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Compliance And Risk Management In Today's Business World

Eric Jacobson

Dave Yarin is a compliance and risk management consultant to senior management and directors of large and mid-size companies, and author of the soon to be published book, Fair Warning – The Information Within. This week, Yarin shared with me insights into compliance and risk management, his forthcoming book, and leadership.

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How Dumb Is Your Business?

N2Growth Blog

If your company’s long-term business plan requires the acquisition, or retention of the uber employee then your business not only has a risk management issue, but it is likely not scalable. When Google started they had the greatest focus, the simplest vision, and the least cluttered search engine.

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How to Reverse-Engineer Criticism

Harvard Business Review

By parallel, managers themselves might similarly benefit from "reverse-engineering" the criticism of not only outsiders but of their own colleagues: considering both parties as their benefactors on the road to greater performance. Most PR firms only offer cosmetic remedies to firefight reputation threats as they arise.

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The Big Picture of Business – Business Success Checklist

Strategy Driven

Provide leadership. Design and re-engineering of products-services. Strategic Plan includes provisions for refinancing, equity and debt financing. Finance charges are negotiated. When a business loses sight of the customer and what they really need they often run into difficulties. The business you’re in.

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There Are Two Types of Performance — but Most Organizations Only Focus on One

Harvard Business Review

Similarly, when Starbucks baristas make your latte the same way across cafés, or when a software engineer delivers the expected features each sprint, you are witnessing tactical performance. Three finance professors once asked more than 400 executives what they would do if their quarterly earnings targets were at risk.

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4 Models for Using AI to Make Decisions

Harvard Business Review

. “The machine learning model is not a static piece of code  —  you’re constantly feeding it data,” says one Google engineer. It’s a different kind of engineering.” Human leadership defers to demonstrable algorithmic power. It feels like a living, breathing thing.

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Ideas Don't Equal Innovation | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Contingency : Nothing is without risk, and when you think something is without risk, that is when you’re most likely to end-up in trouble. All initiatives surrounding new ideas should include detailed risk management provisions. Champion : Senior leadership must champion any new idea being adopted.

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