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REPORT: Executive Perspectives on Top Risks for 2023 & 2032

REPORT: Executive Perspectives on Top Risks for 2023 & 2032 The ERM Initiative in the Poole College of Management at North Carolina State University, in conjunction with global consulting firm Protiviti,...

What is Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)?

Leaders of organizations must manage risks in order for the entity to stay in business. In fact, most would say that managing risks is just a normal part of running...

The Art & Science of Key Risk Indicators:  A Case Study Analysis

Many organizations struggle to develop Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) that will provideearly warnings that risks may be more likely to materialize. This case study looks at 5 different organizations that have...

Six Practices to Future-Proof Your Company

Article Summary During the Covid-19 global pandemic, economic survival was the top priority for most businesses, making little room for decisions based on longer-term strategy. Now, as businesses rebuild, they...

Strengthening Enterprise Agility for a Crisis:  Lessons Learned

Article Summary The COVID-19 pandemic presented challenges—and necessary changes—for all organizations. To support quick adoption of these changes, many entities adopted agile business practices. In a...

Board Oversight of ESG and Diversity Risks

Article Summary Companies across the United States are grappling with the myriad of social, environmental and economic challenges of the past few years—from the Covid-19 pandemic to heightened...

Strengthening Operational Resilience in a Post-Pandemic Environment

Article Summary The COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 gave rise to the term, “resilience.” In its simplest form, resilience can be defined as the ability to recover from difficulties. In...

Use Strategic Lingo Versus Risk Lingo When Engaging C-Suite Executives

Often ERM leaders are frustrated at not being able to capture the attention of C-Suite executives when discussing risk issues.  Sometimes ERM leaders find it challenging to engage with...

Tools for Escalating Risk Issues to the C-Suite and Board

The volume and complexities of risks on the horizon are at an all-time high. Not only are organizations navigating a multitude of risks triggered by the ongoing pandemic, but business...

Capturing Supply Chain Risk Management Lessons Revealed by COVID-19

COVID-19 is full of lessons to be learned for executives and boards of directors on how to manage the complex portfolio of risks potentially threatening an organization’s core...

How to Leverage ERM Principles to Better Respond to COVID-19-related Risks

The novel coronavirus is providing a catastrophic lesson on how critical it is for business leaders to come together to share information about the different kinds of risks being triggered...

Using ERM Principles To Help Navigate Risks Triggered by COVID-19

Mark Beasley, KPMG Professor and Director of the ERM Initiative in the Poole College of Management at NC State University spoke at a livestream event on Monday, March 16, 2020, about applying...

Using ERM to Navigate Coronavirus and Other Pandemic Risk Events

The rapidly evolving coronavirus is triggering all kinds of risks impacting multiple aspects of an organization. Unfortunately, we are seeing first-hand how a single root cause event can trigger interrelated...

Advanced Risk Scoring Techniques

Bruce Branson, Associate Director of the ERM Initiative at NC State University interviews Jennifer MacKethan at Cisco Capital, on advanced risk scoring techniques that Cisco Capital employs in their...

Integrating ERM, Compliance, and Audit to Provide a Comprehensive View

Don Pagach, Director of Research for the ERM Initiative at NC State University interviews Rick Moyer, Chief Risk Officer at Stanford University. Rick describes his role of the Chief Risk...

Transforming Reputation Risk Management

When breaking news hits the wires, it can trigger immediate financial impacts for major national organizations. Billions of dollars inmarket capitalization can be vaporized in a single news cycle, reflecting...

September 6, 2023

Your expertise matters.  Contribute to our Top Risks Survey.

Dear ERM leader, Your professional expertise is invaluable. Every year, in collaboration with global consulting firm Protiviti, the ERM Initiative surveys leaders like you to identify emerging risks, assess their...

July 20, 2023

Why the disconnect? Risks are everywhere; risk management is not

Podcast Discussion of the State of Risk Oversight: The 2023 State of Risk Oversight report that focuses on enterprise risk management (ERM) and offers tools for risk practitioners is the focus...

July 11, 2023

2023 The State of Risk Oversight: An Overview of Enterprise Risk Management Practices - 14th Edition

2023 The State of Risk Oversight: An Overview of Enterprise Risk Management Practices - 14th Edition Each year, the ERM Initiative at NC State University, in partnership with the AICPA,...

July 10, 2023

Integrating ERM with Other Risk and Assurance Functions

Elona Ruka-Wright, Chief Risk and Compliance Officer at Finastra shares with Mark Beasley, Alan T. Dickson Distinguished Professor and Director of the ERM Initiative, her experiences of integrating ERM...

July 10, 2023

Focusing on Strategic Risks in Interviews with Executives

David Hughes, Assistant VP and Head of ERM at HCA Healthcare shares insights with Bruce Branson, Associate Director of the NC State ERM Initiative about the success HCA Healthcare has...

July 6, 2023

Balancing ERM’s Focus on Operational Risks and Emerging Emerging Risks

Zach Wolff, Director of ERM and SOX Internal Controls, ConEdison, shares insights with Don Pagach, Director of Research in the ERM Initiative about approaches his organization takes to develop &ldquo...