February 4, 2025

Resource Type: Risk eNews

How to Simplify and Streamline During a Crisis

By Melanie Lockwood Herman  “An infinite-minded leader does not simply want to build a company that can weather change but one that can be transformed by it. They want to build a company that embraces surprises and adapts with them.”...

January 27, 2025

Resource Type: Risk eNews

Cultivate Your Risk Manager Superpowers

When was your last big risk management win? Did you feel like you’d earned your superhero cape?  Reflecting on our successes can help us build on areas where we excel as risk managers. It can also help us identify areas...

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December 10, 2024

Resource Type: Risk eNews

Learn, Don’t Ruminate, About Past Disruptions

By Melanie Lockwood Herman “That could have been so much worse!” I replied to a friend telling me about his disrupted morning commute due to a tire sidewall failure on a busy highway. After the conversation ended, it occurred to...

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...

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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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