutions. Leonora commenced her career as a commercial litigator with experience in Australia and Singapore.
Amadini Perera
Risk and Assurance Manager, Beyond Blue
RMIA Victoria Chapter Committee Member
Amadini is an experienced governance, risk management and compliance (GRC) professional, focused on finding the sweet spot in risk, governance, opportunities and reward that enables organisations to flourish and continuously improve their GRC profile. Backed by 20 years of experience in risk management, compliance, governance, internal audit and financial analysis, Amadini delivers proactive and dynamic risk and opportunity management through fit-for-purpose frameworks, defined risk appetites and support them with skills development and training.
Amadini proven history of developing, leading and embedding risk management frameworks, implementing system solutions by maturing the control environment through sustainable organisational engagement and cultural change. Prior to undertaking current role to establish risk management function at Beyond Blue and maturing it to sustainable system, Amadini was with Toll Group, Australia and EY Sri Lanka and Maldives. In her spare time Amadini loves taking the opportunity to volunteer with various organisations including Rotary Club, Beyond Blue, Park Victoria and other community groups.
Event Details
Date: Tuesday, 26th November 2024
Venue: PwC, 2 Riverside Quay, Southbank, Level 21 (Tanderrum 1 & 2)
Registration & Cost:
Members: $50
Non-Members: $150
CPD Hours: 6
RMIA ACT Chapter | Risk Odyssey: Elevate and Evolve Your Practice
About the Event
The RMIA ACT Risk Odyssey is the premier event designed for CEOs, GMs and established or aspiring risk leaders and innovators. This is your opportunity to address complex challenges in today’s fast moving, innovative environment and the latest methods shaping leadership and risk management.
Hear from respected business leaders & risk management thought leaders. Be inspired and empowered by industry-leading knowledge and skills to help you tackle the challenges of the current state of business in 2024 and to prepare for the future of risk management.
The event will conclude with end-of-year networking drinks.
Who will benefit from attending?
Suitable for all sectors including listed/non-listed businesses, SMEs, government, and not-for-profits, this is a not to be missed event for:
CEOs
Directors
Risk managers
Business advisers
Anyone else with governance or risk management responsibilities
Learn about strategies to capitalise on the benefit of value proposition through managing risk:
Stay abreast of the latest industry insights into Strategy, Risk, Resilience and Achieving Objectives
Share practical tools to manage risk effectively to protect business and strengthen resilience
Hear from business leaders as they share practical case studies demonstrating their stories.
Guest Speakers
Chris Puschak, Partner
Anchoram Consulting
Chris has worked in the risk management, internal audit, compliance, fraud and governance space for over 25 years, holding senior roles at Medibank Private and Airservices Australia before taking leadership roles within professional firms. He is currently a Partner with Anchoram Consulting, leading the Internal Audit and Enterprise Risk practice.
Providing assurance, strategic direction and insight to senior executives, Chris has private industry, Commonwealth, State and Local government administration, procurement and project management activities for infrastructure and ICT systems.
Chris is a member of the Finance, Audit and Risk Committee of the Australian Lutheran College, and a former member of the Audit and Risk Committee of Scouts ACT. A presenter and trainer at conferences, Chris has delivered training, risk and audit activities in the Middle East, North America, Asia-Pacific and Australian markets.
Watch this space for upcoming details on other speakers and their topics!
Facilitator/Moderator
Robert Rochery
ACT Chapter Vice President
Event Details
Date: Monday, 25 November 2024
Time: 9:30am – 4:00pm
Venue: Nara Centre (Level 2), London Circuit, Canberra.
Price:
Members: Free
Non-Members: $50 (GST incl)
ServiceNow | Webinar | Connecting Risk Across the Enterprise
About the Event
Agile and effective risk management should span strategy, people, processes, and technology - fostering a risk-aware culture where everyone collaborates and plays their part.
Join our Risk experts as they share valuable insights into how risk management forms the foundational layer of trust within an organisation and with technology partners. Listen as we explore our own ServiceNow journey, how we manage enterprise risk with our Al powered platform, embedding risk-informed decisions into daily work.
About the Speaker
David Bell
Senior Manager, Risk Solution Consulting, ServiceNow
David is a seasoned Cyber Security practitioner with over 20 years of experience helping customers drive and improve their risk posture through proactive mitigation strategies. He has worked with some of the world’s largest security software vendors in the IAM/IGA/PAM, Vulnerability Scanning, SCA, FIM, & SIEM spaces.
He currently leads the ANZ Security and Risk Solution Consulting group where his team help ServiceNow's partners & customers with a holistic approach to Cyber Security by combining Security Operations, Integrated Risk Management, and an enterprise grade workflow platform.
Event Details:
Date: Wednesday, 20th November 2024
Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm AEDT
Venue: Teams (link will be sent to all registered)
Cost: FREE
CPD: 1
Note: As part of our ongoing commitment to provide valuable connections, we would like to inform you that the contact information provided during registration may be shared with our event sponsors. This is in accordance with our privacy policy and will be done solely for the purpose of fostering professional engagement and collaboration opportunities.
