The Nature of Risk

by David X. Martin

The Nature of Risk is a short, beautifully illustrated and easy-to-understand book written to help readers face one of modern life’s most important and difficult tasks—confronting risk. Free of complicated theories or formulas, The Nature of Risk relies instead on a simple story featuring a cast of familiar, forest-dwelling animals, each of which embodies a different approach to risk management. At least one of these approaches will seem familiar to every reader—whether they knew they had an approach to risk management or not. Then, as the story unfolds, the strengths and weaknesses of each approach will be revealed through a series of "natural" tests. Finally, at the conclusion of the story, readers will come to a short review section designed to help them frame their first attempts at managing risk—with or without professional help.

86 pages, Paperback

First published July 17, 2012

About the author

David X Martin is a cyber risk management advisor, expert witness, university lecturer, and author. His career includes leadership roles with large, complex and global companies, including PwC, Citibank and AllianceBernstein; advisory work for the FBI and SEC; and multiple board of director positions.
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Reviews

[Ray Murra · Rating 3 out of 5]

The whole story is just fable, easy for a kid to understand it with its fictional (animals) characters but I don't think it covers any technicality of risk as I would it liked to. Just a fable so you can relate to the phrase "don't put all your eggs on one basket".