Tags: Risk Management Basics
May 15, 2023
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Relish the Ride: Tap into Powerful Lessons to Manage Mission Risk
“I’m not a genius. I’m just a tremendous bundle of experience.” – Buckminster Fuller “Are we there yet?” “Why is this taking so long?” “If we hadn’t hit traffic, we would be there already.” “We should have left earlier!” If...
Topics: General
April 24, 2023
Resource Type: Risk eNews
To Reach Your Risk Potential, Tell Better Stories
This month I’ve been obsessively watching Season #1 of The Big Door Prize, on AppleTV+. The show’s mechanical protagonist is Morpho, a machine that—after collecting two bits of Personally Identifiable Information—offers a forecast of one’s ‘true potential’. Reactions from townsfolk to...
Topics: General
February 7, 2023
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Live Long and Prosper: Strategies for Longevity in Risk and Life
When NRMC meets with prospective consulting clients, they almost always express concern about sustaining their risk management efforts. We hear things like: “We were full speed ahead when we began our ERM program a few years back, but it has...
Topics: General
November 28, 2022
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Make Progress in Your Risk Program Real, Not a Mirage
In their terrific book, Risk: A User’s Guide, authors McChrystal and Butrico describe “structure” as one of 10 dimensions of building a “Risk Immune System.” But they caution readers that changing the structure of a function may not necessarily mean the...
Topics: General
November 16, 2022
Resource Type: Risk Management Essentials
Risk Fundamentals Issue – Fall 2022
Download Fall 2022 PDF What's Inside How to Build and Fortify a Critical Incident Process How to Handle the One Thing That’s Certain: Uncertainty Take Action on Risk: Make a Plan, Not a List
Topics: General
August 29, 2022
Resource Type: Tools
From Worry to Action
Worried about risk? Use this 5-step worksheet to create a basic action plan for risks and worries that your nonprofit is facing. Download Infographic
Topics: General
August 17, 2022
Resource Type: Risk eNews
How To Take More Risks In Your Leadership
When I led a newsroom, I learned from staff feedback that my team wanted more support from me. Our news organization had a lot of change initiatives. I spent time with my bosses to understand what changes were coming and...
Topics: General
July 12, 2022
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Telescope, Microscope, Hamster Wheel: Choose the Right Tools, Discard the Rest
My Dad took pride in his collection of well-made, always organized shop tools. He loved showing me the cross pein pin hammer that was part of the set he purchased as a young aircraft mechanic apprentice. He’d explain that his...
Topics: General
June 15, 2022
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Uncertain, but Unafraid
This week I reflected on the familiar practice of making risk lists. New consulting clients often share the results of their earnest attempts to list a litany of ‘what if’ events. As my team gets underway with a Risk Assessment...
Topics: General
January 12, 2022
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Relinquish Relics
Last week I was reminded of a relic from the ‘before times’ when a colleague asked me about ordering business cards for our newest team member. The arrival of these tiny cards—descendants of calling cards used by aristocrats in 17th century Europe—has been a...
Topics: General