Adaptive Cultures | Webinar | 3 Crucial Qualities of the Influential Risk Leader
Event Details
Date: Friday, 8 November 2024
Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm AEDT
Venue: Teams (link will be sent to all registered)
Registration: FREE
CPD Hours: 1
About the Event
CROs and their teams have made significant progress to improve the identification and management of risk in their organisations. The foundations of risk appetite and supporting policies, frameworks, and processes are important for improving outcomes for consumers and financial systems.
Yet there is much work to be done to bring outcomes into alignment with community expectations and organisational aspirations.
Adaptive Cultures identifies a crucial role for risk leaders to bridge the remaining gap between technical risk management and risk outcomes. Adaptive Cultures makes the case that risk leaders are extremely well-suited to lead on risk culture and guide webinar participants on an exploration of three qualities risk leaders can contribute in their organisations for greater influence on risk embedment and customer outcomes.
About the Speakers
DeAnna Burton
Adaptive Cultures - Risk Culture Practice Lead
DeAnna works with organisations and leaders to deepen the alignment of risk management, risk culture, and risk outcomes. She has over 20 years' financial services experience in Australia and the US in a variety of business arenas, including culture integration for a complex merger, designing a risk culture framework and initiatives to uplift risk culture maturity, survey design, senior leadership development programs and coaching.
Andrew Brown
Adaptive Cultures – Director and Co-Founder
Andrew is a director and co-founder of Adaptive Cultures. He has lectured, written, worked and consulted extensively in the field of risk management and risk culture. He believes that how we think about (and what we believe about) risk and consequences has a profound impact on ourselves, our organisations, our society and our planet. Andrew has held executive positions across the Asia Pacific region. These include Chief Actuary for AXA Life Singapore, Chief Financial Officer for Philippine AXA Life.
Note: As part of our ongoing commitment to provide valuable connections, we would like to inform you that the contact information provided during registration may be shared with our event sponsors. This is in accordance with our privacy policy and will be done solely for the purpose of fostering professional engagement and collaboration opportunities.
Sora Strategies | Webinar | Shifting Left: Moving risk conversations to the most effective place
About the Event
We need to revolutionise how Risk is managed and approached. Revolutionise, not evolve, not modify, but create a Revolution and move Risk into the mainstream and forefront of people’s consciousness. To do this, we need to change a few things. Here are the top 5 things for a successfully Risk Mature organisation to focus on.
Build it in, don’t bolt it on! We move away from adding Risk conversations as an afterthought or an embuggerance; something we just “have to do”. We make Risk part of our DNA. We talk about it early and often.
We shift Risk into the conversation we want to have by truly understanding the value behind Proactive Risk Management (PRM). We do the maths to understand how PRM creates a better bottom line.
We remove the fear of Risk. Use psychology to normalise Risk rather than demonise it.
Leverage Risk Leadership. Leaders become highly risk-literate and integrate this knowledge into their leadership stance rather than taking the ostrich approach.
Risk Innovation (RI) is the magic bullet that we are missing today. This is a way to move the dial way up. Innovation is how we create our own futures; Risk becomes the driving force behind the future we are aiming for.
In our session we will touch on these areas that anyone can use to take Risk Management to the next level, and the organisation into unbelievable success levels.
About the Speakers
Sharon Robson
Partner, Sora Strategies
Sharon, a founding Partner at Sora Strategies, brings over 25 years of experience in IT to her consultancy role, where she empowers clients to embrace innovative working practices, leadership, and exponential thinking. Expertise in business resilience, crisis preparation, leadership, productivity, and portfolio optimisation allows her to drive strategic initiatives, fostering continuous improvement and growth strategies.
Using modern approaches, Sharon facilitates collaborative problem-solving and risk management. She is adept at transforming organisations, optimising delivery approaches, and nurturing high-performing teams. Sharon's leadership and management background in large and small corporations equip her to instil behaviours that enhance team performance and organisational adaptability.
Will McNelis
Partner, Sora Strategies
Will is a seasoned coach, facilitator, and delivery professional with a 25-year journey through technology, marketing, business, and leadership. His mission is to ignite the spark within organisations to realise their full potential and to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of the modern workplace.
He has supported the Australian federal government during the COVID-19 response, large equipment manufacturers facing global supply chain challenges, and countless technology companies through cyber and network crises.
Will's philosophy is simple yet powerful: empower teams to take charge and create the kind of culture that breeds unshakable organisations. It's not just about surviving; it's about thriving.
Event Details:
Date: Thursday, 7th November 2024
Time: 11:00am - 12:00pm
Venue: Teams (Link will be sent separately to all registered)
Cost: FREE
CPD Hours: 1
Note: As part of our ongoing commitment to provide valuable connections, we would like to inform you that the contact information provided during registration may be shared with our event sponsors. This is in accordance with our privacy policy and will be done solely for the purpose of fostering professional engagement and collaboration opportunities.
