Risk

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Is your corporate footprint stuck in the mud?
Geography is a key driver of corporate performance
Darin Buelow, Matt Szuhaj, Josh Timberlake and Matt Adams
Gold rush
The scramble to claim and protect value in the digital world
Thomas Galizia, Trevor Gee and Ken Landis
With the press of a key or swipe of a card, personal information moves from the physical to the digital world, where ownership and the use of these data are not always well defined. How business leaders and citizens treat the ownership and use of this ocean of data will be discussed in boardrooms and courtrooms.
Evolve or fail
Is your security capability evolving with your business strategy?
Ted DeZabala, Irfan Saif and George Westerman
With policies in place for technology governance, risk and compliance, many business leaders have assigned responsibility for security to IT, confident that their fiduciary and legal obligations are being met. But a compliance oriented approach to enterprise and IT risk may overlook many of the threats that matter most.
Government & publicly accountable enterprise
How citizens are defining the next age of intervention
Paul Macmillan
An explosion of mobile communications and social media is empowering citizens to define the next age of intervention and set new standards for public accountability. The light of transparency has never been brighter nor has the tolerance for misinformation ever been lower.
Brand resilience
Protecting your brand from saboteurs in a high-speed world
Jonathan Copulsky, Alicechandra Fritz and Mark White
With the continued ascent of social media and mobile technologies, brand sabotage incidents seem poised to increase. Building a great and resilient brand now requires playing aggressive defense, as well as offense. Building the capabilities to detect, respond to, and recover from incidents of brand sabotage is emerging as a priority.
Risk intelligent decision-making
Ten essential skills for surviving and thriving in uncertainty
Frederick Funston, Stephen Wagner and Henry Ristuccia
Conventional risk management has focused on avoiding the risks to a business strategy, rather than understanding and managing the risks of the strategy itself. While the protection of existing assets is necessary, a diet of pure risk aversion likely will lead to extinction.

Risk library

Lock it up or set it free?
A risk intelligent approach to data and intellectual property.
Stimulus spending and transparency
A $787 billion U.S. government stimulus package presents vast opportunities for businesses. But there are strings attached.
The two faces of risk
You needn’t be a seer or sage to perceive risk. It’s as predictable and as devastating as a Florida hurricane and as far-reaching as a corporate scandal. But you do need to be a visionary to see the opposite side of the risk coin, the one that lands face down after you flip. The underside represents.
The risk intelligent board
Viewing the world through risk-colored glasses.
Risk intelligent decision-making
Ten essential skills for surviving and thriving in uncertainty.
Stimulus spending and transparency: A false sense of security?
A $787 billion U.S. government stimulus package presents vast opportunities for businesses. But there are strings attached.
Beyond reproach
Why compliance with anti-corruption laws is increasingly critical for multinational businesses.