Tags: Risk Management Basics
April 14, 2026
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Live for Tomorrow With an Internal Checklist
In his book 100 Rules for Living to 100: An Optimist’s Guide to a Happy Life, Dick Van Dyke offers a buffet of funny and memorable insights from a life well lived. I especially loved that each chapter, averaging 2-3...
Topics: General
April 1, 2026
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Risk Happens: Bring Snacks and a Sense of Humor
By Rachel Sams When was the last time you really laughed at work? I don’t mean tittered, chuckled, or even giggled. I’m talking about a guffaw. A belly laugh. The kind that makes your eyes and nose run. If it’s...
Topics: Risk Basics
February 3, 2026
Resource Type: Risk eNews
You Never Know
By Melanie Lockwood Herman I listen to a music-only radio station during my commute to and from NRMC. During a recent ride home, I was struck and inspired by the lyrics of Around the Corner, written by Milan Miller and...
Topics: General
June 20, 2025
Resource Type: Risk eNews
How to Build a Risk-Aware Culture
By Rachel Sams Nonprofit leaders often ask the NRMC team how they can create a risk-aware culture. Their goal: to make their organization a place where people speak up early and often about concerns, so the team can understand and...
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.”...
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...
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 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 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
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