Resources
October 2, 2024
Resource Type: 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: 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: 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: 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,...
June 26, 2024
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Eliminate Excess to Nourish Your Risk Management Function
In his book, From Strength to Strength, Arthur Brooks writes that “As we grow older in the West, we generally think we should have a lot to show for our lives—a lot of trophies. According to more Eastern thinking, this is...
Topics: Enterprise Risk Management
June 19, 2024
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Keep Calm and Carry on Embracing Possibilities
“Possibilities are always more interesting than facts. We shouldn’t frown on fact, but our world is congested with them. But for every fact that becomes a fact, there are seven, eight, maybe five hundred possibilities hanging around in the background...
Topics: General
June 12, 2024
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Fortify Your Pillars of Resilience
In his chapter on “Resilient, Net Positive Leadership” featured in the book Certain Uncertainty, Andrew Winston questions the wisdom of an economy that “values efficiency above all.” Winston explains that while obsessive efficiency “certainly keeps costs down… it’s completely unfit for...
Topics: General
June 5, 2024
Resource Type: Risk eNews
The Tension Crushing the Soul of Risk Management
The risk professionals with whom I have the pleasure of working are bright stars in the nonprofit universe. Without exception, the dedicated risk champions we meet—in consulting engagements, at the Risk Summit, and in our Affiliate Member orbit—seek to contribute to...
Topics: General