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Poole College of Management
Enterprise Risk Management Initiative

Briefs and Insights

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Jun 20, 2025

Risk Meets Reality: Outsmarting Viral Outbreaks

Discover how climate change and global interconnectivity are reshaping biological risks—and why resilient organizations must invest in early detection and strategic foresight today.
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Mar 3, 2025

Risk Meets Reality: Weathering Extreme Events

Extreme weather events are disrupting operations, supply chains, and financial stability. Explore expert insights on climate risks, resilience strategies, and how businesses can adapt to an unpredictable future.
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Feb 5, 2025

Board Oversight of Risks: Strengthening ERM for Effective Risk Governance

Boards play a critical role in enterprise risk management. Learn how directors oversee risk, define risk appetite, and enhance governance through structured oversight for long-term organizational resilience.
The role of Chief Risk Officers and management-level risk committees in risk management.

Jan 21, 2025

Chief Risk Officers and Management-Level Risk Committees

Learn approaches for communicating enterprise-wide risks to executives and boards. Enhance risk management with insights and a free ERM tool.
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Nov 19, 2024

Insights from the Fall 2024 ERM Roundtable Summit

Read key insights from the Fall 2024 ERM Roundtable Summit — and download the full report for actionable ERM strategies.

Sep 27, 2024

Avoiding Model Overreliance When Assessing Emerging Macroeconomic Risk

Learn how business leaders can avoid over-reliance on economic models when assessing macroeconomic risk.
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Jun 4, 2024

ERM Initiative Celebrates 20th Anniversary at ERM Roundtable Summit

More than 130 risk management professionals from across the U.S. gathered to engage in thought leadership about emergent ERM issues.
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Jun 3, 2024

Whited, Burd Examine SEC Climate Disclosure Amendment

Poole College faculty weigh in on the March 2024 SEC rule requiring public companies to disclose climate-related risks, mitigation activities and emissions.
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Apr 5, 2024

What is Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)?

This article outlines how ERM differs from traditional risk management and how an ERM process can be one of the entity's most important strategic tools.

Nov 29, 2023

Capturing the Benefits While Managing the Risks of Generative AI Technologies

There is tremendous excitement surrounding the release of the latest artificial intelligence (AI) tools, such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and organizations are exploring all kinds of ways they may be able…