Categories: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Fear Not: Understanding the Risk of Personal Liability
The risk of personal criminal or civil liability on the part of individual public entity leadership members is small but difficult to quantify. And it is important to note that exercising poor judgment, relying on an expert whose advice is...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Fascinated by Uncertainty
Review of John Brockman, ed., The Universe: Leading Scientists Explore the Origin, Mysteries, and Future of the Cosmos, HarperCollins, New York 2014 Who are we? What do we know about our “universe?” What are our future possibilities? These are the questions...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
The Perfect Ride
“Riding on a motorcycle can make you feel joyous, powerful, peaceful, frightened, vulnerable, and back out to happy again, perhaps in the same ten miles. It is life compressed, its own answer to the question “Why?” — Melissa Holbrook Pierson, The...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Unstuck
Have you ever been figuratively “stuck”? I have a hunch that the feeling of being stuck is something all humans experience at some time. And I’m pretty confident I experience that feeling as often as the nonprofit leader next door....
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Managing Risk in an Improbable World
In his fascinating book, Struck by Lightning: The Curious World of Probabilities, University of Toronto professor Jeffrey S. Rosenthal explores the science of probabilities. Rosenthal’s text offers a compelling argument for thoughtful risk management while reminding readers to accept the...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
The Outer Rim of Risk
The discipline of risk management invites a close-up examination of events and circumstances that threaten the mission and goals of an organization or that offer the promise of mission-advancing benefit. Nonprofit CEOs, CFOs, senior staff and even board members are...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Everything You Need to Know About Risk, You Learned in Kindergarten
As I prepare for my daughter’s eighth grade graduation this week, I feel nostalgic for the days when she began her academic career as an energetic tow-headed little Kindergartener. I remember her coming home wide-eyed and excited to tell me...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Risk Aversion Conversion
The topic of risk-taking was front and center in a recent Wall Street Journal article, “Risk-Averse Culture Infects U.S. Workers, Entrepreneurs” by Ben Casselman. According to the author, the risk-taking, dream-chasing spirit is dwindling in the hearts of American workers and business...
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December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Uncommon Sense
During the past fifteen years many workshop attendees have commented that risk management is “common sense.” I’ve agreed with this assessment on countless occasions. I’ve also shared my view that moving beyond the limited view of individual experience—by tapping into...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Say Something!
As an advisor to nonprofits striving to better understand and cope with myriad risks, I spend a lot of time trying to come up with practical solutions to complex problems. As anyone who’s worked with the Center knows, we don’t...
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