{"podcast":{"title":"Risk is Our Business","slug":"risk-is-our-business-7345884","podcast_index_feed_id":7345884,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/riskisourbusiness/feed.xml","website_url":"https://riskisourbusiness.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/20693101/Podbean_1400x1400bp8vj.png","author":"Michael Rasmussen","episode_count":63,"summary":"The Risk Is Our Business Podcast explores the principles of Governance, Risk, and Compliance—to reliably achieving objectives, navigating uncertainty, and acting with integrity. Here, we follow the Prime Directive of Risk Management: No decision or strategy moves forward without understanding its impact on our goals, our resilience, and our values. Because risk isn’t the enemy, it’s the mission. After all, risk is our business.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-14T06:21:20.006849+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/risk-is-our-business-7345884"},"episode":{"title":"Commanding the Room: From Risk Data to Real Influence with Karan Rao","slug":"commanding-the-room-from-risk-data-to-real-influence-with-karan-rao","published_at":"2026-03-23T20:36:22+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/risk-is-our-business-7345884/commanding-the-room-from-risk-data-to-real-influence-with-karan-rao","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/risk-is-our-business-7345884","url":"https://riskisourbusiness.podbean.com/e/the-title-of-risk_is_our_business_season_2_episode_11_with_k/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ysi7uz9v2f8xny3e/Risk_Is_Our_Business_Season_2_Episode_11_with_Karan_Rao_mixdownbq9mq-e29k9x-Optimized.mp3","summary":"In this episode of Risk Is Our Business, Captain Michael Rasmussen is joined by Karan Rao, Head of Enterprise Risk at Embark Student Corp., for a conversation that started not in a boardroom but on LinkedIn. A post from Karan caught Michael’s attention on how the best risk managers aren’t the ones with the most complex models, but the ones who can walk into a room, read the people, interrogate the data, and explain risk so clearly that action becomes unavoidable. From there, the discussion dives into the human side of risk. They explore why understanding behavior is just as important as understanding data, and why the ability to communicate, write, and present with clarity separates those who inform from those who influence. Risk leaders, they argue, don’t hide behind dashboards, they translate insight into decisions. They also discuss the importance of developing skills that compound over time: communication, storytelling, emotional intelligence, and business understanding. Karan shares how ideas from Atlas of the Heart shape his approach to risk leadership, helping him connect emotion, clarity, and decision-making in high-stakes environments. This episode is about moving risk from a reporting function to a leadership discipline, one where the ability to engage the room matters just as much as the data on the screen.","meta_description":"In this episode of Risk Is Our Business, Captain Michael Rasmussen is joined by Karan Rao, Head of Enterprise Risk at Embark Student Corp., for a conversa…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1533,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/risk-is-our-business-7345884/episodes/commanding-the-room-from-risk-data-to-real-influence-with-karan-rao/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/risk-is-our-business-7345884/commanding-the-room-from-risk-data-to-real-influence-with-karan-rao.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}