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Managing Non-Technical Risks - MNTR

Discipline: Petroleum Business / Well Construction/Drilling / Project Management / Unconventional Resources
Level: Basic
Instructors who teach this course:
  • Mr. Christiaan Luca
    Mr. Christiaan Luca
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    MR. CHRISTIAAN LUCA is associate partner in Community Wisdom Partners, a consultancy specialized in the creation of mutually beneficial relationships between business and societal actors. He has 32 years prior experience in the oil and gas industry with Shell, starting as a petroleum engineer in various countries around the world before moving into senior corporate positions in technical and commercial strategy. In his latest role he was responsible for the design and implementation of Shell's global practice in non-technical (or societal) risk management. This included training hundreds of advisors, engineers, managers, and executives in the practicalities of delivering a timely and proactive response to pressures and challenges from the external world. His experience across technical, commercial, and non-technical disciplines allows him to communicate easily across all professional boundaries. Christiaan has a broad toolkit at his disposal to improve governance, streamline processes, and create the cultural change needed for proactive management of non-technical risks in capital projects and operations. He has a BSc in Mining Engineering and a MSc in Petroleum Engineering (Honors), both from Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands.

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  • Dr. Katinka van Cranenburgh
    Dr. Katinka van Cranenburgh
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    DR. KATINKA C. VAN CRANENBURGH is a founding partner of Community Wisdom Partners (CWP), a consultancy specializing in the creation of mutually beneficial relationships between business and societal actors. For over 16 years, she has contributed to Heineken's social performance policy and program, focusing on developing countries and complex environments. She created the Heineken Africa Foundation, a corporate philanthropic institution, and was responsible for the design and implementation of 45 health-care projects at a value of several million euros. In her last position as global employees' and human rights manager, she contributed to Heineken's global practice in non-technical (or societal) risk management. This included training commercial, human resources, public affairs and business managers, and executives in corporate social responsibility and proactive response to pressures and challenges from the external world.

    Katinka's academic background, including her PhD dissertation on how multinational companies and religious institutions manage business ethics, provides a solid theoretical foundation to all the practical work she does. At CWP she focuses on online and in-house training and consultancy coaching of business managers. Katinka is a columnist at The Post Online and is authoring a book with the working title "Between Manager and Human Being." She has a PhD in Management from the Rotterdam School of Management and an International MBA from the HES, University of Amsterdam.

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  • About the course
  • Designed For
  • You will learn
  • Course Content
Non-technical or societal risks have become the main source of business delays and budget overruns in the oil and gas industry. Non-technical risks typically are related to political, regulatory, health, safety, security, environmental, and social issues. Mitigation requires good external awareness and stakeholder engagement skills, but also the willingness of technical and commercial teams to work closely together with the non-technical disciplines to accommodate non-technical perspectives in project designs and plans.

This course looks at both the internal and the external challenges that a company may face related to stakeholder engagement. On the external side, we look at current trends in western and non-western societies, we study key stakeholder groups, in particular those seen as 'difficult to deal with,' and then cover the practicalities of creating and maintaining effective relationships. However, a company will not be effective in its response to the external world if it is not well organized internally. Therefore, this course will also look at processes and tools to ensure internal alignment and cooperation with the aim to link external perspectives to business decision making. A key methodology is the quantification of non-technical risks because it helps prioritization and focusing of resources and mitigating activities.

For the virtual session, class hours will be 08:00-12:00 Central US time (GMT-5:00), Monday through Thursday each week.

The overall objective of this course is to enhance the ability of a company to deliver its business on time, within budget, and at design capacity from an external risk perspective. To enhance learning effectiveness, hands-on experience will be emphasized through group exercises, role-play, and interactive challenge. Case studies, storytelling, and video materials will be used to enhance the learning experience. Self-assessment surveys and quizzes will stimulate reflection and personal development.
All oil and gas business professionals who are directly or indirectly involved in the management of non-technical risks. Specifically, managers with accountability for business delivery, that is, projects or operations; managers of technical and commercial teams that support projects or operations; and professionals in Health, Safety, Security & Social Responsibility; Government Relations; and Communications.
  • About important trends in the relationship between business and society
  • To make the business case for active management of non-technical risks
  • Essential concepts of stakeholder engagement, including dealing with activist stakeholders
  • How to set up the internal structure and collaboration model to respond effectively to the external world
  • How to apply the tools to identify, assess, quantify, and mitigate non-technical risks
  • How to integrate non-technical risks into business decision-making processes
  • Trends in western and non-western societies affecting oil and gas companies
  • The business impact of non-technical risks: the case for action
  • An overview of modern stakeholder engagement models
  • Methods to deal with NGO's, activist investors, and communities
  • Insight in the power and limitations of multi-stakeholder initiatives
  • Internal organizational and cultural complexities and challenges, and practical solutions
  • Essential international standards as required by international lenders and institutions
  • Application of the project risk management framework and its tools to non-technical risks
  • Quantification of non-technical risks to drive focus and action
  • Linking up with the business decision-making process
  • Dealing with internal resistance to change by learning from the safety journey
  • Participants will leave with a blueprint for implementation in their own company
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Managing Non-Technical Risks - MNTR
Discipline: Petroleum Business
Level: Basic
Duration: 4 days
Instructor(s): Christiaan Luca, Katinka van Cranenburgh
Non-technical or societal risks have become the main source of business delays and budget overruns in the oil and gas industry. Non-technical risks typically are related to political, regulatory, health, safety, security, environmental, and social issues. Mitigation requires good external awareness and stakeholder engagement skills, but also the willingness of technical and commercial teams to work closely together with the non-technical disciplines to accommodate non-technical perspectives in project designs and plans.

