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Enterprise Risk Management Initiative

Risk Monitoring and Communications

Oct 31, 2023

2023 Global State of Risk Oversight: Managing the Rapidly Evolving Landscape

The 2023 Global State of Risk Oversight Report that provides insights about the state of risk oversight practices in 983 organizations around the globe. 

Jul 11, 2023

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

The 2023 State of Risk Oversight Report provides insights based on responses from 454 participants, offering a comprehensive overview of the current state of risk monitoring practices amidst the ever-evolving risk landscape.
David Hughes

Jul 10, 2023

Focusing on Strategic Risks in Interviews with Executives

David Hughes, Assistant VP and Head of ERM at HCA Healthcare shares insights about the success HCA Healthcare has had with conducting risk identification and assessment interviews with a specific focus on strategy and strategic risks.
David Hughes

Apr 10, 2023

Communicating Risk Insights to Boards of Directors

David Hughes, Assistant VP and Head of ERM at HCA Healthcare talks about the methods and tools he has developed to effectively convey risk information and key insights to the HCA leadership team and Board of Directors.

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. 
Keith Cureton

Apr 4, 2022

Reporting Risk Information to Boards of Directors

Keith Cureton shares insights about reporting risk information to executive teams and boards. In his role at UPS, Keith led the company’s ERM process and regularly reported risk information.
Paula Herman

Feb 10, 2022

Managing Talent and Culture Risks

Paula Herman of Mecklenburg County Government shares insights about her views of the kinds of big-picture risks concerns for most organizations.

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.