Enterprise Risk Management
Transform Risk into Strategic Insight
Build ERM that identifies opportunities, strengthens decisions, and drives competitive advantage.
The Challenge
Most Enterprise Risk Management programs exist merely to satisfy compliance requirements. They document historical incidents, create risk registers, and generate reports executives briefly review before board meetings. These processes look backward, operate in silos, and rarely influence actual decision-making.
Meanwhile, your organization makes critical decisions every day without understanding the full landscape of risks and opportunities. Effective ERM should actively shape strategy rather than simply recording it.
Our Approach
We transform ERM from basic protection to strategic advantage. Rather than focusing on past problems, we address the decisions you’re currently facing: what uncertainties surround them, and how can we help you achieve optimal outcomes?
Our methodology integrates with your strategic planning to:
- Map your decision portfolio by identifying choices most critical to your organization’s future
- Analyze uncertainties by understanding variables and changing conditions around key decisions
- Scanning for any signals, drivers, emerging risks and opportunities with forward-looking analysis
- Strengthen decision-making through insights and interpretation that build leadership confidence
- Build adaptive capabilities with systems that evolve alongside shifting risks and opportunities
This approach goes beyond maintaining documentation. We embed risk intelligence directly into your organization’s decision-making processes.
What You Get
- Strategic ERM that actively informs planning instead of documenting after decisions are made
- A framework recognizing opportunities alongside potential threats
- Seamless integration between risk management, strategic planning, and foresight
- Leadership teams who understand uncertainties before committing resources
- Competitive advantage from recognizing and pursuing opportunities others might avoid
Who This Is For
- Organizations where traditional ERM feels like a compliance exercise
- Leadership teams making decisions without clear visibility into signals, drivers, risks and opportunities
- Companies operating in dynamic industries with rapidly evolving landscapes
- Businesses seeking value-driven ERM beyond regulatory requirements
Why Choose 221b
With experience as a Fortune 500 risk executive, we have successfully defended strategic decisions to boards and navigated real crises. We understand the substantial difference between performative risk management and approaches that deliver meaningful results.
Our systems enhance your decision-making capabilities while providing the documentation necessary for governance requirements.
Ready to Transform Risk Management into Strategic Advantage?
Schedule a complimentary 30-minute Discovery Session to discuss your ERM needs.