Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2012

Does your company still have a long way to go to develop more robust risk-management capabilities and create a more risk-aware culture? Yet few executives believe their firms are excelling at the risk-management capabilities that are most critical to organizational performance. If so, you're not alone.

Risk Management 9

Risk Management Globalization Uncertainty Webinar 9

The Practical Leader

MAY 15, 2019

” Get a facilitator outside of your team to run focus groups, conduct confidential interviews, or do a survey of your team or organization to identify and prioritize Moose issues. Many organizations have risk management programs focused on financial, legal, or safety risks. Are you flying into turbulence?

Open-book 92

Open-book Consensus Engineering Brainstorming 92

Six Disciplines

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

RESULTS FROM LAST MONTH'S QUICKSTUDY SURVEY : Process Innovation. How well your organization manages risk has a profound effect on how consistent and predictable your results will be. Now, we're sharing the results of our survey about business risk management and the benefits it has to offer to your organization.

Newsletter 82

Newsletter Process Execution Strategy 82

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 30, 2020

They range from safety tours to samplings, surveys, and incident inspections. A survey is similar to safety sampling; however, it focuses on a general overview of dangerous processes and activities. Formal office inspections are carried out in different ways, depending on your form of business.

Sample 71

Sample Survey Learning-by-Doing Environment 71

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 17, 2019

At least, that’s the view of a recent survey of a few hundred government leaders by Accenture, which found that 90% of respondents were confident that AI would have a big impact on their work in the coming years, with 86% planning to increase their expenditure on AI in the coming year.

Efficiency 52

Efficiency Technology Risk Management Project 52

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2021

With a range of up to 8m, it allows operators to promptly survey gas distribution systems with detachable sensors to simplify testing in confined spaces. Ultrasonic leak detectors enable testing of out of reach areas to determine if access is required to pinpoint leaks quickly.

Operations 117

Operations System Cost Industry 117

Chartered Management Institute

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Worryingly, one recent survey indicated that while companies are investing heavily in Big Data, many employees lack data-mining and analytics skills. Big Data poses challenges that have to be addressed by all areas of responsibility of a company: legal, ethical, marketing, personnel, risk management and financial.

Leadership Styles 83

Leadership Styles Human Capital Ethics McKinsey 83

Michael Lee Stallard

JANUARY 21, 2011

The Conference Board released research in January that concluded employee satisfaction and engagement in America were at the lowest point since it began surveying more than 20 years ago. The data suggest otherwise. The report also concluded that the downward trend began long before the Great Recession. Education is another field he mentioned.

Software 287

Software Conference Long-term Entrepreneur 287

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 2, 2015

Customer experience” comes right out of marketing surveys, which rarely ask for real feedback or share the findings with company decision makers. Expect to render good business all the time. ‘Customer care’ means that customer service is palmed off on some call center.

Strategy 50

Strategy Strategic Planning Budgeting Risk Management 50

Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 18, 2010

The Conference Board released research in January that concluded employee satisfaction and engagement in America were at the lowest point since it began surveying more than 20 years ago. The data suggest otherwise. The report also concluded that the downward trend began long before the Great Recession. Education is another field he mentioned.

Conference 261

Conference Bottom-up Software Long-term 261

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Commission customer and employee surveys. This includes repeating surveys to assure that you are making adequate progress. By successfully combining employee involvement, process improvement, customer focus and demonstrated management endorsement, any company can succeed at quality. Research drives most communications programs.

Quality 50

Quality Metrics Strategic Planning TQM 50

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

While cybersecurity prevention could be vastly improved by greater information sharing, some surveys of CSOs indicate that only one in seven attacks are reported to authorities.

Chief Technology Officer 77

Chief Technology Officer Short-term How To Long-term 77

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

We conducted a survey of over 5,000 board members from around the world to find out. Fewer than one-third (30%) of respondents to our survey see innovation as one of the top three challenges their company faces in achieving its strategic objectives, and just 21% think that technology trends are a major strategic challenge.

Innovation 10

Innovation Short-term Telecommunications Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2013

After tsunamis, protests, wildfires, and riots — to name just a few recent major disruptions — few managers can be unaware of companies'' vulnerability to the vagaries of politics and extreme weather. But the findings also show that the people at the front lines of the business were hamstrung by a lack of visibility into risk.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Company Risk Management Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

These threats change the risk management calculus of firms hoping to succeed in a more turbulent world. Start-ups are particularly at risk today because of both their size and age. The survey methods stratified firms by industry, age, and size so that our sample reflects the characteristics of businesses in the region.

Insurance 8

Insurance Risk Management Finance Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Commitment to security awareness, initiatives, and processes is rapidly becoming an important part of the corporate culture at the vast majority of companies, because leaders know that cyber security is fundamental to how they conduct business and manage their business relationships.

Webinar 8

Webinar Proposal Risk Management Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Meanwhile, in a survey of 89 institutional investors by Callan , 43% of respondents said they incorporate sustainability factors into their investment decisions — up 21 percentage points from 2013. Compensation committees often start by tying bonuses and long-term incentives to goals related to compliance and risk management.

Execution 10

Execution Incentives How To Committee 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2016

That’s why I stress the value of a cyber risk management framework that begins by focusing on the business factors driving growth and profitability and ends with the technology infrastructure. A survey we recently conducted suggests that this kind of contingency planning is not taking place in many companies.

