Dr David Hillson
London, United Kingdom


Dr David Hillson HonFAPM PMI-Fellow CFIRM CMgr FCMI, known globally as The Risk Doctor, leads The Risk Doctor Partnership (www.risk-doctor.com), a global consultancy offering specialist risk services across the world.
David has a 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”.
He also writes widely on risk, with twelve major books, and over 100 professional papers. He publishes a regular Risk Doctor Briefing blog in seven languages to 10,000 followers, and there are over 10,000 subscribers to the RiskDoctorVideo YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/RiskDoctorVideo).
David has advised leaders and organisations in nearly 60 countries around the world on how to create value from risk based on a mature approach to risk management, and his wisdom and insights are in high demand. He has also received many awards for his ground-breaking work in risk management over several decades.
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
- 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 - Yanjuan, 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