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Apr 5, 2024

What is Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)?

This article outlines how ERM differs from traditional risk management and how an ERM process can be one of the entity's most important strategic tools.
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Jun 20, 2025

Risk Meets Reality: Outsmarting Viral Outbreaks

Discover how climate change and global interconnectivity are reshaping biological risks—and why resilient organizations must invest in early detection and strategic foresight today.
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Mar 3, 2025

Risk Meets Reality: Weathering Extreme Events

Extreme weather events are disrupting operations, supply chains, and financial stability. Explore expert insights on climate risks, resilience strategies, and how businesses can adapt to an unpredictable future.

Sep 27, 2024

Avoiding Model Overreliance When Assessing Emerging Macroeconomic Risk

Learn how business leaders can avoid over-reliance on economic models when assessing macroeconomic risk.

Aug 29, 2022

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

Learn about Pete VanGraafeiland, a Raleigh native and Civic FCU executive, as he joins NC State's MRA program. Discover his innovative work in risk management and analytics, focusing on fraud prevention and enhancing member services at Civic FCU.

Apr 29, 2022

Elevating Value of Leading-Edge ERM: Highlights from the April 22, 2022 ERM Roundtable Summit

The sharing of insights and experiences among ERM leaders continues to help advance the strategic value of ERM programs among organizations. Fostering thought leadership on strategically focused risk management is a core mission of the ERM Initiative at NC State University. The “golden nuggets” shared by speakers at the April 22, 2022 ERM Roundtable Summit covered a variety of topics related to advancing best practices in enterprise risk management (ERM). We are providing this high-level summary so others can benefit by what was shared in each of the six sessions. 

Feb 8, 2022

Imagining Unimaginable Risks

Risks take a variety of forms, many of which companies can proactively manage. But novel risks are much more difficult to predict and plan for and they may seem improbable, emerge from a perfect storm of events, or are unprecedentedly massive. In their 2020 Harvard Business Review article, "The Risks You Can't Foresee," authors Robert S. Kaplan, Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard and Annette Mikes define novel risks and then describe how to detect and respond to them to mitigate the risk impact on the business.

Feb 8, 2022

Six Practices to Future-Proof Your Company

As companies rebuild their workforces in the aftermath of Covid-19, they must move into the digital age to future-proof their operations and give them a competitive advantage. A recent Harvard Business Review article, "Future-Proofing Your Organization," draws on research by Bain & Company involving more than 300 large firms in every sector of the global economy. The authors identify six recommended practices for companies to follow as they recover from the pandemic to create technology-enabled workforces for future success.

Feb 8, 2022

Board Oversight of ESG and Diversity Risks

PwC's 2021 Annual Corporate Directors Survey gauges the views of public company directors across the United States. The survey results reveal the significant impact of the social, environmental and economic pressures companies have faced in recent years, including new risks for boards to address. The PwC report also sheds light on the changes boards are making in response to the dynamic environment.
Expert ERM Interview

Oct 6, 2021

New Resources: ERM Tools & Techniques

The ERM Initiative interviews John Fraser, Rob Quail and Betty Simkins about the 2nd edition of Enterprise Risk Management: Today’s Leading Research and Best Practices for Tomorrow’s Executives.

Sep 21, 2021

Is Your Company’s Knowledge Walking Out the Door with Your Retirees?

This article discusses how knowledge loss from employee attrition can be reduced through effective knowledge management and knowledge transfer practices.