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June 16, 2020

COSO’s Thought Paper on Risk Appetite

COSO has released a new thought paper, Risk Appetite – Critical to Success, that provides guidance to help executives and boards understand and articulate the organization’s risk appetite. The document...

June 9, 2020

Capturing Supply Chain Risk Management Lessons Revealed by COVID-19

COVID-19 is full of lessons to be learned for executives and boards of directors on how to manage the complex portfolio of risks potentially threatening an organization’s core...

June 1, 2020

Enterprise Risk Management as an Advisory Function

Don Pagach, Director of Research for the ERM Initiative at NC State University interviews Sam Coster, Director - ERM Advisory for Hilton Worldwide about the role ERM plays at Hilton...

June 1, 2020

Paying Attention to Forces of Change

COVID-19 has forced massive change on all of us creating unimaginable amounts of uncertainty about the future. As we begin to look at what might be the “new normal,...

May 28, 2020

Simplifying How We Think About Hard-to-Measure Risks

The pandemic crisis has introduced a whole host of never-before-seen risks that are critical to the reputation and brand of an organization. Because the risks are new, organizations have little,...

May 12, 2020

Examining the Role of a Risk Committee

One of the silver linings of the pandemic situation is that siloes within organizations are crumbling as business leaders from all types of functions are communicating regularly and working together...

April 1, 2020

2020 The State of Risk Oversight: An Overview of Enterprise Risk Management Practices

March 30, 2020

How to Leverage ERM Principles to Better Respond to COVID-19-related Risks

The novel coronavirus is providing a catastrophic lesson on how critical it is for business leaders to come together to share information about the different kinds of risks being triggered...

March 20, 2020

Using ERM Principles To Help Navigate Risks Triggered by COVID-19

Mark Beasley, KPMG Professor and Director of the ERM Initiative in the Poole College of Management at NC State University spoke at a livestream event on Monday, March 16, 2020, about applying...

March 4, 2020

Using ERM to Navigate Coronavirus and Other Pandemic Risk Events

The rapidly evolving coronavirus is triggering all kinds of risks impacting multiple aspects of an organization. Unfortunately, we are seeing first-hand how a single root cause event can trigger interrelated...

February 18, 2020

Advanced Risk Scoring Techniques

Bruce Branson, Associate Director of the ERM Initiative at NC State University interviews Jennifer MacKethan at Cisco Capital, on advanced risk scoring techniques that Cisco Capital employs in their...

February 17, 2020

Re-energizing the ERM Process

Bonnie Hancock, Executive Director of the ERM Initiative at NC State University interviews Linda Milburn-Pyle, Chief Risk Officer, Advance Auto Parts about how she approached a re-fresh of an Enterprise...

February 11, 2020

Effective ERM Can Promote Stakeholder Balance

On August 19, 2019, the Business Roundtable (BRT) announced a new Statement on the Purpose of the Corporation (see Statement) that noticeably expands the point of focus regarding the purpose of today...

February 4, 2020

Integrating ERM, Compliance, and Audit to Provide a Comprehensive View

Don Pagach, Director of Research for the ERM Initiative at NC State University interviews Rick Moyer, Chief Risk Officer at Stanford University. Rick describes his role of the Chief Risk...

January 24, 2020

Predictive Risk Intelligence Strategies

Predictive Risk Intelligence, or PRI, is the future of risk management. The article, published by Deloitte, introduces the concept, explains monitoring methods and provides examples as to how advanced analytics...

January 24, 2020

Preparing for an Uncertain Future: Scenario Planning and War-Gaming

A Risk Intelligent Enterprise puts an organization in the best position to plan for and manage risks, take advantage of opportunities and be flexible enough to respond as the environment...

January 24, 2020

How Corporate Responsibility Creates Value

According to a report published by BSR, a leader in corporate responsibility, entitled “ESG in the Mainstream: The Role for Companies and Investors in Environmental, Social, and Governance Integration,...

January 24, 2020

Categorical Thinking

Categorical thinking is the “old-school” thinking style and change is necessary in order to succeed in the modern day economy. This article from Harvard Business Review provides an...

January 24, 2020

Embracing the Future Workforce

According to a recent publication by PwC entitled “Workforce of the Future,” rapid technological advancements will drastically change the structure of the workforce in the next ten years....

January 24, 2020

Preventing Metrics from Replacing Your Strategy

To combat the abstract nature of organizational strategy, performance metrics are often employed to evaluate effectiveness. This can lead to employees mentally emphasizing the need to meet performance metrics, rather...

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What’s New

Getting Started in ERM

ERM & Strategy

Key Components of ERM

ERM Leadership & Risk Governance

Individual Risk Considerations

Evaluating Your ERM Program

Insights from Risk Leaders

ERM Article Summaries & Thought Papers 627

COSO’s Thought Paper on Risk Appetite

Capturing Supply Chain Risk Management Lessons Revealed by COVID-19

Enterprise Risk Management as an Advisory Function

Paying Attention to Forces of Change

Simplifying How We Think About Hard-to-Measure Risks

Examining the Role of a Risk Committee

2020 The State of Risk Oversight: An Overview of Enterprise Risk Management Practices

How to Leverage ERM Principles to Better Respond to COVID-19-related Risks

Using ERM Principles To Help Navigate Risks Triggered by COVID-19

Using ERM to Navigate Coronavirus and Other Pandemic Risk Events

Advanced Risk Scoring Techniques

Re-energizing the ERM Process

Effective ERM Can Promote Stakeholder Balance

Integrating ERM, Compliance, and Audit to Provide a Comprehensive View

Predictive Risk Intelligence Strategies

Preparing for an Uncertain Future: Scenario Planning and War-Gaming

How Corporate Responsibility Creates Value

Categorical Thinking

Embracing the Future Workforce

Preventing Metrics from Replacing Your Strategy

Getting Started in ERM

ERM and Strategy

Key Components of ERM

ERM Leadership and Risk Governance

Individual Risk Consideration

Evaluating Your ERM Program

Insights from Risk Leaders

What’s New

Getting Started in ERM

ERM & Strategy

Key Components of ERM

ERM Leadership & Risk Governance

Individual Risk Considerations

Evaluating Your ERM Program

Insights from Risk Leaders

ERM Graduate Courses Curriculum

NC State ERM Fellows

Mark Beasley, Ph.D

Bonnie Hancock, M.S.

Bruce Branson, Ph.D

ERM Article Summaries & Thought Papers 627

COSO’s Thought Paper on Risk Appetite

Capturing Supply Chain Risk Management Lessons Revealed by COVID-19

Enterprise Risk Management as an Advisory Function

Paying Attention to Forces of Change

Simplifying How We Think About Hard-to-Measure Risks

Examining the Role of a Risk Committee

2020 The State of Risk Oversight: An Overview of Enterprise Risk Management Practices

How to Leverage ERM Principles to Better Respond to COVID-19-related Risks

Using ERM Principles To Help Navigate Risks Triggered by COVID-19

Using ERM to Navigate Coronavirus and Other Pandemic Risk Events

Advanced Risk Scoring Techniques

Re-energizing the ERM Process

Effective ERM Can Promote Stakeholder Balance

Integrating ERM, Compliance, and Audit to Provide a Comprehensive View

Predictive Risk Intelligence Strategies

Preparing for an Uncertain Future: Scenario Planning and War-Gaming

How Corporate Responsibility Creates Value

Categorical Thinking

Embracing the Future Workforce

Preventing Metrics from Replacing Your Strategy