December 8, 2016 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...
November 29, 2016 Five Recurring Themes for Enhancing Risk Oversight 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...
November 21, 2016 Using Risk Profile Summaries to Oversee Top Risks 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...
November 7, 2016 HIGHLIGHTS from the Fall 2016 ERM Roundtable Summit 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...
October 13, 2016 Role of Management-Level Risk Committees 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,...
September 27, 2016 Risk Identification and Risk Training Bruce Branson, Associate Director of the ERM Initiative at NC State University, interviews Phil Maxwell, Director of Enterprise Risk Management at The Coca-Cola Company, about risk identification techniques and...
September 22, 2016 Case Studies on Key Risk Indicators NC State’s ERM Initiative is pleased to release a new thought paper, Key Risk Reporting and Key Risk Indicators, that highlights three case study illustrations of how organizations have...
September 19, 2016 Are Your Goals Incenting Risky Behavior? Recent news has been filled with reports of bad behavior that has been linked to goals and incentive systems. Most recently it is Wells Fargo, but prior to that...
August 25, 2016 2016 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 2016 The State of Risk Oversight: An Overview of Enterprise Risk Management Practices. Based...
August 2, 2016 Engaging Management in Risk Identification Processes Don Pagach, Director of Research for the ERM Initiative at NC State University, interviews Scott Williams, Senior Director of ERM at the Lockheed Martin Corporation, about techniques used across...
June 27, 2016 Overview of ERM Practicum The ERM Initiative offers an ERM Practicum course whereby teams of three-to-four graduate students work in a hands-on capacity with executive management of an organization to advance its ERM processes....
June 3, 2016 The Audit Committee’s Role in Third-Party Risk Oversight In the ordinary course of business, companies develop and manage hundreds of third-party relationships to carry out its operations. These organizations maintain a web of suppliers, distributors, sales personnel, and...
May 27, 2016 The C-Suite Viewpoint of Cybersecurity As a menacing threat to virtually every organization, cybersecurity risks do not discriminate against any particular industry or geographic region. Every aspect of a company is susceptible to a cybersecurity...
May 25, 2016 The Bow-Tie Analysis: A Multipurpose ERM Tool For a number of years I have been using a bow tie analysis when working with organizations to evaluate risk responses. It is extremely useful in thinking through...
May 21, 2016 A Strengthened Risk Culture for a Stronger Future In order to maximize the benefits of the dialogue that occurs at the corporate director level, the board should be comprised of diverse and knowledgeable directors who are not afraid...
May 11, 2016 Case Studies on Integration of ERM with Strategy NC State University's ERM Initiative is pleased to release a new thought paper, Integration of ERM with Strategy, that highlights three case study illustrations of how organizations have successfully integrated...
May 2, 2016 A Manager’s Framework To Behavioral Strategy Understanding how employees and consumers make decisions on a daily basis can significantly improve a manager’s chances of achieving critical business objectives. However, in attempting to apply key learnings...
April 26, 2016 HIGHLIGHTS from the Spring 2016 ERM ROUNDTABLE SUMMIT on Friday, April 22, 2016 Connecting ERM with Strategy: A Theme Running Through the NC State ERM Initiative’s Spring 2016 ERM Roundtable Summit NC State’s ERM Initiative held its...
April 22, 2016 Taking a Strategic Approach to Emerging Risks How do you define an “emerging” risk? The term is used frequently, but not everyone defines it in the same way. At a recent meeting of risk professionals, we...
April 18, 2016 Social Class Origins Impact Executive Risk Taking Social class and childhood upbringing can have a significant impact on an individual’s ambitions, perspectives, and decisions. However, little research has been conducted to make a connection on how...