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Navigate Uncertainty. Lead with Confidence.

Helping leaders turn emerging risks into strategic insight through research, education, and practical tools.

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Welcome to the NC State University Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Initiative, your gateway to leading-edge insights and education in ERM.

We invite you to explore a comprehensive collection of resources, including cutting-edge industry research, thought leadership, and premier professional development opportunities designed to empower you to effectively integrate risk management within the context of strategy and corporate governance for organizational success.

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600+ ERM resources

Articles, tools, videos, case studies and the latest research to enhance your understanding and application of ERM.

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Education to empower leaders at every level, from those new to ERM to seasoned professionals seeking advanced strategies.

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ERM Research

Conducted in collaboration with leaders like AICPA, CIMA and Protiviti to provide forward-thinking best practices, insights and recommendations.

ERM Research

New Research: 2027 Executive Perspectives on Top Risks and Opportunitieis

Discover the top near-term and long-term risks on the minds of executives and boards around the world. The 15th edition of Executive Perspectives on Top Risks and Opportunities: Unleashing Enterprise Value presents insights from 1,330 board members and C-suite executives about the risks, opportunities and emerging issues most likely to affect their organizations’ strategic success.

Use these findings to benchmark your organization’s risk outlook against the perspectives of executives across industries, leadership roles and geographic regions.

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“If you’re someone who enjoys learning, and you really want to meet more people in this risk management space, this is a really great environment to do that.”

Vito Giovingo

Vito Giovingo

Sr. Director, Global Business Services – Transformation, McDonald’s

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5 ERM Questions Leading Risk Professionals Are Tackling Right Now

From deciding which risks deserve the most attention to strengthening board oversight, ERM leaders are navigating increasingly complex questions. Here are five issues shaping the conversation as organizations look toward 2027.

Article and insights
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Risk Meets Reality: Perils of Polarization

In this new thought leadership piece, NC State experts examine how political and social polarization is reshaping the risk landscape, and why leaders should proactively address its enterprise-wide implications. Includes a downloadable resource.

Article and resource
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What AI Reinforcement Learning Can Teach Us About Enterprise Risk Management

Explore what reinforcement learning can teach ERM leaders about managing uncertainty, avoiding metric-driven blind spots, and strengthening risk processes before rare events become costly surprises.

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ERM Research

The ERM Initiative collaborates with ERM industry experts at leading organizations like AICPA-CIMA and Protiviti to conduct research studies to guide business leaders in identifying top risks and benchmarking future-focused risk management processes.

Executive Perceptions on AI Opportunities and Risks

A global study of 1,735 executives examines AI’s strategic potential, readiness gaps, and rising risks — highlighting regional differences and the need for integrated AI governance.

2026 The State of Risk Oversight

Insights from the 17th annual report, conducted in conjunction with AICPA. Includes key findings, questions for boards and executives, information about the study, and links to both the full PDF report and an accessible Word version.