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November 2011 Edition - Strategy Execution Newsletter - On Managing Processes

Six Disciplines

External Resources On Managing Processes. Harvard Business Review). Business Process Management articles (BPM Institute) (Oct 2011). How well your organization manages risk has a profound effect on how consistent and predictable your results will be. Process Improvement (short video).

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The G-20 is 2011's Biggest Political Risk

Harvard Business Review

This enormous change ushers in an era of growing political risk. It is the first item on the Eurasia Group's Top Risks for 2011. It doesn't have an official name yet, but we propose calling it the "G-Zero," as in zero collaboration.

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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. That discord in 2010 and 2011 contributed to the chief investment office's losing trades in 2012, the current and former bankers said. The words "risk management" usually evokes less subjective, more data-driven pursuits.

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Two Cheers for JP Morgan's "Clawbacks"

Harvard Business Review

million in 2011, including $7.5 These announcements are important developments in showing how financial service firms (as well as other companies) can use voluntary adopted compensation recovery policies to discourage bad behavior and excessive risk-taking. Drew earned $15.5 million in stock awards, and also was due as much as $14.5

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What's Your Risk Attitude? (And How Does It Affect Your Company?)

Harvard Business Review

This article has been adapted from "The Changing Seasons of Risk Attitudes" by David Ingram and Dr. Michael Thompson, which appeared in the December 2011 issue of Risk Management. MORE ON MANAGING RISKY BEHAVIORS.

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Can JP Morgan Transparently Police Itself?

Harvard Business Review

What makes this case of corporate accountability so important is that it is a discretionary matter of "private ordering" under JP Morgan risk management policies, not under a mandatory rule contained in Dodd-Frank. Risk for one part of the bank might not be appropriate for another part of the bank. We know we were sloppy.

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Why You Need a Resilience Strategy Now

Harvard Business Review

Here’s a review of the five core components of resilient systems, which I pulled together for my new book, The Big Pivot , based in part on two other important works: Nassim Taleb’s Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder and Resilience: Why Things Bounce Back , by Andrew Zolli and Ann Marie Healy. Diversity.