Skip to main content
Poole College of Management
Enterprise Risk Management Initiative

Strategic Risk

Apr 28, 2022

A Look Inside Disney’s Tax Battle

Explore the tax and financial implications of Florida's decision to revoke Disney's special municipal status. Poole College accounting professors analyze how this move affects Disney, Florida residents, and the broader corporate-political landscape.

Apr 4, 2022

Study Finds Empowering Workers Can Backfire

Empowering employees can backfire if workplace obstacles remain. A new study shows that addressing hindrance stressors is essential to prevent unethical behavior and maximize the benefits of empowerment.

Feb 28, 2022

REGISTER NOW! Master of Management, Risk and Analytics Concentration (MRA) Session, February 28, 2023

Poole College’s MRA concentration prepares leaders with risk management and data analytics skills. Join the online program for strategic leadership in a data-driven world. Learn more at the upcoming information session.

Feb 23, 2022

Interdisciplinary Collaboration: World Risks and Design Philosophy

Mark Beasley teams with JMark Scearce to integrate design thinking into ERM. Learn how innovative, cross-functional approaches address risks that cut across traditional silos.
Paula Herman

Feb 10, 2022

Managing Talent and Culture Risks

Paula Herman of Mecklenburg County Government shares insights about her views of the kinds of big-picture risks concerns for most organizations.

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.

Feb 4, 2022

Developing Contingency Plans

Uncertainty is at an all-time high. Bonnie Hancock highlights how organizations can use contingency planning to manage unexpected events like the pandemic, ensuring preparedness and resilience.

Dec 9, 2021

REPORT: Executive Perspectives on Top Risks for 2022 & 2031

Executive Perspectives on Top Risks is an annual survey report that assesses the concerns of 1,453 board members and executives globally.

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.

Sep 21, 2021

Is Your Company’s Knowledge Walking Out the Door with Your Retirees?

A conversation about the risk of knowledge loss often is centered around a technology concern evoking thoughts of cyber breaches that release proprietary information, an operational matter considering outsourcing or the one that I will discuss, a people or talent discussion. This article discusses how knowledge loss from employee attrition can be reduced through effective knowledge management and knowledge transfer practices.