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December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Obsessed with a Cure: Why Risk Champions Should Think Differently
Last week I came across a TEDX talk by a student at Carnegie Mellon University on the topic of living with and managing ADHD. My ADD brain went “OH” and clicked “play.” Not only was the student, Stephen Tonti, funny and engaging,...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Nothing to Fear but Fear
In the Quaker village where I live, Halloween is more than an opportunity to see little ones in this year’s most popular costumes. A handful of villagers spend months planning elaborate displays that will delight or frighten the customary throngs...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
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
Managing Risk in Challenging Times
In the past weeks, the financial markets have taken us on a wild ride. At the Center we’ve counseled several organizations coming to grips with the impact of this changing financial reality. As each of us braces our organizations for...
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
Fact Sheet on Board Minutes
Accurate board minutes are an important resource to governing and advisory boards of public and private organizations. Minutes also support sound risk management by providing a written record of board deliberations and decisions. Board minutes provide evidence that a board...
Topics: Governance
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
The Performance
Despite the fact that I have two left feet and a tin ear, I enjoy going to the theater to see talented professionals dance and sing. Of course it’s possible that my lack of talent and skill in these “departments”...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
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