Risk Reconsidered

The book includes 20 articles on operational risk first published in The Risk Universe magazine between 2012-2017, refreshed with head notes on each. The book's addendum adds ten columns that the author wrote for ASA News & Notes since late 2017, most of which focus on governance, conduct and risk in the Trump administration. From its reviewers: "The book provides crucial lessons on how to avoid and manage risk. As a non-expert with a social science background, I appreciated Searle's lessons on ethics and clear-eyed generalizations about best practices within complex institutional landscapes." -- Sara Curran, Director of the University of Washington Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology, and Professor of International Studies, The Jackson School. "She is absolutely right in starting the exploration of operational risk at the level of social mores and basic institutional and personal ethics....She pragmatically fits all this, and much more -- especially guidance and leadership thinking for managers and employees not 'at the top' -- into a formal, academic, and regulatory rubric and taxonomy of operational risk, offering remedies, suggesting concrete actions, teaching us and entertaining us with her insightful observations." Howard Stein, former Head of Operational Risk, the Corporate & Investment Bank, Citibank and Citigroup International. "It is a thoughtful book that every risk professional and board member should read." -- Catherine Allen, Chairman & CEO, The Santa Fe Group. "When we first established The Risk Universe magazine, the intention was to provide readers a balance between innovative risk management concepts and practical examples of how to undertake risk management. Annie's contributions over the 5.5 years we published the magazine exactly met that vision -- quality journalism, great lessons and luring readers to think beyond the norm." -- Mike Finlay, Publisher, The Risk Universe
About the Author: Annie Searle is a faculty lecturer on operational risk as well as on information ethics, policy and law at the University of Washington's Information School, and is the faculty adviser for the University of Washington's ISACA chapter. She is also principal of ASA Risk Consultants, an independent consulting and research firm that helps critical infrastructure companies identify and manage operational risk. Searle is the author of the popular book "Advice From A Risk Detective," now in its second edition. Her ASA Institute for Research and Innovation has published four volumes of research notes on operational risk events and issues in a series called "Reflections on Risk." Searle authored the second chapter -- "How Does Conduct Risk Manifest and What Are Its Root Causes?" -- of "Conduct Risk: A Practitioner's Guide," edited by Peter Haines and published by Risk Books of London in 2016. She was inducted into the Hall of Fame for the International Network of Women in Emergency Management and Homeland Security in 2011; and is a lifetime member of the Institute of American Entrepreneurs. Prior to founding ASA in 2009, Searle spent ten years at Washington Mutual Bank as a divisional executive. Her previous careers include public television, the visual arts, and technology. She is an avid gardener, a novice water-colorist, and longtime photographer.