French food, Chinese Menus and How Modern Threats can be Better Understood
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Many modern risks fall into the category of high-impact, low-probability events—scenarios that traditional risk registers often struggle to capture effectively. Drawing on academic research, this session explores how organisations can better understand, assess, and prepare for these complex threats. It will introduce practical approaches for identifying such risks, improving predictive insight, and communicating their potential impact more clearly to decision-makers.
Learning Outcomes
Participants will learn how to:
- Understand the limitations of traditional risk registers when assessing high-impact, low-probability events.
- Apply research-based approaches to identify and assess emerging or complex risks.
- Strengthen organisational capability to anticipate and prepare for disruptive scenarios.
- Communicate complex risk scenarios more effectively to senior stakeholders.
Practical Takeaways
- A structured approach for identifying high-impact, low-probability risks
- Practical tools to support more informed prediction and scenario analysis
- Guidance on presenting complex risk scenarios clearly to leadership teams
We look forward to welcoming you!
Speakers:
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Dr Chris Needham-Bennett
Managing Director, Needhams 1834 Ltd
Chris has worked in resilience for the last 30 years. During this time, he has worked with a wide variety of companies and government bodies all over the world, ranging from major banks, mining companies, furniture makers and the human genome project. He recently authored the Resilience Maturity Model for the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction.
The focus of his interests are crisis management exercises and training, usually at the strategic level and writing articles on resilience and risk for the trade press. He is also a visiting professor at University College London, where he undertakes lectures and supervision of master’s level students.
Outside of work his passion is skiing, and he has taught in Alpbach Ski School, Austria, for more years than he cares to recall and he still struggles with German grammar.
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