Tags: Risk Management Basics
June 22, 2021
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Perfect is the Mortal Enemy of the Good: Why Minimum Viable Risk Practices are Perfect
Seasoned hiring managers and interviewers often listen carefully for an interviewee’s response that acts as a red flag waving “don’t hire this person!” For me, it’s a statement like this: “I’m a perfectionist,” or “My biggest weakness is that I...
Topics: General
May 11, 2021
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Spring Planting: Finding Inspiration to Spruce Up Your Risk Management Program
Every spring, I get an itch to spruce up my home and garden with colorful, cheerful plants. Similarly, risk leaders often feel inspired to do some spring cleaning and infuse their risk programs with new practices to make them brighter...
Topics: General
April 14, 2021
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Humble Haiku’s Mighty Lessons for Risk Leaders
This Saturday is International Haiku Poetry Day, leading me to reflect on the lessons I’ve learned from this simple form of poetry—the humble haiku. If you’re wondering how this pint-sized poem has the potential to teach risk leaders important lessons about...
Topics: General
April 8, 2021
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Choose Your Own Adventure to Risk and Reward
If you’ve ever faced a personal crisis or a crisis at your organization, you know how all-consuming and paralyzing it can be. It’s hard to see beyond the hour or the day when the bad news keeps coming. During these...
Topics: General
March 25, 2021
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Choose Essential: Define Your Singular Risk Priority
This week I’ve been reading Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown. The book’s themes touch on a prickly subject for me: saying “no.” A very wise friend once told me that we often say yes out of...
Topics: General
March 21, 2021
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Do This, Not That: 5 Essential Risk Policy Drafting Tips
This week I’ve been busy helping consulting clients and Affiliate Members make sense of (and hopefully improve!) an array of longstanding risk-themed policies, from employee handbooks to vendor contracts and risk-scoring frameworks. In between writing and re-writing, I was able...
Topics: General
February 9, 2021
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Toss the Register, Make a Plan Instead
One of the most common risk management tools is a detailed list or inventory of ‘threats’ facing an organization. Many risk leaders refer to their ever-expanding, sometimes colossal spreadsheet as a “risk register.” During our 25 years of guiding risk...
Topics: General
February 2, 2021
Resource Type: Risk eNews
How to Adopt an Optimistic Risk Frame
Several years ago, I experienced the phenomenon of a waning friendship whose decline I struggled to fully understand. I was perplexed that my friend’s texts and invites caused dread instead of delight. Racking my rational brain led to endless questions...
Topics: General
January 26, 2021
Resource Type: Risk eNews
It’s About Time
I recently succumbed to a barrage of ads and installed Blinkist on my phone. If you haven’t heard, this app is a crib-notes tool for lovers of nonfiction audiobooks. The app distills a vast array of nonfiction books into 15-minute...
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January 13, 2021
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Book Smart, Part 2: “Ah-Ha” Moments from a Year of Reading Well
As I shared last week, the term “book smart” is an adjective meaning “Having knowledge acquired from books or study; scholarly, bookish; frequently implying lack of common sense or worldliness.” (Source: Lexico.) And although ‘book smart’ is often a pejorative...
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