This course looks at both the internal and the external challenges that a company may face related to stakeholder engagement. On the external side, we look at current trends in western and non-western societies, we study key stakeholder groups, in particular those seen as 'difficult to deal with,' and then cover the practicalities of creating and maintaining effective relationships. However, a company will not be effective in its response to the external world if it is not well organized internally. Therefore, this course will also look at processes and tools to ensure internal alignment and cooperation with the aim to link external perspectives to business decision making. A key methodology is the quantification of non-technical risks because it helps prioritization and focusing of resources and mitigating activities.

For the virtual session, class hours will be 08:00-12:00 Central US time (GMT-5:00), Monday through Thursday each week.

The overall objective of this course is to enhance the ability of a company to deliver its business on time, within budget, and at design capacity from an external risk perspective. To enhance learning effectiveness, hands-on experience will be emphasized through group exercises, role-play, and interactive challenge. Case studies, storytelling, and video materials will be used to enhance the learning experience. Self-assessment surveys and quizzes will stimulate reflection and personal development.
Designed For:
All oil and gas business professionals who are directly or indirectly involved in the management of non-technical risks. Specifically, managers with accountability for business delivery, that is, projects or operations; managers of technical and commercial teams that support projects or operations; and professionals in Health, Safety, Security & Social Responsibility; Government Relations; and Communications.
You Will Learn:
  • About important trends in the relationship between business and society
  • To make the business case for active management of non-technical risks
  • Essential concepts of stakeholder engagement, including dealing with activist stakeholders
  • How to set up the internal structure and collaboration model to respond effectively to the external world
  • How to apply the tools to identify, assess, quantify, and mitigate non-technical risks
  • How to integrate non-technical risks into business decision-making processes
Course Content:
  • Trends in western and non-western societies affecting oil and gas companies
  • The business impact of non-technical risks: the case for action
  • An overview of modern stakeholder engagement models
  • Methods to deal with NGO's, activist investors, and communities
  • Insight in the power and limitations of multi-stakeholder initiatives
  • Internal organizational and cultural complexities and challenges, and practical solutions
  • Essential international standards as required by international lenders and institutions
  • Application of the project risk management framework and its tools to non-technical risks
  • Quantification of non-technical risks to drive focus and action
  • Linking up with the business decision-making process
  • Dealing with internal resistance to change by learning from the safety journey
  • Participants will leave with a blueprint for implementation in their own company
Instructors:

MR. CHRISTIAAN LUCA is associate partner in Community Wisdom Partners, a consultancy specialized in the creation of mutually beneficial relationships between business and societal actors. He has 32 years prior experience in the oil and gas industry with Shell, starting as a petroleum engineer in various countries around the world before moving into senior corporate positions in technical and commercial strategy. In his latest role he was responsible for the design and implementation of Shell's global practice in non-technical (or societal) risk management. This included training hundreds of advisors, engineers, managers, and executives in the practicalities of delivering a timely and proactive response to pressures and challenges from the external world. His experience across technical, commercial, and non-technical disciplines allows him to communicate easily across all professional boundaries. Christiaan has a broad toolkit at his disposal to improve governance, streamline processes, and create the cultural change needed for proactive management of non-technical risks in capital projects and operations. He has a BSc in Mining Engineering and a MSc in Petroleum Engineering (Honors), both from Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands.

DR. KATINKA C. VAN CRANENBURGH is a founding partner of Community Wisdom Partners (CWP), a consultancy specializing in the creation of mutually beneficial relationships between business and societal actors. For over 16 years, she has contributed to Heineken's social performance policy and program, focusing on developing countries and complex environments. She created the Heineken Africa Foundation, a corporate philanthropic institution, and was responsible for the design and implementation of 45 health-care projects at a value of several million euros. In her last position as global employees' and human rights manager, she contributed to Heineken's global practice in non-technical (or societal) risk management. This included training commercial, human resources, public affairs and business managers, and executives in corporate social responsibility and proactive response to pressures and challenges from the external world.

Katinka's academic background, including her PhD dissertation on how multinational companies and religious institutions manage business ethics, provides a solid theoretical foundation to all the practical work she does. At CWP she focuses on online and in-house training and consultancy coaching of business managers. Katinka is a columnist at The Post Online and is authoring a book with the working title "Between Manager and Human Being." She has a PhD in Management from the Rotterdam School of Management and an International MBA from the HES, University of Amsterdam.


In-House Course Presentations
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