All Operational Risk articles – Page 3
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Analysis
Only 20% of firms feel prepared for supply chain disruptions - study
Socio-economic changes and shifting consumer demands are among some of the challenges facing organisations
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Analysis
Workplace transformation: Great opportunities, but not without risk
New work models are reshaping how organisations approach risk. Done well, sustainable competitive advantage can be achieved
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Opinion
Revolutionising risk culture
Why businesses must embrace new technology and take a less reactive approach to risk management
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Analysis
Firms continue to emphasise business continuity post pandemic
Resilience is now an “unavoidable topic for boardroom agendas” due to new regulation, finds BCI
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Analysis
Digital disruption tops banks' emerging risks
Untimely adoption may drive sudden changes to information security, change management, business continuity and third-party risk exposures
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Analysis
COVID-19: Financial services firms seek resilience
The concept of operational resilience has grown as a result of the pandemic - global study
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Analysis
Report finds “major flaws” in risk reporting
FTSE 100 companies ignored or downplayed the impact of pandemics, finds Mactavish in damning report
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Analysis
IRM and IOR - COVID-19 joint response
Covid-19 will be a ‘landmark’ case in how society deals with mega risks, but it is unlikely to be a one-off
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Features
Preparing for pandemic
As Coronavirus sweeps the globe, StrategicRISK examines how European businesses are dealing with the crisis and what steps risk managers can take to safeguard their organisations and employees
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Analysis
The lessons for risk managers from the greatest risk events of 2019
2019 was another eventful year in the risk calendar with major incidents occurring around the globe and caused both by man and nature. The risks faced by organisations continue to multiply and evolve so here we look at some of the significant events of last year and highlight the key ...
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Analysis
Machinery failure among the top risks facing Fortune 500 companies
Equipment failure remains a top risk for the world’s biggest businesses, with the potential consequences of disruption including recovery periods lasting years and even declines in revenues and earnings
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Analysis
How not to fail like Debenhams
One of the UK’s largest chains of department stores fell into administration earlier this month, making it the latest in a series of high street failures. So we at StrategicRISK thought we’d ask, how can risk managers help their companies avoid the next big corporate failure?
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Analysis
Does the Notre Dame blaze mark a failure in risk management?
The fire all but destroyed the roof of the 850-year-old building and felled its spire, to the dismay of thousands of horrified onlookers who lined the streets of Paris. Risk managers in France and across Europe ask, could the disaster have been prevented by more effective risk management?
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Analysis
How would you risk-manage the Ethiopian Airlines crash?
Investigations are on-going as to what caused the disaster but what has ensued so far are a range of crisis risks, from reputational damage to share price loss. Risk managers offer their views on how they would lessen the impact
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Analysis
Cyber risks and business interruption top risk ranking as the biggest risks to corporates
Cyber and BI risks are increasingly interlinked as ransomware attacks or accidental IT outages often result in disruption of operations and services, costing hundreds of millions of dollars, warn AGCS on the launch of its Risk Barometer 2019
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Analysis
Re-branding ‘risk management’ to ‘success assurance’
Are old-school risk management approaches such as risk matrices and heatmaps preventing it from being seen as driver to business performance?
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Analysis
‘Positive’ risk managers play a central role: StrategicRISK survey
A new survey conducted by StrategicRisk Asia-Pacific and leading risk consultant Gareth Byatt reveals risk managers in Asia are happy with the level of coverage and integration in their business, and believe their organisation actively considers risk in decision-making
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Analysis
Five risk principles all risk managers should adopt
Will a redirection of our basic principles of risk management add the value we need? Jonathan Blackhurst, head of risk management at Capita, boils it down into five key steps
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Analysis
How corporates get derailed and what risk managers can do to ensure it doesn’t happen to them
Economic and corporate crises in our recent history have taught us that solid risk management, communicated effectively to the top, works. Yet often, it never reaches the decision makers, writes Jonathan Blackhurst, head of risk management at Capita
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Interviews
How Patrick Smith is managing Deliveroo’s intangible risks
Much more than a food delivery service, Deliveroo serves up vast amounts of big data – and fresh new risks – daily. It relies on business resilience leader Patrick Smith to stay creative.