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Poole College of Management
Enterprise Risk Management Initiative

ERM and Strategy

May 3, 2023

Enhancing the Future Relevance of ERM

This thought paper, Enhancing the Future Relevance of ERM:  Insights from ERM Leaders, summarizes a number of key insights from enterprise-wide risk management (ERM) leaders about continuous improvement opportunities and practical techniques that business leaders can use to advance the strategic value of their organization’s risk management processes. The paper highlights innovative and emerging themes ERM leaders are embracing to strengthen their organization’s understanding of emerging issues before they occur.
Elona Ruka-Wright

Mar 30, 2023

Managing Tone in the Middle

Elona Ruka-Wright, leader of global risk management and governance practices at Finastra, talks with the ERM Initiative about the importance of managing "tone in the middle."

John Tartt

Mar 17, 2023

How to Align ERM with Strategy

John Tartt, assistant vice president of Enterprise Risk Management at Atrium Health recently spoke with NC State ERM Initiative Executive Director Bonnie Hancock about the organization’s ERM initiatives.
Yvette Connor

Mar 1, 2023

Integrating ERM and Strategy

Yvette Connor, Principal and Risk Advisory, National Strategic and Enterprise Risk Practice Leader with Grant Thornton, LLC shares her insights about the importance of the integration of ERM and strategy.
Zach Wolff

Feb 6, 2023

Identifying Long-Term Risks

Zach Wolff, director of ERM and SOX internal controls, ConEdison, shares how his organization engages business leaders across the company to identify potential issues that may reflect longer-term emerging enterprise-level risks.

Feb 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 opportunities, adapt their business models and reallocate investments amid a crisis are the winners.

Feb 8, 2022

Imagining 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 and they may seem improbable, emerge from a perfect storm of events, or are unprecedentedly massive. In their 2020 Harvard Business Review article, "The Risks You Can't Foresee," authors Robert S. Kaplan, Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard and Annette Mikes define novel risks and then describe how to detect and respond to them to mitigate the risk impact on the business.
Expert ERM Interview

Oct 6, 2021

New Resources: ERM Tools & Techniques

The ERM Initiative interviews John Fraser, Rob Quail and Betty Simkins about the 2nd edition of Enterprise Risk Management: Today’s Leading Research and Best Practices for Tomorrow’s Executives.

Håkan Jankensgard

Aug 31, 2021

Discussion about the Importance of Integrating ERM and Strategy

Mark Beasley and Håkan Jankensgard engage in a discussion about why starting with a rich understanding of what is most strategically important to the business is the most critical first step in any ERM process. 
Mark Beasley

Aug 17, 2021

Use Strategic Lingo Versus Risk Lingo When Engaging C-Suite Executives

ERM Initiative Director Mark Beasley shares tips on how leaders may want to rethink their approaches to engaging in conversations with C-Suite executives.