Resilient Risk Management: New Book by Julien Haye Explores How Organisations Can Anticipate, Adapt and Sustain Performance

Published by Kogan Page, Resilient Risk Management: Strategies for Organizational Agility and Adaptability examines how organisations can build resilience across strategy, governance, leadership, culture and enterprise-wide decision-making.

Aevitium is pleased to announce the publication of Resilient Risk Management: Strategies for Organizational Agility and Adaptability, the second book by its Managing Director, Julien Haye, published by Kogan Page on 3 November 2026.

The book addresses a question that has become increasingly relevant to boards, executives and risk leaders: as organisations invest in more sophisticated risk management frameworks, governance structures and controls, are they becoming more resilient?

Organisations may have extensive risk registers, established reporting arrangements and well-developed recovery capabilities. Yet their ability to anticipate emerging threats, respond to changing circumstances and sustain performance depends on how effectively these capabilities translate into leadership decisions and organisational action.

As uncertainty increases, resilience becomes central to how organisations develop and execute strategy, allocate resources, exercise governance and adapt to changing conditions.

From The Risk Within to Resilient Risk Management

Julien's first book, The Risk Within, explored the human vulnerabilities that can undermine risk management effectiveness. It examined how behaviours, organisational culture and leadership decisions influence the way risks are recognised, communicated and managed.

Resilient Risk Management takes this thinking further.

Drawing on more than 26 years of experience in financial services and risk leadership, Julien examines how organisations can strengthen resilience as an enterprise-wide capability, connecting risk management with strategy, governance, leadership, culture and decision-making.

The book explores the conditions that enable organisations to anticipate change, adapt when circumstances shift and maintain their strategic direction when established assumptions no longer hold.

As Julien explains:

“Organisations do not become resilient simply by managing more risks. They become resilient when they can recognise change, make difficult decisions and adapt without losing sight of what they are trying to achieve.”

Why organisational resilience matters for business leaders

Uncertainty is rising at a staggering speed, requiring almost relentless adaptability and pivots.

For business leaders, the implications extend across strategic planning, investment decisions, operating models, organisational capabilities and governance.

A strategy may be appropriate when developed, but the assumptions supporting it can change. Governance arrangements may provide effective oversight under normal conditions yet struggle to support timely decisions when circumstances evolve. Established organisational behaviours can reinforce performance while also making it difficult to challenge assumptions or recognise emerging vulnerabilities.

Resilience depends on how these different dimensions work together.

The book examines the role of strategic foresight in anticipating emerging developments, organisational agility in responding to change, and leadership alignment in ensuring that decisions remain connected to strategic priorities.

It also explores how risk appetite, accountability and organisational culture influence an organisation's capacity to act when facing uncertainty.

Practical frameworks for building enterprise resilience

Structured across 17 chapters, Resilient Risk Management combines strategic models, practical frameworks, global examples and insights from experienced Chief Risk Officers and senior executives.

Readers will explore how to:

• Integrate resilience across the enterprise: Connect risk management, strategy, governance, culture and organisational decision-making.

• Assess resilience maturity: Evaluate existing capabilities and identify areas where resilience can be strengthened.

• Strengthen leadership alignment: Improve accountability, risk ownership and the relationship between strategic priorities and risk-taking.

• Develop organisational agility: Build the capacity to anticipate emerging developments and adapt to changing circumstances.

• Apply practical experience: Draw lessons from global organisational examples and the perspectives of experienced risk leaders.

The book includes examples involving Microsoft, Toyota, HSBC, Sony and Marks & Spencer, illustrating different approaches to managing uncertainty, organisational adaptation and resilience.

It also considers the implications of technological change, including artificial intelligence, and the capabilities organisations may need as the risk landscape evolves.

Resilience as an enterprise-wide capability

A central argument of Resilient Risk Management is that resilience must be considered across the organisation rather than through individual disciplines in isolation.

Risk management provides important capabilities for identifying and assessing uncertainty. Governance establishes accountability and oversight. Strategy determines direction and priorities. Culture and leadership influence how people interpret information, challenge assumptions and make decisions.

The effectiveness of organisational resilience depends on how these capabilities interact.

For boards and executives, this raises important questions about whether governance supports adaptation, whether strategic assumptions are challenged, and whether the organisation can respond to emerging developments while sustaining performance.

For risk leaders, it creates an opportunity to connect risk management more closely with strategic decision-making and long-term enterprise value.

These themes are also closely aligned with Aevitium's work supporting organisations in strengthening risk leadership, governance and resilience.

About the author

Julien Haye is Managing Director of Aevitium, a risk management advisory and training firm.

With more than 26 years of experience in financial services, including senior international risk leadership roles, Julien works with organisations to strengthen risk management, governance, leadership and organisational resilience.

He is the author of The Risk Within, host of the RiskMasters podcast and a recognised contributor to discussions on risk leadership and organisational culture.

Where to buy Resilient Risk Management

Resilient Risk Management: Strategies for Organizational Agility and Adaptability was published by Kogan Page on 3 November 2026.

The book is available in the UK in paperback, hardback and ebook formats, with publication in the United States scheduled for 24 November 2026.

Explore the book and order your copy through Kogan Page.