by French Caldwell | November 23, 2011 | 1 Comment
For Americans Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday because it involves eating, playing with an oblong leather air bladder, and being thankful for the blessings of friends, family and prosperity. Even with all the influx of family, it tends to be one of the least stressful holidays. However, as risk management professionals we must be careful [...]
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by French Caldwell | November 2, 2011 | Comments Off
Many risk managers are still in a situation where they’d like to be able to contribute strategically, but they find themselves in the position of spending a lot of time still reacting to events. The upcoming annual meeting season is an opportunity for risk managers to show that they can be more than just the [...]
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Category: Risk Management Strategic Planning compliance public policy Tags: ERM, reputational risk
by French Caldwell | October 17, 2011 | Comments Off
This is my 13th Orlando Symposium as a Gartner analyst. I’m finding now that some clients are scheduling 1-1s because they know me and want to talk to me — regardless of what I cover as an analyst. That’s nice, but a bit of a challenge — I hate to tell you this, but I [...]
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Category: GRC Risk Management compliance Tags: compliance, Gartner Symposium, GRC, strategy, symposium
by French Caldwell | October 11, 2011 | Comments Off
One characteristic of American recessions is an increase in innovation. People who are laid off start new businesses that challenge the market positions of their former employers with innovative offerings. Some of these new entrepreneurs will grow their businesses and go on to create new jobs for others. We all know people who’ve been in [...]
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by French Caldwell | February 8, 2011 | 1 Comment
Arguably if you are an authoritarian leader who is threatened to be deposed, you view social media that your opponents use to organize protests as a threat. On the other hand, if your supporters can use it to organize counter-protests, then you might see it as an opportunity — perhaps this explains why Egyptians saw [...]
Category: Risk Management Tags: governance, Public Policy, reputational risk, Risk Management, strategy, Systemic Risk
by French Caldwell | January 25, 2011 | Comments Off
Aunt Elsie never went to the grocery store. She’d call in her grocery list over the phone, and the grocer would deliver. One day in the 1950s, Aunt Elsie called my grandmother and said, “Emily, do you ever shop at a supermarket?” My grandmother said of course she did, and Aunt Elsie asked to accompany [...]
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Category: Risk Management Tags: governance, GRC, opportunity, performance, Risk, Risk Management
by French Caldwell | January 21, 2011 | Comments Off
In the drugstore the other day, my wife was searching for Tylenol Cold and Flu. She insists that’s the only thing that works when she has a cold and with the onset of winter she wanted to make sure the medicine cabinet was stocked. We searched and searched, but where almost any Tylenol product was [...]
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Category: Risk Management Strategic Planning Tags: crisis management, Public Policy, reputational risk, Risk Management
