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AmsterdamNetherlands	October 9, 2026	7 days	€4,900	Confirmed date
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TunisTunis	February 11, 2027	7 days	€4,400	Confirmed date
GenevaSwitzerland	March 25, 2027	7 days	€4,900	Confirmed date
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Course Information

Duration

1 Weeks

Introduction

Bow-Tie Risk Analysis is a highly practical methodology that enables organizations to visualize, prioritize, and control risk pathways in a way that is clear for decision-makers and actionable for operational teams. By connecting threats, preventive controls, escalation factors, recovery measures, and consequences in one structured view, leaders gain a disciplined approach to reducing uncertainty, strengthening governance, and improving assurance across critical activities. In modern organizations, where risk exposure can rapidly escalate through complex systems, outsourced operations, and fast-moving change, Bow-Tie analysis supports more consistent risk ownership, sharper accountability, and stronger alignment between strategy and execution. The value is not only in producing diagrams, but in building a repeatable process that improves control quality, validates performance expectations, and supports measurable improvement in risk outcomes. This course equips participants to apply the method with precision, ensure the outputs are credible and audit-ready, and translate analysis into practical control enhancements, clear responsibilities, and timely performance monitoring, while avoiding common pitfalls such as superficial workshops, weak control definitions, and uncontrolled assumptions.

Course Objectives

Define Bow-Tie components and success criteria to a professional standard suitable for governance and assurance.
Identify credible threats, top events, and consequences for high-exposure scenarios using structured risk logic.
Construct complete Bow-Tie diagrams that clearly distinguish preventive and recovery controls.
Evaluate control effectiveness and integrity using measurable performance expectations and evidence requirements.
Integrate escalation factors and degradation controls to strengthen realism and operational reliability.
Apply Bow-Tie outputs to improve risk registers, critical control management, and assurance planning.
Facilitate workshops confidently to produce consistent, high-quality results without bias or scope drift.
Translate Bow-Tie findings into prioritized action plans with owners, timelines, and tracking metrics.
Audit Bow-Tie quality and documentation to ensure defensibility for internal reviews and external scrutiny.

Target Audience

This course is designed for risk managers, HSE and operational leaders, compliance and governance professionals, internal auditors, process safety specialists, project and program managers, business continuity and resilience teams, quality managers, asset integrity professionals, and supervisors responsible for control implementation and performance monitoring.

Benefits for the Organization

Strengthens enterprise risk governance through consistent, visual risk logic and clearer accountability.
Improves prevention and response readiness by clarifying critical controls and performance requirements.
Reduces operational surprises by identifying realistic escalation paths and control weaknesses early.
Enhances assurance efficiency by focusing audits and verification on the controls that matter most.
Supports better investment decisions by prioritizing actions based on risk reduction impact.
Improves cross-functional alignment through a shared risk language that enables faster decisions.

Benefits for the Trainee

Build Bow-Tie diagrams confidently to a professional standard used in high-accountability environments.
Improve the quality of controls by defining measurable performance and evidence expectations.
Facilitate risk workshops with structure, neutrality, and clear outputs.
Strengthen personal credibility in governance, risk, and operational leadership discussions.
Convert analysis into practical actions, ownership, and monitoring that deliver visible results.
Avoid common Bow-Tie errors and produce documentation that stands up to review and scrutiny.

Course Outline

Day 1 – Bow-Tie Foundations and Risk Logic for Leaders

Purpose, value, and decision-use of Bow-Tie analysis in modern organizations
Risk terminology alignment: threats, top event, consequences, controls, and barriers
Scope definition: selecting scenarios and setting boundaries for high-quality outcomes
Defining the top event correctly and avoiding mis-specified or overly broad events
Distinguishing preventive controls versus recovery controls with practical examples
Establishing quality criteria for a “credible and defensible” Bow-Tie diagram

Day 2 – Building the Left Side: Threats, Prevention, and Control Design

Structured threat identification techniques and credibility testing
Preventive control types and how to write controls that are specific and testable
Control ownership and accountability mapping for operational execution
Common failure modes: vague controls, duplication, and missing critical barriers
Linking Bow-Tie to procedures, competence, maintenance, and operational discipline
Practical build session: developing left-side pathways for a selected scenario

Day 3 – Building the Right Side: Consequences, Recovery, and Response Strength

Consequence definition: severity logic, business impact, and realistic outcome framing
Recovery controls: containment, mitigation, response, and continuity measures
Performance expectations for recovery controls under time pressure and uncertainty
Identifying gaps between documented response and real operational capability
Interfaces with incident management, emergency response, and business continuity
Practical build session: completing the right side and validating logic end-to-end

Day 4 – Escalation Factors, Control Degradation, and Assurance Readiness

Escalation factors: how controls weaken and how risk grows in real operations
Degradation controls: designing safeguards that protect critical controls
Control effectiveness assessment: evidence, testing frequency, and acceptance thresholds
Critical control selection and prioritization for management attention
Assurance planning: verification activities, audit trails, and documentation quality
Quality review method: peer review checklist and improvements for defensibility

Day 5 – Implementation, Integration, and Executive Reporting

Converting Bow-Tie outputs into action plans with priorities, owners, and timelines
Integrating Bow-Tie with risk registers, operational KPIs, and governance reporting
Workshop facilitation skills: managing bias, conflict, and scope while staying outcome-focused
Communicating results to executives: concise narratives, key exposures, and control confidence
Building a sustainable Bow-Tie program: standards, templates, training, and quality assurance
Capstone exercise: full scenario delivery and executive-ready presentation of results

Course Duration

Duration: 1 Weeks

Duration: 5 days
Format: Classroom / Online / Blended

Instructor Information

“The training will be delivered by a team of experts specialized in negotiation and professional relationships. They have extensive practical experience in managing complex negotiations, as well as a strong record in delivering leadership and management development programs.”

Conclusion

Bow-Tie Risk Analysis is most valuable when it moves beyond diagrams and becomes a disciplined decision tool that strengthens control performance, accountability, and assurance across the organization. This program equips leaders and professionals to build credible Bow-Ties, challenge assumptions, define measurable controls, and convert risk insight into targeted actions that reduce exposure and improve operational confidence. By the end of the course, participants will be able to deliver executive-ready outputs, elevate the standard of risk conversations, and help the organization sustain better outcomes through consistent governance, practical implementation, and ongoing performance monitoring.

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