Corporate Research Forum: The HR Function and Risk Management Report

Corporate Research Forum’s new report, The HR Function and Risk Management: Navigating Complexity with Resilience, examines how enterprise risk is increasingly shaped by human judgement, behavior and organizational capability rather than purely technical controls.

As intangible assets now dominate enterprise value, the separation between risk governance and people governance is becoming untenable. The report argues that resilience depends less on prediction and more on building organizational “risk muscle” — strengthening decision-making conditions, surfacing early human signals, and preparing leaders to act under pressure.

RHR’s contribution highlights the shift from predictive risk management to organizational risk capability. We emphasize succession as a strategic risk discipline, the importance of psychological insight in leadership assessment, and HR’s role as a full contributor to enterprise risk strategy. By helping boards interpret people data as enterprise-level risk insight, HR becomes central to sustaining value in volatile conditions.

Download the full report to explore use case examples. To start a conversation with us, reach out: hello@rhrinternational.com

RHR Senior Partner and Head of International, Region Lead—Europe Orla Leonard contributed to this report.