Dr David Hillson
London, United Kingdom
Known globally as The Risk Doctor, Dr David Hillson is a thought-leader and expert practitioner who speaks and writes widely on risk management. David has a well-deserved reputation as an excellent speaker and presenter on risk. His talks blend thought-leadership with practical application, presented in an accessible style that combines clarity with humour, guided by the Risk Doctor motto: “Understand profoundly so you can explain simply”.
David has advised major organisations, governments and charities in nearly sixty countries on how to create value from risk using applied risk-based thinking, and his wisdom and insights are in high demand. David has written 13 major books on risk, and he has developed significant innovations that are now widely accepted as best practice. He regularly shares his work through the RiskDoctorVideo YouTube channel, with over 200 videos and more than 1.5 million views.
Dr Hillson has received many awards for his ground-breaking work in risk management. He is a Fellow of the Project Management Institute (PMI) and also an Honorary Fellow of the UK Association for Project Management (APM), as well as a Chartered Fellow of the Institute of Risk Management (IRM).
David can be contacted at david@risk-doctor.com.
Books
Hillson D. A. 2019. “Capturing upside risk: Finding and managing opportunities in projects” Boca Raton, US: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-8153-8251-5Hillson D. A. (ed.) 2016. “The Risk Management Handbook: A practical guide to managing the multiple dimensions of risk”. London, UK: Kogan Page. ISBN 978-0-7494-7882-7
Hillson D. A.. 2014. “The Risk Doctor’s Cures for Common Risk Ailments”. Vienna, US: Management Concepts. ISBN 978-1-56726-459-3
Hillson D. A. 2013. “Managing Risk: Best-practice and Next-practice”, (English & Chinese, e-book only)
Hillson D. A. & Murray-Webster R. 2012. “A short guide to risk appetite”. Aldershot, UK: Gower. ISBN 978-1-4094-4094-9
Hillson D. A. & Simon P. W. 2012. “Practical project risk management: The ATOM Methodology” (second edition). Vienna, US: Management Concepts. ISBN 978-1-56726-366-4
Hillson D. A. (ed) 2011. “The Failure Files: Perspectives on failure.” Axminster, UK: Triarchy Press. ISBN 978-1-908009-30-2
Hillson D. A. 2010. “Exploiting future uncertainty: Creating value from risk”. Farnham, UK: Gower. ISBN 978-1-4094-2341-6
Hillson D. A. 2009. “Managing risk in projects”. Farnham, UK: Gower. ISBN 978-0-566-08867-4
Murray-Webster R. & Hillson D. A. 2008. “Managing group risk attitude”. Aldershot, UK: Gower. ISBN 0-566-08787-1
Hillson D. A. & Murray-Webster R. 2007. “Understanding and managing risk attitude” (second edition). Aldershot, UK: Gower. ISBN 978-0-566-08798-1
Hillson D. A. (ed) 2007. “The Risk Management Universe: A Guided Tour” (revised edition). London, UK: British Standards Institution. ISBN 0-580-43777-9
Hillson D. A. 2004. “Effective opportunity management for projects: Exploiting positive risk.” Boca Raton, US: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-8247-4808-5
The Risk Doctor Collection is described in a little more detail here.
All Risk Doctor books are featured on the risk doctor website under Publications/Risk Doctor Books. David Hillson also has an Amazon Author Page where they are all listed, and most are available in Kindle format. People buying his books from Routledge, Taylor & Francis or CRC Press can get a 30% discount using the code ADC30.
