All strategic risk articles
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Editors' LetterSR Q3 2023: Adapt or die
As the world of risk gets increasingly complex, there is a golden opportunity to elevate the profession beyond insurance buying, to strategic, value-adding, board-level ERM. Those risk managers who fail to step up and grab it with both hands may quickly become irrelevant.
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OpinionWhy risk management must not be totally embedded in operations
Volkan Can, enterprise risk manager of a global building materials company, and board member of the Enterprise Risk Management Association of Turkey, explores why entwining risk with day-to-day operations is a common but critical mistake
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OpinionHow to boost your company’s immune system with strategic risk management
Volkan Can, enterprise risk manager of a global building materials company, and board member of the Enterprise Risk Management Association of Turkey, shares his tips on how risk managers can operate more effectively to improve the health of their organisations.
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AnalysisSR Q2 2023: Protecting your greatest asset
No risk is an island. And in this complex, interconnected risk landscape we are operating in, no risk department should be either. The health of our organisations and our people depends on building risk cultures that break silos and become truly cross-functional
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AnalysisFour common mistakes risk managers make - and how to avoid them
New Risk Academy guides explore some of the biggest mistakes risk managers commonly make and how to avoid them
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NewsSR Q1 2023: Look out, listen out, speak out
One thing risk professionals know only too well is that history has a nasty habit of repeating itself
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NewsCultivating risk culture
Tough to measure and tricky to implement, how can organisations bolster risk culture?
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OpinionLeadership and risk culture: setting a course for success
At its most fundamental level, a good risk culture encourages curiosity, opportunity, swift problem spotting and trust, writes Sheena Thomson
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OpinionWhat can risk managers do better in 2023?
In the post-pandemic world, risk managers must reevaluate what constitutes an ‘acceptable’ risk
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OpinionSurviving today’s “poly-crisis”
Not all risks can be managed out of existence and it’s time for insurers to step up
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NewsBorn to insure
From a family of insurance experts, Soni Srivastava was destined for a career in the industry
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NewsSR Q4 2022: Thriving or surviving?
As we approach year-end, it is clear 2022 has offered no reprieve from shocks and cascading risks
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OpinionRevolutionising risk culture
Why businesses must embrace new technology and take a less reactive approach to risk management
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NewsDon’t leave the ‘door open’ to cybercriminals, warns ICO
Regulator fines a UK construction firm £4.4m for data protection breach caused by ‘complacency’
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NewsClimate change is becoming number one global risk
Geopolitical risks come in second place, overtaking cyber and pandemic risks - Future Risks Report
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NewsRoom for risk
Marriott’s Sharon Xu on being people-oriented, embracing change and preparing for another COVID at the hotel chain giant
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NewsFerma: Risk managers must create the ‘oh effect’
Why managing risk now feels completely different for a Ukrainian risk professional
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NewsPrepare your BCM for winter blackouts, urges Zurich
Taking early steps to prepare for energy shortages will keep the pipelines of goods and services flowing
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NewsSupply chain lessons from the COVID-crisis
How the medical product manufacturing industry was able to keep the PPE and vaccine supply chains flowing
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NewsSR Q3 2022: Inflation - staying grounded
Even the risk community isn’t keen on trying to predict the next crisis, as each one seems to have a cascade effect