Contingency Plans 8

Contingency Plans Risk Management Insurance Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Using a comprehensive survey, of more than 5,000 directors in over 60 countries, conducted in partnership with WomenCorporateDirectors Foundation , Spencer Stuart, and independent researcher Deborah Bell, we found two main reasons: Boards lack the processes and the expertise they need to surface, evaluate, and address cyberthreats.

Telecommunications 8

Telecommunications Health Care Contingency Plans Biotechnology 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

First, much like the way anxious new parents protect their children by limiting their exposure to risk, managers often see women as in need of such protection, so they limit their exposure to risky or challenging work. A separate survey of working adults reported in the same paper confirmed these findings.

Construction 8

Construction Survey Health Care Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2020

A survey of 50 executives found four strategies for getting the deal done.

Survey 10

Survey Strategy Execution Risk Management 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2012

That's my takeaway from a scan of Mercer's 2012 Cost of Living Survey, which focuses on the costs of common items for expatriate workers. Who Owns Risk Management? NOT TO MENTION THE SIDE-TRIPS TO WHISTLER. What It Costs To Be an Expat (Mercer Insights). I'm transferring to Vancouver. BONUS BITS: Contingencies to Culture.

CFO 20

CFO Discount Price Cost 20

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2014

We find the debate interesting because it offers a great example of reputation risk – and more specifically, of why such risk has to be assessed both quantitatively and qualitatively. Over the decades, risk management has become a deeply quantitative endeavor. Public relations Risk management Transparency'

Reputation 9

Reputation Risk Management Supply Chain Crisis 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2013

Our 2012 survey, in partnership with WomenCorporateDirectors and Heidrick & Struggles, of more than 1,000 corporate directors across the globe, found that only 48% of the boards had a formal process of determining the combination of skills and attributes required for their board and, therefore, for new directors. Methodology.

Telecommunications 8

Telecommunications Biotechnology Health Care Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2017

A recently published global survey of C-Suite level executives and IT Decision Makers (ITDMs) revealed a large gap in assessments of cyber threats, costs and areas of responsibilities. Among the most significant disconnects: 80% of the executives surveyed in the U.S. ITDMs estimated the average cost of a cyber breach at $27.2

Technology 8

Technology Survey Cost Information 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

For enterprise risk management, key policies include a statement of risk appetite and explicit risk tolerance levels for critical risks. The company's performance measurement and incentive systems, and the degree to which risk management is considered, will also have a profound impact on employee behavior.

Management 12

Management Banking Committee Risk Management 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

A 2014 global survey by SafeNet found that nearly two-thirds of consumers said they would stop or avoid using a company that had experienced a data breach. By providing a range of independent views on the risk profile of different economies, investors can have greater confidence in the system as a whole.

Telecommunications 8

Telecommunications Cost-Benefit Analysis Reputation Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

One survey in 2015 found that on average, just 3.6% Another recent survey showed that while 74% of organizations feel vulnerable to insider threats, leaders report they have a harder time detecting and preventing an insider attack versus an external cyber attack.

Forrester 8

Forrester Shaw Absenteeism Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2018

Recent surveys , for example, have found that confidence in the financial sector has fallen by half over the last decade , which can impede the efficient intermediation of credit and the provision of financial services. Customers might lose confidence in the firm or the industry as a whole and financial intermediation could decline.

Company 12

Company Banking Incentives Human Capital 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2012

According to the Deloitte Volunteer Impact Survey (PDF) , Generation Ys who frequently participate in their company's volunteer activities are more likely to be very proud to work for their company, feel very loyal, and are very satisfied with the progression of their careers.

Participative 13

Participative Library Entrepreneur Survey 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2012

That's my takeaway from a scan of Mercer's 2012 Cost of Living Survey, which focuses on the costs of common items for expatriate workers. Who Owns Risk Management? NOT TO MENTION THE SIDE-TRIPS TO WHISTLER. What It Costs To Be an Expat (Mercer Insights). I'm transferring to Vancouver. BONUS BITS: Contingencies to Culture.

CFO 10

CFO Discount Price Cost 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

” Many managers can easily recite the business case for ethics: Who doesn’t want better risk management, deeper employee engagement, reduced regulatory costs, public trust, and a lure to purpose-driven Millennials? The dominance of the win-win orthodoxy is a sign of progress.

Ethics 14

Ethics Short-term Long-term Supply Chain 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2013

That survey of corporate officials found striking examples of ongoing attempts to steal critical information; one company reported experiencing 10,000 attempted attacks a month. Communicate: Government regulation and corporate risk management activity is at a high level. Government Information & technology Risk management'

Cooper 8

Cooper CIO Risk Management Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2012

New findings from the Project Management Institute (PMI), suggests that organizations that focus on excellence in project management execution can reduce risk, improve performance, save money, and achieve a greater return on investment. It stands to reason that good project management requires active executive sponsorship.

Project 16

Project Survey Budgeting Conflict of Interest 16

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2014

One possible reason is that the financial crisis and the recessionary period that followed have driven corporations to skew their board appointments towards including more risk management and conventional corporate experience, at the expense of more tech-savvy and digital knowledge.

Business Model 8

Business Model Technology Long-term Risk Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2012

New findings from the Project Management Institute (PMI), suggests that organizations that focus on excellence in project management execution can reduce risk, improve performance, save money, and achieve a greater return on investment. It stands to reason that good project management requires active executive sponsorship.

Project 13

Project Survey Budgeting Conflict of Interest 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2018

And 92% of executives surveyed said supply chain workforces will be upskilled and enabled to interact and work with machines seamlessly. Data scientists, risk managers, and business development leads are among the types of employees that can bring significant value to the supply chain.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Technology System Engineering 8