Enterprise Risk Management Initiative, Poole College of Management, North Carolina State University

Today’s Risk Management Challenges:  It’s a Small World After All

In late June, I spoke at a conference in Italy focused on risk management and organizational change. Those in attendance included both business professionals and academics interested in understanding more…

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Global Survey: Execs Reporting Significant Risks – But Less-Than-Robust Efforts to Address Them

A global survey of executives finds that most view the world as increasingly risky, with many reporting a “significant operational surprise” over the past five years. However, the majority of…

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What is More Important for Creating Successful Teams, Design or Coaching?

It’s hard to find an organization these days not using teams to execute all kinds of business initiatives, including sales & marketing, research design & innovation, talent acquisition, systems development,…

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Observations about the State of ERM:  A View From S&P

Don Pagach, Director of Research for the ERM Initiative at NC State University, interviews Steve Dreyer, Head of Investor Communications – Americas, S&P Global Ratings, about the state of enterprise…

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Insights About What Boards are Looking for in ERM

Mark Beasley, Deloitte Professor of ERM at NC State University, interviews Jim DeLoach, Managing Director, Protiviti, about what he is hearing from individuals serving on boards of directors from all…

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Why Teams Often Make Riskier Decisions Than Individuals (and What You Can Do About It)

In today’s organizations where the use of teams is increasingly widespread, important decision making that was once reserved for a single individual is more often than not now made by…

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Ten Take-Aways from the Spring 2017 NC State ERM Roundtable Summit

Do you judge the value of a conference based upon the number of ideas or “take-aways” you hear? For the many conference goers that do, our most recent ERM Roundtable Summit was clearly a winner. While I probably could have just as easily listed 20 or more practical tips shared by ERM practitioners at this event, I am going to focus on the top ten.

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2017 The State of Risk Oversight Report: An Overview of Enterprise Risk Management Practices

NC State’s ERM Initiative, in partnership with the American Institute of CPAs, has just released its 2017 The State of Risk Oversight: An Overview of Enterprise Risk Management Practices. Based on survey responses from 432 business executives spanning a number of industries, types and sizes of organizations, the report provides detailed insights about the state of maturity of their organization’s current enterprise risk management (ERM) practices. This is the eighth year that we have conducted similar research in partnership with the AICPA.

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2017 Top Risks Report: Executive Perspectives on Top Risks for 2017

Research conducted by the ERM Initiative at NC State University in partnership with Protiviti finds that executives across all types and sizes of organizations that span a number of industries…

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Overcoming ERM Implementation Hurdles

Bruce Branson, Associate Director of the ERM Initiative at NC State University, interviews Bailey Jordan, Partner with Grant Thornton, LLP. Bailey leads the firm’s Governance, Risk and Compliance practice in…

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