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Poole College of Management
Enterprise Risk Management Initiative

ERM and Strategy

Jul 1, 2011

Competitive Advantage in a Risk Environment: Four Capabilities to Gain Adaptability

Discover how adaptive strategies help organizations navigate risk and volatility by fostering rapid learning, decentralized decision-making, and strategic experimentation to address emerging challenges.

Apr 29, 2011

Design to Embrace Failures

Harnessing intelligent failure helps organizations learn, adapt, and innovate. Discover seven principles for embracing failure, minimizing risk, and fostering a culture of learning to enhance organizational resilience and strategy.

Mar 1, 2011

Raising Awareness of Cybersecurity Risks

Learn how senior executives and boards can enhance cybersecurity risk oversight with practical strategies from Sidley Austin LLP. Discover recommendations for managing, monitoring, and mitigating cyber threats in today's evolving risk landscape.

Jan 11, 2011

Developing Key Risk Indicators to Strengthen Enterprise Risk Management

Stay ahead of shifting risks with COSO's guide to key risk indicators (KRIs). Learn how KRIs boost strategic alignment, risk awareness, and ERM effectiveness for better decision-making.

Jan 1, 2011

Assessing and Managing Risks Related to Intangible Assets

Given that intangible assets correspond to roughly 80 percent of the value of today's corporations, it is essential that companies improve risk governance practices concerning intangible assets to mitigate against the related risks. In an article from Corporate Finance Review, the authors discuss the evolution of ERM and recommend changes to the management of intangible assets as a way of enhancing enterprise value. In addition, key elements of an ideal oversight system are reviewed.

Dec 30, 2010

Climate Change and Sustainability Risks

Discover how climate change and sustainability shape enterprise risks, including strategic, financial, and reputational impacts. Learn key strategies to address these emerging challenges effectively.

Dec 21, 2010

Board Risk Oversight – A Progress Report

Discover insights from COSO and Protiviti's survey on board risk oversight, revealing gaps in maturity and strategies for aligning risk management with organizational goals and improving reporting.

Dec 1, 2010

Avoid Being Blindsided by Risks: Focus on Key Assumptions

Deloitte outlines the dangers of flawed strategic assumptions and the importance of regularly challenging them. Learn how to implement a risk-intelligent strategy to avoid blind spots and improve decision-making.

Dec 1, 2010

A Four-Step Risk Approach to Strategy Execution

Organizations are seeing the value of adopting a risk-based approach to execute strategies in order to survive in a post-recession world. This approach enables managers to focus on opportunities in strategic plans, as well as minimizing the potential impact of threats. A recent article in the Journal of Business Strategy outlines four steps to execute a strategy using a risk-based approach.

Oct 1, 2010

ERM Roundtable Summit Panel Discussion – The Value Proposition of ERM: Strategic or Compliance

Learn how ERM leaders navigate challenges in implementation, align risk management with strategy, and leverage cultural fit to drive value from enterprise-wide risk oversight efforts.