Annie Searle & Associates, LLC

Take risks with confidence

Annie Searle

Organizations need to develop business strategies that includes risk managment. Risk taking is essential for corporate innovation, growth and profitability. Yet many institutions critically underestimate their operational risks and compromise shareholder returns.

Even though some of those companies knew what the risks were, they didn't know how to classify them or to manage them to reduce their overall risk exposure. That's where we come in. Annie Searle & Associates (ASA) helps companies build world-class risk programs.

ASA has led international research and created risk roadmaps that link to overall business strategy for a diverse range of companies. Working with your organization, we can:

• Classify the level of exposure around gaps in plans, practices and processes
• Create prioritized high-level roadmaps to close these gaps
• Identify and eliminate redundant compliance procedures
• Streamline complex crisis management plans
• Recommend ways to manage new and emerging threats
• Increase overall resilience, protect your brand, and avoid operational losses

Use ASA consulting services to drive improvements in global response, business practices, information technology, business continuity, corporate and information security programs. Our operational risk toolset includes risk assessments, strategic planning, roadmap design, scenario design, executive briefings and improved plans for crisis and emergency management.

Engage the ASA Institute for Risk and Innovation to tap into ASA research, public speaking, publications, workshops and retreats.

Risk News

Annie’s take

ASA News

If you live in the Northwest, you are at this point tired of being cooped up from bad weather. Snow, now followed by icy streets and then possible flooding, is unusual in this area of the country -- we don't even have a place to store snow that is cleared from the streets. If you've prepared for such events, you already have an emergency plan and a kit with emergency supplies.

But if the storm has been a reminder of what could go wrong over a longer period of time,and you're looking to take the right precautions as soon as you can get out and about, then fear no more. We've got a list and other advice with respect to personal safety from home.

The first chapter of Annie's new book, Advice From A Risk Detective: At Home, At Work, Online And On The Road, deals with how to think about emergencies. It is available through amazon.com (softcover or kindle version); or directly through the e-store on Annie's new blog.