March 16, 2023

Resource Type: Articles

Applying a Risk-Aware Frame to Your Nonprofit’s Most Impactful Decisions

Many nonprofit leaders might not think about risk until a board member or committee asks them to or an unanticipated development or event disrupts operations. A risk-aware approach can help your nonprofit make better decisions in all aspects of its...

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May 11, 2022

Resource Type: Webinars

Fuzzy Futures: Managing Uncertainty with Scenario Planning

Events like the COVID-19 pandemic provide sobering wake-up calls to nonprofit leaders, who must execute their missions today and tomorrow despite unnervingly uncertain futures. To better prepare for surviving unpredictable, unthinkable events or futures far from today’s reality, watch this...

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May 11, 2022

Resource Type: Risk eNews

Pace of Change Worn You Out? You’re Not Alone

I led dozens of change management initiatives in my years running a newsroom. But the toughest professional change I ever faced came when I unexpectedly got a new boss. That’s a common reaction, according to an article from consultancy Gartner. Changes...

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May 18, 2020

Resource Type: Risk eNews

Question Everything

“The ability to ask questions is the greatest resource in learning the truth.” – Carl Jung  I’ve just finished reading Questions Are the Answer, by Hal Gregersen. This terrific book has inspired me to scribble more than usual. I’ve been jotting...

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September 25, 2019

Resource Type: Risk eNews

It’s Time to Banish Blueprints and Best Practices

“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson When our team is asked, “What should a risk committee do?” or “How should risk roles be...

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May 7, 2019

Resource Type: Articles

Don’t be Dispassionate: How to Use Emotional Impulses to Make Better Decisions – Full Article

“Heuristic / you risked it.”  —Hank Lazer Recently, I had an opportunity to read a special issue of the Harvard Business Review called “The Brain Science Behind Business”—a compilation of previously published articles about neuroscience. Reading these articles got me thinking about...

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March 4, 2019

Resource Type: Risk eNews

Don’t Be Dispassionate: How to Use Emotional Impulses to Make Better Decisions

Recently, I had an opportunity to read a special issue of the Harvard Business Review called “The Brain Science Behind Business”—a compilation of previously published articles about neuroscience. Reading these articles got me thinking about the role of heuristics in risk management....

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January 19, 2017

Resource Type: Risk eNews

Reversing Decisions: Risk Lessons from the Peanut Gallery

Changing your mind and reversing a previous decision generally seems like something to avoid. However, it may be the best thing to do when new information makes it prudent to do so. A recent New York Times article about peanut allergies discusses...

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December 2, 2016

Resource Type: Risk eNews

As Luck Will Have It

August 19, 2015 Dan Ariely's book, Irrationally Yours, is a collection of his "Ask Ariely" columns featured in The Wall Street Journal. I purchased this book at an airport bookstore after learning that a short flight delay was going to...

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October 28, 2015

Resource Type: Webinars

Ladder of Inference

The Ladder of Inference technique is a tool to help prevent common biases and human tendencies from derailing your risk management program. Inspired by the tool developed by organizational development guru Chris Argyris, this workshop begins with a review of...

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