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July 6, 2022

Five Actions to Build a Resilient Organization

The 2021 Deloitte Global Resilience Report explores how to strengthen resilience in your organization to be prepared to overcome disruptions and thrive amid extreme circumstances. Through 2,260 interviews with public- and private-sector...

June 30, 2022

Practical Tips to Prepare for Disruption

Disruption is a part of life and business, and business leaders are often tasked with making important decisions amid uncertainty. Based on insights from its research, Gallup published a set...

February 23, 2022

New Case Study: Using Scenario Planning to Consider Emerging Risks

Looking for how organizations use scenario planning to address risks and capitalize on opportunities? Recent events have highlighted the importance of planning for an uncertain future. The ERM Initiative...

February 10, 2022

Managing Talent and Culture Risks

The ongoing pandemic ushered in a number of talent and culture related challenges for virtually all organizations. Hybrid and fully remote work environments over the past couple of years have...

February 9, 2022

Strengthening Enterprise Agility for a Crisis: Lessons Learned

The COVID-19 pandemic presented challenge and change for all organizations. To support rapid change, many entities adopted agile business practices. A team of experts from McKinsey and the Harvard Business...

February 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...

February 8, 2022

Imaging 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—they may seem improbable, emerge...

February 8, 2022

How to Adapt to Thrive in the New Normal

Shocks like economic recessions and global pandemics can result in long-lasting behavioral changes that impact businesses. The Covid-19 pandemic is the most recent reminder that companies prepared to reassess their...

December 9, 2021

REPORT: Executive Perspectives on Top Risks for 2022 & 2031

REPORT: Executive Perspectives on Top Risks for 2022 & 2031 The ERM Initiative in the Poole College of Management at North Carolina State University, in conjunction with global consulting firm Protiviti,...

August 31, 2021

Mitigating Supply Chain Disruptions and Building Resilience

Global supply chains are larger and more complex than ever. At the same time disruptions that affect supply chains have grown more frequent and severe, exposing vulnerabilities. Companies and policy...

August 31, 2021

Assessing Risks in Third Parties

In today’s dynamic global market, many third-party risks are going undetected—hidden in supplier, distributor and partner relationships. External factors including the COVID-19 pandemic and increasing attention among government...

August 31, 2021

Discussion about the Importance of Integrating ERM and Strategy

The value proposition for ERM goes up exponentially the more executives integrate their discussions of risks in the context of the strategy of the business. Too often ERM programs...

August 16, 2021

Strengthening Operational Resilience in a Post-Pandemic Environment

In a post-pandemic environment, organizations worldwide are implementing risk management strategies to create more resilient future operations. Operational resilience is the organization’s ability to prepare responses to be in...

July 20, 2021

Podcast on Enhancing the Strategic Value of Risk Oversight

Mark Beasley, KPMG Professor and Director of the ERM Initiative, is interviewed by Michael Keegan in a “Business of Government Hour” podcast hosted by the IBM Center for The Business...

April 28, 2021

Overview of the National Risk Management Center at the Department of Homeland Security

The National Risk Management Center (NRMC) within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) works closely with the critical infrastructure community to...

March 23, 2021

Engaging Enterprise Resiliency Teams

An Interview with Kate Kraycirik, Director of ERM at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

March 18, 2021

Lessons Learned: How COVID Shaped Business Decision Making in 2020

Mark Beasley, KPMG Professor of Accounting and Director of the ERM Initiative, moderated a panel of experts from Poole College of Management, Oracle and SteelFab who took a deep dive...

January 4, 2021

Improving Management Review Controls

One of the primary ways an organization responds to risks is by implementing internal control policies and procedures to help prevent or deter a risk from occurring or to help...

July 7, 2020

Getting Your Arms Around Risk Appetite

Most people understand the overarching concept of risk appetite. They recognize that risk appetite should reflect the organization’s stakeholder willingness to take risks that management and the board use...

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...

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