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The Importance of Risk Assessment in Business

Strategy Driven

Risks are part and parcel of everyday life. Legal liability is reduced, and the stability of your operations increases. Risk management tools also help with risk reporting, analytics and metrics. You might not realize you’re doing it, but you assess risks throughout your normal day. People and assets are protected from harm.

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Leadership & Emotional Control | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Even if you don’t find yourself having to frequently deal with extreme situations, it is often nothing more than normal dealings in the ordinary course of business that can place you at a nexus…Do you make your decision based upon the facts at hand and sound decisioning metrics, or do you let your emotions drive your decisions?

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6 Ways to Keep Good Ideas from Dying at Your Company

Harvard Business Review

Sometimes that requires creating a separate operating structure. And he cautions that trying to apply “conventional retail metrics” will kill any idea “that looks remotely different from what is currently out there.” Invest real money.

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At Amazon, It’s All About Cash Flow

Harvard Business Review

Here, for example, are the company’s net income and cash flow over the past decade: The difference between the top and bottom lines here is mostly about investments in buildings, machines, and other things, which are written down over time in the income statement but ignored in calculating operating cash flow.

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