Categories: General
July 17, 2019
Resource Type: Risk eNews
The Most Important Skill for Risk Leaders? Guess Again. . .
“Almost all of us have some kind of communication problem that we don’t know we have.” – Alan Alda I’ve just finished reading Alan Alda’s fascinating book, If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face? I’m feeling fortunate...
Topics: General
June 12, 2019
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Social Distortion, Personal Responsibility, and Reputational Risk
“What we’ve got here is failure to communicate.” – Cool Hand Luke, 1967 This week I’ve been reading Rethinking Reputational Risk: How to Manage the Risks that can Ruin Your Business, Your Reputation and You, by Anthony Fitzsimmons and Derek Atkins. In...
Topics: General
May 7, 2019
Resource Type: Articles
Don’t be Dispassionate: How to Use Emotional Impulses to Make Better Decisions – Full Article
“Heuristic / you risked it.” —Hank Lazer Recently, I had an opportunity to read a special issue of the Harvard Business Review called “The Brain Science Behind Business”—a compilation of previously published articles about neuroscience. Reading these articles got me thinking about...
Topics: General
April 24, 2019
Resource Type: Risk eNews
If Ruminating on Risk Inspires Worry, You’re Doing it Wrong
During a recent risk workshop, one of our participants commented, “Thinking about all of the potential risks facing my organization makes me really worried!” Her remark reminded me of the distinction between what many leaders believe is the narrow purpose of risk...
Topics: General
April 3, 2019
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Out of Focus: How Being Less Focused (and More Aware) Pays Off
Mindfulness, like it’s complement gratitude, has been much hyped—with good reason. Our underlying mindset and conditioning are nearly invisible to most of us; by itself, the conscious mind is insufficient to get at the deeper mindset. Nonjudgmental, present-moment awareness (aka mindfulness...
Topics: General
March 13, 2019
Resource Type: Articles
Risking It All to Save the World: An Analysis of Risk Management Practice and Risk Leadership in the Nonprofit Sector
The risk management discipline continues to evolve and gain traction across the nonprofit sector, with organizational leaders recognizing risk management as a mechanism for loss prevention, quality improvement, informed decision-making, and mission advancement. Using results of two recent surveys conducted...
Topics: General
March 13, 2019
Resource Type: Webinars
Running Successful Risk Workshops
Attend this webinar to learn top tips for an engaging risk workshop, based on 20 years of conducting hundreds of NRMC workshops and trainings. Whether your workshops sessions are dazzling or dragging, we hope this webinar will provide everything you...
Topics: General
March 4, 2019
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Don’t Be Dispassionate: How to Use Emotional Impulses to Make Better Decisions
Recently, I had an opportunity to read a special issue of the Harvard Business Review called “The Brain Science Behind Business”—a compilation of previously published articles about neuroscience. Reading these articles got me thinking about the role of heuristics in risk management....
Topics: General
February 28, 2019
Resource Type: Articles
Elastic: Flexible Thinking in a Time of Change
Elastic, by Leonard Mlodinow, is available from Amazon and other booksellers. The NRMC team is pleased to feature this book review from Felix Kloman, a former member of our board and long-time student of the discipline of risk management. A graduate...
Topics: General
February 25, 2019
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Get Fresh: How to Solve Wicked Problems by Scrapping Sameness
“Problems cannot be solved by thinking within the framework in which they were created.” – Albert Einstein This week I’ve been reading Sticky Wisdom: How to Start a Creative Revolution at Work. The first chapter of the book explores what the...
Topics: General