Biography
Hans Læssøe (M.Sc.) has 35 years of industry experience from the LEGO Group across multiple positions. From 2007, established the LEGO Group's Strategic Risk Management — later expanded to cover Strategic Scenario Planning, Project Risk and Opportunity Management, and Enterprise Risk Management. The processes and tools developed (based on ISO 31000) are today standard operating procedures at LEGO. Hans and the LEGO Group won multiple international awards. Author of risk management books 'Prepare to Dare' and 'Decide to Succeed', and co-author of the RIMS Strategic Risk Management Implementation Guide. In 2017 founded AKTUS (from Danish 'Active Uncertainty') — a consultancy enabling deliberate and intelligent risk taking, going beyond traditional risk management.
Areas of expertise
Risk Awareness Week history
Hans has delivered sessions at 6 editions of Risk Awareness Week. Open each archive page for the full programme that year, or visit the original conference site for the session replays.
- RAW 2024Don't lose your job to AI — supercharge your risk team
- RAW 2023Take More Risk
- RAW 2022The Psychology of Risk
- RAW 2021ESG & Climate Decisions
- RAW 2020Solidifying RM2
- RAW 2019The Foundation
Books & publications
Prepare to Dare: Using Risk Management to Make Manoeuvrability Your Competitive Advantage
2018 · Saxo Publish
2020 · Books on Demand
RIMS Strategic Risk Management Implementation Guide
RIMS · RIMS Strategic Risk Management Development Council member · Industry standard
Hans Læssøe at Risk Awareness Week
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