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

We've just finished typography for ASA's first book, Reflections on Risk, which should be available by the end of this month. It's a collection of 22 research notes since 2009, written primarily by the firm's research interns from the University of Washington since we opened our doors. It will be available via a special e-store as well as from amazon.com.

Annie will be speaking at the Women Business Owners luncheon on February 23rd. This is her first public discussion of the book. She's hoping that talks like this will lead to a higher level of personal and business preparedness, which is why she'll be trying to find time to work in public appearances along with ASA's regular consulting work.

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