Dr. David Hillson – The Risk Doctor at the PM² Alliance 2020 International Conference

The PM² Alliance is delighted to welcome Dr. David Hillson, the Risk Doctor, as a keynote speaker at the PM² Alliance 2020 International Conference.

Dr. David Hillson is an international thought-leader in Risk Management, a consultant, and Director of the Risk Doctor Partnership. As a popular speaker and award-winning author, who has delivered keynote speeches in more than 60 countries and co-edited a significant number of books, journals, and volumes of conference proceedings, he has long been a major influencer for individuals, groups, and enterprises. This influence is further amplified by his risk-related books—there are twelve so far, and he continues to publish one a year, and the Risk Doctor Briefings which tackle current issues in best practice risk management and are emailed out to members of the global Risk Doctor Network.

Guided by his motto “Understand profoundly so you can explain simply”, David shares his insights and experience in a clear and engaging manner, drawing on his own career to help people understand and manage uncertainty and risk. Because it was the lack of clarity he encountered in his own early days that forced him to adjust and develop the new approaches which have since been adopted into mainstream risk management. 

This important legacy includes significant contributions centred on the use of proactive opportunity management in risk management; modifying the risk process to embrace opportunities; defining risk response strategies; using risk metalanguage; clarifying potential sources of risk; understanding and managing risk attitudes; defining risk appetite; defining risk culture; using scalable project risk management methodology; employing the Risk Maturity Model, personal risk management competence, and the Risk Management Professionalism Manifesto.