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Managing Risks Means Managing Arguments

Harvard Business Review

The tick-borne illness kept JPMorgan Chase's Ina Drew out of the office for extended periods in 2010 and 2011. And it was during Drew's absences, according to a richly detailed account in The New York Times , that the bank's chief investment office, which she ran, began to get into trouble: The morning conference calls Ms.

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JP Morgan's Loss: Bigger than "Risk Management"

Harvard Business Review

bank observed that his organization had "a cultural indisposition to challenge" and that the task of "being a risk and compliance manager.felt a bit like being a man in a rowing boat trying to slow down an oil tanker.". First, CEO Jamie Dimon was widely acknowledged as the "ultimate chief risk officer of the bank."