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August 17, 2022
Resource Type: Risk eNews
How To Take More Risks In Your Leadership
When I led a newsroom, I learned from staff feedback that my team wanted more support from me. Our news organization had a lot of change initiatives. I spent time with my bosses to understand what changes were coming and...
Topics: General
August 11, 2022
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Does Your Nonprofit Have Resilience DNA?
Deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, is “a molecule that contains the biological instructions that make each species unique.” (See www.genome.gov). Did you know that certain information about future health risks is embedded in your DNA? Popular DNA test kits offer the promise...
Topics: Business Continuity Planning, Crisis Management, Crisis Communications
August 9, 2022
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Risk Lessons from a Wilderness Survival Expert
Recently I hosted wilderness survival expert Laura Handley while she was in town guiding a crew of day campers in a program sponsored by the nonprofit land trust in my village. Handley is a writer, hiker, and forager who once...
July 29, 2022
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Don’t Leave It to Your Amygdala (and 3 Other Things I Learned at the Risk Summit)
The number of recommendations in NRMC’s consulting reports doesn’t always match the number of risks. That’s because one change might mitigate several organizational risks—or one risk might require multiple organizational changes. That’s just one illustration of a lesson I have...
Topics: General
July 26, 2022
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Learning Bites, Courtesy of Shark Week
A member of my immediate family—who would prefer not to be named (or shamed) in this article—is so fearful of sharks that they find it impossible to consume any of the fascinating programs featured during “Shark Week” on the Discovery...
Topics: Risk Assessment
July 12, 2022
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Telescope, Microscope, Hamster Wheel: Choose the Right Tools, Discard the Rest
My Dad took pride in his collection of well-made, always organized shop tools. He loved showing me the cross pein pin hammer that was part of the set he purchased as a young aircraft mechanic apprentice. He’d explain that his...
Topics: General
July 5, 2022
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Risk Leadership Life Hacks
A Google search for the term “life hacks” returns 318 million results. That’s a lot of advice on efficiency whirling around the web! These days, everyone is interested in how to do things better, maximize precious time and resources, and...
Topics: General
June 27, 2022
Resource Type: Risk eNews
How Nonprofits Can Meet the Risks of Climate Change
Picture this: Rolling blackouts hit your community when a broiling summer strains the power grid. Your nonprofit, whose work includes perishable food assistance, has a generator to keep food fresh during an outage. But your already-tight budget didn’t provide for...
Topics: General
June 22, 2022
Resource Type: Risk eNews
You’re Focused on the Wrong Thing Right Now
Do you frequently struggle to focus on one topic, task, or conversation? Do you sometimes ‘zone out’ during meetings or conversations by checking email? Do you wonder whether colleagues can tell you’re multitasking when you should be paying attention? Have...
Topics: Risk Assessment
June 15, 2022
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Uncertain, but Unafraid
This week I reflected on the familiar practice of making risk lists. New consulting clients often share the results of their earnest attempts to list a litany of ‘what if’ events. As my team gets underway with a Risk Assessment...
Topics: General