N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Making sound decisions is a skill set that needs to be developed like any other. By developing a qualitative and quantitative filtering mechanism for your decisioning process you can make better decisions in a shorter period of time. Decisions made at the gut instinct or data level can be made quickly, but offer a higher level of risk.

Blog 416

Blog Analysis CEO Brand 416

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 13, 2012

Risk management is now at the heart of the governance model for the Olympic Games and the Olympic movement, and not only because of their growing scale and complexity. These risks can emanate from the realm of security, public health, natural ecology, technology, or economics.

Risk Management 14

Risk Management Management Committee Insurance 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 13, 2012

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. We know what business mistakes were made in a general sense.

CIO 12

CIO Risk Management Policies Reputation 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2016

Commentators and researchers have focused on the crucial role of the CEO in leading effective corporate action to promote high performance, high integrity , and sound risk management. What’s radically changed in recent years is complexity.

CFO 8

CFO Chief Financial Officer Compliance Due Diligence 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2012

In the wake of its significant trading losses (now reportedly rising from $2 to $3 billion or more), JP Morgan can win back some of its lost reputation by transparently holding those responsible to account. Instead, the problems here involve, at a minimum, outsized losses and material harm to reputation.

CIO 8

CIO Committee Risk Management Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2011

Competition is very intense and it may not be in a business's interest to develop mitigation plans for something that occurs that rarely. Accidents happen and organizations expose themselves to losses and reputational risks because of the ways they communicate the risks associated with their products and services.

Engineering 14

Engineering Document Construction Finance 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2015

In recent years, investors have learned that defining the market value of a firm cannot just be based on finances. The leadership ratings index we have developed has two dimensions, or domains: individual and organizational. But recently, these financial outcomes have been found to predict only about 50% of a firm’s market value.

Marketing 8

Marketing Leadership Venture Capitalist GAAP 8

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

In order for your enterprise to turn an idea into a monetizing and/or value creating event you should develop a strategic plan that attempts to measure the idea against the following 15 elements: 1. It should be developed as a solution to a problem or to exploit an opportunity. Be careful of high level, pie-in-the-sky projections.

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Blog Innovation Brand Strategic Planning 413

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

How can we improve the risk management, governance, control, and reporting functions for this? Who are your strongest leaders and how are you developing them to handle more responsibility? How will we measure them, and what hurdles do we need to hit to be successful? to hit your objectives? Why should we make this investment?

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Team Building Blog Team CEO 284

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

JPMorgan Chase's stock fell by $25 billion in the process — that is, by far more than the actual investment losses — and the firm's reputation for integrity and smart management suffered a major blow. Dimon publicly disclosed the losses in a conference call on May 10, and he accepted Drew's resignation soon after.

Banking 9

Banking Kahneman Document Simon 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2015

Both practices have long developed insights into their customers based on data and analytics. But in the aftermath of the financial crisis, risk managers have become increasingly involved in business strategy and decisions. The risk function can do the same. Protect and manage reputations.

Credit Scoring 8

Credit Scoring Risk Management Finance Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2017

Blockchain was originally developed as the technology behind cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. The unstoppable force of blockchain technology is barreling down on the infrastructure of modern finance. The digital nature of the ledger means that blockchain transactions can be tied to computational logic and in essence programmed.

Finance 8

Finance IPO Banking Venture Capitalist 8