FLIP THIS RISK® Podcast

What is your risk personality style? Dr. Shefrin describes how our disposition to risk can show up in the way we work and the work behavior of others.

The pandemic brought about challenges and changes in nearly every sector in the U.S., from healthcare to education. Stephen Sanford joins us in a conversation about the top trends affecting government and society based on a new foresight report by the Government Accountability Office. This episode provides a great overview for risk management professionals seeking to stay abreast of the environmental landscape and sector uncertainties.

You may have heard about one of the most popular Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) frameworks used by companies and organizations. It is known as the COSO ERM framework. Thinking about adopting it?  Paul Sobel breaks down the benefits of using the COSO model and how it became so popular. You can learn more about it at COSO.org

Can unstructured information contain emerging risks for an organization? Information management is a broad area of practice. Everyone has access to and use information. But there are two types of information organizations possess: structured and unstructured. In this interview, Peggy discusses the importance of how information managers can add value to an organization. She describes the opportunities and challenges for putting unstructured information into a context that is useful and valuable to leadership for decision-making.

Organizational resiliency is just as much a priority in the U.S. public sector as in other industries. In this Commentary, Dr. Hardy shares a perspective about how U.S. federal agencies are becoming more resilient.

Supply Chains are on top of everyone's mind. But what is a supply chain and why is managing supply chain risk so tricky? Professor Handfield breaks down the subject and shares the four key components of Supply Chain Management that must be done to avoid the perfect storm.

In this exclusive interview Dr. Karen Hardy and Dr. Kaplan engage in a candid and rich discussion about the opportunities and challenges for the risk management industry, the practice of risk management during the pandemic, the role behavioral science in organizational settings, and the success of the HBS Risk Management Program for Executives over the past decade.

Robert Kaplan is Senior Fellow and Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School. He co-created both the of Activity Based Costing (ABC) and the Balanced Scorecard.

PART 4 of our Career Development Series. Barrie Burren discusses the topic of "Executive Protection" risk as part of her contribution to the book Flip This Risk for Enterprise Security.