Understanding and Managing Risk Attitude

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Reviews of the Second Edition: 'As a way to approach business, the book is well worth a read by managers; whether they seek to manage change in their organization, be a leader getting more from staff, set goals or simply avoid failure. In a couple of words, the keys seem to be optimism and self-awareness.' Professional Security 'It is a serious study of how people handle risk in different scenarios and provides a genuine insight into how people behave in risk situations.' Managing Risk ' Managers looking to move to higher levels of risk management maturity in their organisations will find much insight and guidance in this innovative book.' UKexcellence. Reviews of the First Edition: 'This book provides a pivotal insight into the complexities of human behaviour, psychological influences and subconscious preferences that determine how people initially respond to significant uncertainty. It opens the door to a facet of risk management that is not well understood, namely risk attitudes. It helps us determine whether it is appropriate, and creates a road map to change risk attitude if it is both necessary and desirable.' Carl Anthony West, Operations Auditor, British Waterways 'Organizations and project leaders seeking to dramatically improve the effectiveness of their risk management process will want to incorporate this book's information into their daily activities...' Craig D. Peterson, PMP, President, Project Management Institute, Risk Management Specific Interest Group 'The work will repay the intellectual engagement required of the reader with a shift of paradigm towards people-centred risk management that focuses on preferred or innate "risk attitude" rather than lower level risk management process and tasks.' Pierre Anson-Tsang, Benefits Realisation Consultant, and Mike Buck, Senior Project Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers 'For many managers, risk management is about choosing the right technique to analyse the risks in the corporate risk register