The Risk Wheelhouse Podcast
The Risk Wheelhouse is the podcast dedicated to exploring how RiskTech is reshaping the future of risk management. Hosted by our experts, Ori Wellington and Sam Jones, each episode delves deep into Integrated Risk Management (IRM), offering insights into the latest trends, technologies, and strategies. Join us to stay ahead in the ever-evolving risk landscape and empower your organization with actionable knowledge.
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S8E1: Stop Asking For Another AI Framework
AI risk feels like driving at night with broken headlights, so leaders keep demanding “a new framework” that will finally make everything clear. We think that’s the wrong ask. The guidance already exists, and it’s more mature than most teams admit: the NIST AI Risk Management Framework, ISO/IEC 42001 certifications, sector-specific control objectives in financial services, and the hard edge of enforcement through the EU AI Act. The real reason risk and compliance teams still feel stuck is that frameworks are built to prove defensibility, not to tell you what to build.
We unpack John A. Wheeler’s argument from RiskTech Journal and translate it into a practical way to design an AI governance program that actually works day to day.
S7E3: Why ERM Keeps Getting Ignored
93% is not a rounding error, it’s a warning flare. When enterprise leaders ask for guidance on the biggest strategic risks ahead, many risk teams respond with a quarterly risk register and a heat map. That’s not “wrong,” it’s simply what a compliance-first system is designed to produce. The result is an asymmetric exchange: executives need a radar, and the organization hands them a snapshot from the past.
We walk through new practitioner research from COSO and Crowe alongside John A. Wheeler’s analysis in the RiskTech Journal to explain why the ERM strategy gap persists. Our core claim is straightforward: the failure of ERM is largely structural, not behavioral. When ERM gets fused with GRC under the same reporting line, tooling, and audit committee cadence, uncertainty gets treated like a defect. That destroys psychological safety, suppresses early warning signals, and leaves strategy teams flying blind.