Articles and Papers
- Capturing Upside Risk: Finding and Managing Opportunities in Projects (CRC Press, Routledge) - Book Review - Hillson, Jara - November 2023
- Risk Facilitation Made Easy - Second Edition - Hillson - December 2022
- Should we use external risk consultants? - Series Article - Hillson - April 2021
- Quantitative Risk Analysis: Strengths and Weaknesses - Series Article - Hillson - December 2020
- On PM Skills to survive a pandemic - Letter to the Editor - Hillson - November 2020
- Understanding the Risk Mindset (Risk Doctor Briefing) - Series Article - Hillson - September 2020
- All Decisions are Risky - Series Article - Hillson - June 2020
- What are Opportunities in Projects? - Series Article - Hillson - February 2020
- Why Should We Include Opportunity? Five C’s (Risk Doctor Briefing) - Series Article - Hillson - December 2019
- Risk is Uncertainty that Matters: Interview with Dr. David Hillson, The Risk Doctor (UK) - Interview - , Hillson - October 2019
- Providing Risk Infrastructure to Support Opportunity Management - Series Article - Hillson - September 2019
- Modifying the IACCM Capability Maturity Model for Risk - Series Article - Hillson - July 2019
- Scoring Schemes for Prioritising Project Risks - Series Article - Hillson - May 2019
- Professionalism in Risk Management - Series Article - Hillson - April 2019
- Overcoming Fear of Failure (Risk Doctor Briefing) - Series Article - Hillson - December 2018
- The Lifecycle of a Project Risk - Series Article - Hillson - September 2018
- Ten Things Every Business Needs to Know (Risk Doctor Briefing) - Series Articles - Hillson - June 2018
- Expanding the Risk Management Universe - Series Articles - Hillson - April 2018
- Risk Leaders Need to Dance the TANGO - Series Articles - Hillson - February 2018
- PRIORITISING OPPORTUNITIES USING RED/YELLOW/GREEN? - Series Articles - Hillson - July 2017
- Addressing Risk with VUCA – Prime - Series Articles - Hillson - May 2017
- Communicating Risk for Attention and Action - Series Articles - Hillson - February 2017
- Risk Escalation – A New Strategy - Series Articles - Hillson - November 2016
- Brexit: Threat or Opportunity? - Commentaries - Hillson - July 2016
- Effective Risk Facilitation: Handing Difficult People - Series Articles - Hillson - July 2016
- Effective Risk Facilitation: Matching Style to Technique - Series Articles - Hillson - June 2016
- Effective Risk Facilitation: Understanding Styles - Series Articles - Hillson - May 2016
- Effective Risk Facilitation: Understanding the Four P’s - Series Articles - Hillson - March 2016
- How to be a Successful Failure - Second Editions - Hillson - January 2016
- Top Ten Risk Myths (Risk Doctor Briefing) - Series Articles - Hillson - December 2015
- Risky Contracts - Series Articles - Hillson - September 2015
- A Grand Unified Theory for Risk - Series Articles - Hillson - July 2015
- Scaling the PEAKS of Competence - Series Articles - Hillson, Murray-Webster - April 2015
- Seven Questions to Shape the Risk Process - Series Articles - Hillson - January 2015
- Questions for the Board on Risk - Series Articles - Hillson - October 2014
- Stress Testing for Risk Management - Series Articles - Hillson - August 2014
- Risks with 100% Probability (Risk Doctor Briefing) - Series Articles - Hillson - May 2014
- Mindfulness in Managing Risk (Risk Doctor Briefing) - Series Articles - Hillson - April 2014
- Earned Value Management and Risk Management: A Practical Synergy - Second Editions - Hillson - April 2014
- Managing Risk in Complex Projects - Series Articles - Hillson - February 2014
- Including Sustainability in the Risk Framework - Series Articles - Hillson - January 2014
- Using the “Six Value Medals” to Identify and Assess Risk - Series Articles - Hillson - November 2013
- The Future of the Risk Universe - Series Articles - Hillson - September 2013
- Ten Years On – What’s Changed? (Risk Doctor Briefing) - Series Articles - Hillson - August 2013
- Managing Risk Across Borders - Series Articles - Hillson - June 2013
- Opportunities are the Same as Threats (Risk Doctor Briefing) - Series Articles - Hillson - April 2013
- Prerequisites for Effective Enterprise Risk Management - Series Articles - Hillson - February 2013
- Resolving Cobb’s Paradox (Risk Doctor Briefing) - Series Articles - Hillson - January 2013
- One Size of Risk Process Does Not Fit All Projects - Series Articles - Hillson - November 2012
- Risk is More Than Uncertain Future Events - Series Articles - Hillson - October 2012
- Risk Management or Risk Leadership? - Series Articles - Hillson - September 2012
- Kill the Risk Manager - Series Articles - Hillson - August 2012