In today's volatile business climate, opening a dialogue and starting a partnership between HR and risk management can only be a good thing. "HR can only do good by taking this seriously and helping other functions, such as risk and finance, think about the people dimension," says Best from Iron Mountain. Ultimately, sharing expertise and realising how each function could help the other, whether to create a culture where staff are respectful of risk or to get people-related risk higher up the business agenda, will create a more sustainable organisation for everyone. And what kind of company wouldn't want that?