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Strategic Risk Transformation for Organizations
January 29, 2019
Strategic risks are important now more than ever in the economic environment we live in. Regulatory risks arise each year, along with new emerging risks from technology and innovation. That...
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Risk Management with Third-Party Suppliers
January 29, 2019
With an increase in regulations hitting firms harder than ever, risk management associated with outsourcing activities to third-parties is at the forefront of many institutions focus. The Consumer Finance Protection...
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The Value Proposition for ERM: From Intangible to Tangible
January 8, 2019
This case study, The Value Proposition for ERM: From Intangible to Tangible, provides great examples of ways that ERM has added value at six different companies. Graduate students in the...
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Risk Assessment from COSO’s Perspective
September 4, 2018
Organizations are constantly searching for ways to create and add value to their companies. As a function of risk and return, value is integral for an organization’s success. Management...
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Conducting Annual Risk Interviews
August 14, 2018
Conducting Annual Risk Interviews
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Conducting Black Swan Workshops
July 11, 2018
Conducting Black Swan Workshops
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Conducting Scenario Planning Workshops
June 21, 2018
Don Pagach, Director of Research for the ERM Initiative at NC State University, interviews Claudio Martinez de la Vega, Director, Enterprise Risk Management Director at IBM, about the reasons behind...
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Measuring and Assessing Culture in Regards to Risk Management
May 17, 2018
Mark Beasley, Deloitte Professor of Enterprise Risk Management at NC State University interviews Takis Martakis, Global Head of People Risk and Culture at Credit Suisse, about how the company is...
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Assigning Risk Owners
May 1, 2018
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...
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ERM Talent Development and Recruiting
August 22, 2017
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...
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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...
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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...
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Case Studies on Integration of ERM with Strategy
May 11, 2016
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...
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A Risk Manager’s Role in Strategic Leadership
January 20, 2016
A misalignment of risk priorities often exists between the risk manager and the executive decision makers. What can risk managers do to help them establish their significance and contribution to...
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Advancing ERM
October 29, 2015
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...
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Trends that are Shaping the Next Fifty Years
September 1, 2014
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...
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Eliminating Reputation Threats
January 15, 2014
While a number of corporate entities are embracing ERM, institutions of higher education are also enhancing their risk management processes by embracing ERM. With a number of institutions facing risk...
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Strengthening the Role of the Chief Risk Officer in an Organization
February 13, 2013
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...
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Making the Connection Between Strategy-setting and Risk
December 21, 2012
Organizations invest a great deal of effort in developing and executing their business strategies. Even so, winning business models are all-too-often subject to catastrophic failures in the blink of an...
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Managing the Risk of Disruptive Innovation
December 1, 2012
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...