How to communicate risk, with Mike van de Graaf

Mike van de Graaf and I discuss lessons from real life and from recent Hollywood movies about how to communicate risk in a way that engages key stakeholders. Mike is a seasoned risk professional who is currently General Manager for Risk & Performance Management at Treasury Corp of Victoria. He is also the Melbourne Co-director of the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP). In the discussion we cover questions like what are the biggest challenges in communicating risk effectively? How to communicate low-probability events? How best to establish credibility? When to be specific versus stay at a high level? How best to get cut-through? The discussion is relevant for risk managers, as well as for professional investors and corporate decision-makers.