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Today’s Risk Management Challenges: It’s a Small World After All
July 25, 2017
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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Managing Environmental, Social, and Governance (“ESG”) Risks
July 10, 2017
Mark Beasley, Deloitte Professor of ERM at NC State University, interviews Steve Dreyer, Head of Investor Communications – Americas, S&P Global Ratings, about emerging attention being placed on how organizations…
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Global Survey: Execs Reporting Significant Risks – But Less-Than-Robust Efforts to Address Them
June 29, 2017
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?
June 27, 2017
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
June 20, 2017
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
June 8, 2017
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)
May 16, 2017
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
May 2, 2017
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…
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Overcoming ERM Implementation Hurdles
March 23, 2017
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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ERM in the Financial Services Industry
March 9, 2017
Bruce Branson, Associate Director of the ERM Initiative at NC State University, interviews Jennifer Burke, Partner with Crowe Horwath, LLP. Jennifer is a leader in the firm’s risk advisory practice…
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2017 The State of Risk Oversight Report: An Overview of Enterprise Risk Management Practices
February 23, 2017
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…
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Importance of Key Risk Indicators (KRIs)
February 23, 2017
Bonnie V. Hancock, Executive Director of the ERM Initiative at NC State University, interviews Richard (“Rich”) G. Muzikar, Director, Enterprise Risk Management at ConEdison, Inc. based in New York, about…
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Communicating Risk Information to Boards
February 1, 2017
Bruce Branson, Associate Director of the ERM Initiative at NC State University, interviews Lynne Peck, Vice President and General Auditor with Reynolds American, Inc. Lynne leads the company’s ERM process.…
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Overcoming Common ERM Pitfalls
January 18, 2017
Don Pagach, Director of Research for the ERM Initiative at NC State University, interviews Nick Lemen, recently promoted after serving as Senior Director of ERM at Eli Lily and Company, about…
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Forget the Gym: Resolve to Make Your ERM Program Stronger!
January 4, 2017
This time of year we focus on those things we’d like to improve in the coming year, and personal fitness and diet goals are frequently at the top of the…
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2017 Top Risks Report: Executive Perspectives on Top Risks for 2017
December 8, 2016
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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Five Recurring Themes for Enhancing Risk Oversight
November 29, 2016
Over the past month I have had the opportunity to meet and talk with a number of risk management executives who have engaged with us at our ERM Initiative Advisory…
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Using Risk Profile Summaries to Oversee Top Risks
November 21, 2016
Mark Beasley, Deloitte Professor of ERM at NC State University, interviews Keith Cureton, Vice President of Global Compliance and Ethics at UPS based in Atlanta, about how risk information is…
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HIGHLIGHTS from the Fall 2016 ERM Roundtable Summit
November 7, 2016
Participants tell us that the greatest benefit they receive from the NC State ERM Roundtable Summit is the number of practical tips or “nuggets” that they hear from the experiences…
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Role of Management-Level Risk Committees
October 13, 2016
Bonnie Hancock, Executive Director of the ERM Initiative at NC State University, interviews Kelly Barrett, Senior Vice President of Home Depot's Home Services, based in Atlanta, Georgia, about Enterprise Risk Management Committees…