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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...

REPORT: Executive Perspectives on Top Risks for 2021 & 2030

REPORT: Executive Perspectives on Top Risks for 2021 & 2030 The ERM Initiative in the Poole College of Management at North Carolina State University, in conjunction with global consulting firm Protiviti, annually...

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...

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...

September 27, 2022

2022 Global State of Enterprise Risk Oversight

The volume, pace, and complexities of the ever-evolving array of risks are vast, and organizations that are well-prepared to manage that reality can benefit strategically leaving those less prepared with...

September 9, 2022

The SEC Climate-Related Disclosure Proposal: Why?

In March 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed rule changes that would require public companies to provide specific climate-related financial data, including greenhouse gas emissions insights, in...

August 29, 2022

Raleigh Native and Civic FCU Executive Joins Pack, Dives Into Risk and Analytics

Looking back on his childhood, Master of Management, Risk and Analytics (MRA) student Pete VanGraafeiland can point to many fond memories – playing in his backyard that was...

August 12, 2022

Focusing efforts on ESG goals is ‘just good business’

In my role as associate director of the enterprise risk management (ERM) initiative in the N.C. State University Poole College of Management, I frequently observe the difficulty many organizations...

July 12, 2022

2022 The State of Risk Oversight: An Overview of Enterprise Risk Management Practices - 13th Edition

2022 The State of Risk Oversight: An Overview of Enterprise Risk Management Practices - 13th Edition Each year, the ERM Initiative at NC State University, in partnership with the AICPA,...

July 6, 2022

Five Actions to Build a Resilient Organization

Article Summary How can you build an organization well prepared to overcome disruptions and thrive amid extreme circumstances? The 2021 Deloitte Global Resilience Report explores the topic of organizational resilience. Through 2,260...