BWC | Enterprise Risk Management with Bryan Whitefield & Lauren Jones November 2024
Welcome to the Enterprise Risk Management course, RMIA's signature course and a certification pre-requisite presented by our Training Partner, Bryan Whitefield Consulting.
About
All organisations, no matter whether private, government or not-for-profit have one thing in common – they all take risk to achieve their goals.
Unfortunately, too many organisations either don’t have any formal approach to considering the risks they are taking, or they utilise forms of risk management that are below par. That is, they are not in line with the principles and guidelines of better practice as defined in AS ISO 31000.
The purpose of the course is to provide you with the requisite knowledge to design, implement and operate enterprise risk programs for the successful management of organisational risk.
Course Overview
Introducing AS ISO 31000:2018
The course is aligned to the international standard on risk.
The standard is a guideline for any organisation that can be adapted to suit the needs of the organisation.
It provides principles, framework and process for managing organisational risk.
Learning Objectives
Understand the principles that underlie an efficient and effective approach to the management of organisational risk and the value it brings to the organisation.
Understand the core elements and benefits of a framework for integrating risk management into the governance and operations of an organisation.
Understanding of the risk management process and how to apply it to organisations of differing size and complexity.
Format of the Course
Please note that this course is now being delivered online. Attendees will receive a zoom invitation to participate in the 'face-to-face' aspect of the course online after registering. We can assure you that despite being online, we provide a high quality experience presented by Bryan Whitefield, a leader in the risk industry and a certified virtual presenter. To view testimonials on the success of Bryan's online RMIA tutorials here.
One Day Online Self-Paced Learning - Develop a technical understanding of ISO 31000
Two Half Day Online Learning Workshops facilitated by Lauren Jones
Clarify and embed technical understanding of ISO 31000
Tips and tricks on enterprise risk management including on:
Assessing the quality of an organisation’s approach to risk
What makes a good risk assessment
The key to communicating and consulting on risk
About the Trainers
Bryan Whitefield is a management consultant operating since 2001, specialising in risk-based decision making and influencing decision makers, born from his more than twenty years of facilitating executive and board workshops. Bryan’s experience as a risk practitioner includes the design and implementation of risk management programs for more than 150 organisations across the public, private and not-for- profit sectors. Bryan is the author of DECIDE: How to Manage the Risk in Your Decision Making, Persuasive Advising: How to Turn Red Tape into Blue Ribbon and Risky Business: How Successful Organisations Embrace Uncertainty (#1 Amazon Best Seller). Bryan was President and Chair of the RMIA from 2013 – 2015, is licenced as a Certified Chief Risk Officer (CCRO) and is the designer and facilitator of the RMIA’s flagship Enterprise Risk Course since 2019.
For more information on Bryan you can email him at bryan@bryanwhitefield.com or visit his website www.bryanwhitefield.com
Lauren Jones is a facilitator, trainer and expert in helping leaders build sustainable businesses, with over 30 years of experience working with C level executives, business owners and leaders. Her experience specialising in strategic facilitation, skills development, systems implementation and continual improvement for organisations has increased clarity and focus on outcomes, built efficiency and increased profitability with her clients.
Over the past decade Lauren has facilitated numerous risk workshops and has designed and implemented risk management programs for a multitude of organisations across diverse industries such as construction, infrastructure and manufacturing.
Lauren has authored a recently released book: 10% BETTER: Taking Organisations from Ordinary to Excellent written for leaders who want to build resilience for their organisations to sustain change and challenge, and be a legacy into the future. For more information on Lauren you can email her on lauren@laurenjones.com.au or visit her website www.laurenjones.com.au
Course Details
Duration
SESSION 1 (4 hours) - Facilitated by Lauren Jones
09:00am - 1:00pm - Thursday, 7 November 2024
SESSION 2 (4 hours) - Facilitated by Bryan Whitefield
09:00am - 1:00pm - Friday, 8 November 2024
AEDT (UTC+11:00)
Costs
RMIA Members $1,875.00 (incl GST)
Non-Members $2,500.00 (incl GST)
When you register for this course you agree to the RMIA passing your registration details onto our Training Partner, Bryan Whitefield Consulting.
Group Bookings: For Group Bookings, please contact us via email on pdp@rmia.org.au or by phone on 02 9095 2500.
RMIA Accreditation Pathway: Upon completion of the RMIA's Enterprise Risk Management course, participants will be eligible to sit the exam to become a Certified Practising Risk Associate (CPRA®) or the Certified Practising Risk Manager (CPRM®) accreditation. To apply for Certification click here.
Risk Leader of the Year Tour | Adelaide
Welcome to the Enterprise Risk Management course, RMIA's signature course and a certification pre-requisite presented by our Training Partner, Bryan Whitefield Consulting.
Enterprise Risk Management with Lauren Jones
Welcome to the Enterprise Risk Management course, RMIA's signature course and a certification pre-requisite presented by our Training Partner, Bryan Whitefield Consulting.