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Independent Risk Analysis

Defensible, evidence-based analysis for law firms, boards, government agencies, defence, natural resources projects, and high-stakes projects.

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Most positions don't fail for lack of merit. They fail for lack of clarity and untested assumptions. I provide independent, fixed-fee analytical work that clarifies complex issues, tests assumptions and makes reasoning defensible — sitting upstream of legal advice and executive decision-making.

35 years in risk and governance · Author of SRMBOK and RMBOK · 11 published books · Government, Defence and regulated industries

Independent Risk Assessment (ISO 31000)

A structured evaluation of the risks, controls and uncertainties in a decision or a matter. Establishes what was reasonable on a risk-assessed basis, what residual risk remained, and whether controls were as far as reasonably practicable.

Analysis of Competing Hypotheses (ACH)

For when the narrative is contested. Tests every plausible explanation against the same body of evidence to show which survive scrutiny and which do not, rather than arguing about which story to believe.

Systems and Root Cause Analysis (RCA)

Take a deep dive into systems to understand and map organisational, supervisory, precondition and frontline factors into a single causal chain. Moves the question from who made the error to what allowed it.

Books by Julian Talbot

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Security Risk Management Body of Knowledge

The one-stop shop for security risk management.

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Tactical Risk Management
 

For people at the pointy end who need to manage not analyze.

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Business Cases for Risk Management

How and why to find the money for those risk treatments.

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The New Supervisors Handbook

Junior leadership for frontline managers.

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Tales From The Edge

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Learning risk management through stories, case-studies, and real life.

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SRMBOK Guide To Human Factors

Compendium of humor from the first year of SRMBOK Newsletter.

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From Strategy to Action
 

Another book for leaders at all levels who prefer action to talk.

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SRMBOK Guide to the 30-Day Risk Assessment

Decades of experience distilled into a 30-day methodology.

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Future Uncertain
 

My take on where the world is heading and how to prepare.

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Risk Management Body of Knowledge

Another aspirational work to capture as much as possible to say about risk in a single volume.

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Security Risk Management Aide-Mémoire

The handbook of SRM models, tools, and concepts.

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Performance Benchmark Your Risk Management

The basic elements to know if your risk management is working.

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Control Effectiveness Assessment

A deep dive into controls and a good companion to the Red Book.

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