Category: Tools & Resources
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6 Personal Websites That Make You Want to Build Your Own
A month ago, I wrote about why everybody needs a personal website. In short, it’s a serendipity vehicle, a credibility tool, a learning accelerator, and a piece of digital real estate you own yourself. This post is the natural follow-up. Because the next question is: what should it look like? I like browsing other personal…
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Latest Frameworks for Assessing Strength of Knowledge (SoK) in Risk Analysis: Academic Insights and Practical Methods
Modern risk definitions recognise that risk isn’t just about probability and consequence; it fundamentally involves uncertainty. This uncertainty can be operationalised through probability (P) and the Strength of Knowledge (SoK) assessments. Within the industry, a risk definition including an aspect of uncertainty has generally been incorporated. ISO 31000, for example, defines risk as “the effect…
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Monte Carlo Simulation Explaind Simply
“Must have experience with Monte Carlo simulation.” I see this line often in risk management job postings. It appears in course descriptions, textbooks, and LinkedIn skill endorsements. Yet, few people actually understand what’s happening. I get it. The mathematics can look complex. But the basic concept is actually not so difficult. Building my own Monte…
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My AI Stack in 2025: Why the ‘Best’ Model Isn’t Always What You Need
A couple of weeks ago, I was chatting with Claude about European flight rewards programmes, just a conversation on how I could improve one of my existing blog posts. Twenty minutes later, I had a functional Eurobonus calculator running on my blog. The interesting part? I never asked for an app. Claude just… built one. This crystallised…
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What’s On My Desk: A Windows User’s Apple Ecosystem Experience
Let’s talk tech, that’s always fun. The MacBook I recently bought a MacBook Air—my first Apple laptop. I grew up with Apple computers in the house, but I’ve always been a Windows user. I never understood why you would spend more for having fewer functionalities. But over the last two to three years, things have…
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Rethinking Risk Matrices: A Scoping Review of Probability Consequence Diagrams and Decision Framework for Diagram Selection
Two years ago, when I first started learning the academic side of risk analysis at the University of Stavanger, I discovered the gaps between academics and risk management in practice. Most of these gaps can be traced back to the way risk is defined. The risk definition, which involves multiplying probability by consequences (C×P), is…
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How to Create a Risk Matrix for Cyber Security using Python
Creating this cybersecurity risk matrix visualisation is more straightforward than it might initially appear. I’ve provided the complete Python code for generating this matrix, which uses matplotlib and numpy libraries. Install the required libraries (pip install matplotlib numpy) and run the script to generate your own cybersecurity risk assessment visualisation.
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OpenRisk – A Free Online Tool for Creating Bowtie Diagrams
Since last summer, I’ve been working with Presight on a new software tool called OpenRisk. It’s basically a web-based platform for creating bowtie diagrams, and after months of testing and improvements, we have launched. So now is the perfect time to share my thoughts on it. Quick Bowtie Refresher For those who haven’t come across…
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My Experience Using Rayyan for Systematic Literature Reviews
For my thesis work, I’ve been using the paid version of Rayyan to conduct a scoping review of existing literature. It’s a cloud-based platform designed specifically for systematic literature reviews that helps researchers organise and manage their review process. After using the tool for several months, I thought I’d share my thoughts on its strengths…
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7 Risk Management Book Recommendations
I was looking for some new books to read and thought I would take this opportunity to put together a list of the best books on risk management. This list focuses on infotainment books—informative but also fun to read.
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How to make a Traditional Quantitative Risk Matrix from Scratch
Risk matrices are liked because of their simplicity. However, this simplicity comes at a high cost in terms of model error, potentially leading to worse-than-useless decision support. They should therefore be used and constructed with care.
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Exploring Data Analysis with R on Coursera: A Personal Review
Coursera provides a low-risk, high-quality learning environment. The free trial period offers a perfect opportunity to test the waters before committing time and resources to a full program
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Visual Risk Communication: How Bowtie Diagrams Improve Understanding
Contemporary risks have become more complex, making risk communication more challenging and crucial. This complexity often involves a variety of different stakeholders with their own unique perceptions, understanding and prepositions. Therefore, it is important to employ different risk communication methods to explain these effectively.
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Selecting a Risk Assessment Method for Reputational Risk Management
Reputational risk is complex and often intangible, making it challenging to identify and assess using traditional methods. This complexity necessitates risk identification techniques that can capture uncertainties and provide a comprehensive understanding of potential threats.
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Which Risk Visualisation to Use?
Introduction Risk can be visualised in different ways, each offering unique strengths depending on the decision-making context. Below are 8 risk visualisations and insights on when to use them. 1. Risk Matrix A risk matrix is one of the most common risk visualisation tools, plotting risks in a two-dimensional grid of probability vs. impact. Risks…
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How to make a Safety Bubble Diagram
In contemporary risk science, risk is seen from a broader perspective than just the likelihood and consequences of potential events. Aven 2013 introduces a new way of looking at risk that incorporates not just the probability and consequences, but also the uncertainties related to these consequences and probabilities.
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Podcast Episodes About Risk
In the ”In Good Company” podcast, the CEO of Shell, Wael Sawan discusses balancing strict safety protocol and innovation with Nicolai Tangen. Naval Ravikant and Tim Firres discuss different ways of looking at risks and their related assumptions. They discuss the importance of understanding and managing risk in both personal and professional contexts, offering philosophical…
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How to make a Risk Plot
Introduction In contemporary risk science, risk is seen from a broader perspective than just the likelihood and consequences of potential events. Aven 2013 introduces a new way of looking at risk that incorporates not just the probability and consequences, but also the strength of knowledge about these probabilities and consequences and the possibility of unforeseen…