#244 – 70 YEARS OF RISK MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES: WHAT’S CHANGED? – PETER HOLTMANN

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Risk management, as a practice and set of principles, has been utilised since the 1940’s; 70 years after its introduction what has been accomplished?

History of Risk
Historically risk was the product of the insurance industry to assess financial risks of the businesses they insured. As a sustainable practice it is best to know if your insured will cause financial ruin for your or make a significant negative effect on your profits. Risk was seen as a negative influence on business and should be eliminated. Risk was the practice used by business owners and boards. Continue reading

#244 – CHINA AND DIGITAL CURTAIN RISK – JOHN AYERS

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The trade and tariff disputes with China are not stopping and are escalating.  We’re going to hear a lot more about the digital curtain with China.  This seems to be the only issue that the U.S. Democrats and Republicans seem to agree on.

What is the Digital Curtain?
The short answer is a digital technological divide between the US and China that started years ago but has intensified greatly recently due to President Trump’s assault on Huawei, China’s largest technological company. Continue reading

#244 – CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE REPORT ON STORM DAMAGE COST – JAMES KLINE PH.D.

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In April 2019, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report entitled: ‘Expected Cost of Damage from Hurricane Winds and Storm-Related Flooding’.  Because the CBO is an arm of the United States Congress, it does not state policies.  Instead, it presents policy options. This article discusses the report, the policy options and the relationship to Enterprise Risk Management (ERM). Continue reading

#244 – COST OF QUALIY AND RISK: GETTING LEADERS TO PAY ATTENTION – DOUGLAS WOOD

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Do you know what risks your organization faces, but have trouble gaining top leadership attention?

Consider this: all managers have an unwritten duty to reduce risk for their organization. It falls under “other duties as assigned” in job descriptions. You may have determined what these risks are and started to work on them, or you may be trying to ignore them as risks. Continue reading

#246 – DRIVING A WINNING CULTURE? DON’T FORGET YOUR SUPPLIER – JIM STRONG

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Often, when companies talk about “cultural change”, they are referring to changes in the internal culture of their own enterprise;  i.e. empowering its employees to make decisions related to  problem solving and process improvement, using  the  formal system in place of its informal systems, or an un-relenting commitment to quality.  But, what about the external culture? Continue reading