August 13, 2020 Managing Risks During COVID-19 Key Insights Mark Beasley, director of the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Initiative and KPMG professor of accounting, and Frank Buckless, Stephen P. Zelnak Jr. Dean of Poole College, hosted the inaugural Virtual...
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, 2019 Are You Trying to Embed ERM Thinking Deeper in Your Organization? Extending the Reach of ERM: Techniques for Engaging More Employees
July 19, 2018 Are Boards Focused on the Right Risks? Recent studies conducted separately by the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) and Protiviti/NC State highlight that “yesterday’s risks” that still preoccupy many boardroom...
June 26, 2018 COSO’s Take on the Three Lines of Defense As risks begin to threaten the achievement of company objectives, senior management must determine the appropriate way to respond. In many instances, management decides to rely on the Committee of...
June 26, 2018 The Relationship between Internal Controls, ERM, and the Business Model COSO’s Improving Organizational Performance and Governance discusses how COSO’s Internal Control Integrated Framework and COSO’s ERM Integrated Framework relate to the standard business model. The frameworks can...
June 7, 2018 Getting an ERM Process Started Bruce Branson, Associate Director of the ERM Initiative at NC State University interviews Beverley Harrington Leacock, Director of ERM at Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) about how...
May 1, 2018 Assigning Risk Owners Bonnie Hancock, Executive Director of the ERM Initiative at NC State University interviews Frank Fronzo, Vice President, Assistant Treasurer and Corporate Risk Officer at Estee Lauder about how his organization...
February 7, 2018 Insights about the Role of a Chief Risk Officer Don Pagach, Director of Research for the ERM Initiative at NC State University, interviews Keith Butler, Duke Energy, about his responsibilities as the company’s Chief Risk Officer. ...
August 22, 2017 ERM Talent Development and Recruiting Bruce Branson, Associate Director of the ERM Initiative at NC State University, interviews Christol Bordovsky, Enterprise Risk and Advisory Services Manager at Tesoro Corporation. Christol talks about her unique path...
March 23, 2017 Overcoming ERM Implementation Hurdles 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...
February 1, 2017 Enterprise Risk Intelligence and its Importance Enterprise risk intelligence represents the knowledge required to appropriately and successfully apply an enterprise risk management (ERM) program. ERM programs have many known benefits; however, too few organizations successfully utilize...
January 18, 2017 Overcoming Common ERM Pitfalls 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...
October 29, 2015 Advancing ERM Earlier this month we held our fourth annual Advanced ERM Executive Education Workshop where we walked over 50 participants through an evaluation of their ERM processes and provided techniques for making...
October 1, 2015 Addressing Bribery and Corruption Risk As globalization continues apace, companies continue to face escalating risk from bribery and corruption threats. To manage this risk, companies must become more knowledgeable of third parties and proactively enforce...
September 1, 2014 Trends that are Shaping the Next Fifty Years The world has changed drastically over the past fifty years with advances in technology, and these advances will continue into the future. A recent article by McKinsey focuses on trends...
February 13, 2013 Strengthening the Role of the Chief Risk Officer in an Organization The role of chief risk officer (CRO) has been put under a microscope to understand methods and key success factors that can enhance the role. Organizations now, more than ever...
December 1, 2012 Managing the Risk of Disruptive Innovation Organizations often find themselves surprised by a competitor’s announcement of a new innovation. Such announcements can be hugely disruptive, and they hit the competitive environment in many forms, such...