Tags: Decision-making
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...
Topics: General
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...
Topics: General
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...
Topics: General
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...
Topics: Business Continuity Planning, Crisis Management, Crisis Communications
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...
Topics: General
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...
Topics: General
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....
Topics: General
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...
Topics: General
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...
Topics: General
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...
Topics: Risk Assessment