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December 2, 2024
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Maximize Your Risk Learning in 2025
By Rachel Sams In early 2023, I attended a webinar that encouraged nonprofits to approach artificial intelligence with curiosity, rather than fear. At the time, the explosion of generative AI, which allows users to create text and other media, gave...
November 18, 2024
Resource Type: Articles, Risk eNews
Good Problems: Why Risks (Possibilities) Are Exactly What Your Mission Needs
By Melanie Lockwood Herman I’ve recently finished a book by the blogger Mark Manson. I found many delightful surprises in Manson’s writing, and a few unnerving ones. While I embrace the knotty dilemmas in risk management, I recognize that many...
November 12, 2024
Resource Type: Articles, Risk eNews
Optimist or Pessimist? Risk Management Needs Both.
By Melanie Lockwood Herman I’ve just returned from a wonderful vacation with a college friend I’ve known for many decades. During our adventures in a place neither of us knew much about, we reveled in our shared interests and marveled...
October 31, 2024
Resource Type: Articles, Risk eNews
5 Steps to Better Risk Communication
Years ago, a boss confided in me about a personal issue that would impact her work schedule. She asked me to briefly tell each of the team members I managed about the issue, so they’d know why she was out...
Topics: General
October 2, 2024
Resource Type: Articles, Risk eNews
Obsessing Over Risk Issues? That’s OK, If You Do It Right.
“Nothing in life is as important as you think it is when you are thinking about it.” - Daniel Kahneman I remember when the Calvin Klein cologne “Obsession” debuted in the mid-1980s. I was (and still am) a cynic who...
Topics: General
September 25, 2024
Resource Type: Articles, Risk eNews
Risk Managers Must Learn to See What’s Already There. Here’s How.
I recently finished a fascinating book on the power and perils of something all humans experience: habituation. In Look Again: The Power of Noticing What Was Always There, Tali Sharot and Cass R. Sunstein encourage readers to seize and embrace...
Topics: General
September 3, 2024
Resource Type: Articles, Risk eNews
Test Your Knowledge About Fraud Risk
In almost every community, you hear stories of fraud cases that went undiscovered at nonprofits for years, costing the organizations large sums of money. No nonprofit wants to believe fraud can happen to them. But while the overwhelming majority of...
Topics: Fraud and Financial Oversight
August 28, 2024
Resource Type: Articles, Risk eNews
Risk Register Redux
Throughout the year I hear from risk leaders who tell me they are either ‘still using’ or are ‘back to using’ a risk register, an impractical tool from risk management antiquity that refuses to be forgotten. Although many risk functions...
Topics: General
August 7, 2024
Resource Type: Risk eNews
It’s OK to Laugh About Risk Management. Really.
While prepping for an upcoming speaking engagement, my point of contact warned me: “Don’t be surprised if members of the audience share humorous anecdotes and comments when you invite their participation.” This news was a great relief! Before walking up...
Topics: General
July 8, 2024
Resource Type: Articles, Risk eNews
A Step-by-Step Framework to Mitigate AI Risk
I have some bad news. You and your team members don’t have all the skills you need to deal with AI risk. Here’s some slightly better news: No one else has all the skills they need to deal with AI,...