A story appeared in the Telegraph yesterday with dubious headline “Earth ‘to be wiped out’ by supernova explosion”. But where was the panic and hysteria? (I suppose the English are too busy to worry about such improbable risks when they have more pressing issues like being buried under a meter of snow and ice, and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘risk register’
Earth will not be wiped out by supernova
Posted in Humour, My Opinions, tagged impact, issue, likelihood, risk, risk register, Supernova Risk, Vogons on January 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
More ERM at colleges and universities
Posted in ERM Basics, Frameworks, Thought Leadership, tagged heat map, PwC ERM, risk management, risk register, universities on September 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
On September 8, 2009, I published some thought leadership from PwC about ERM in colleges and universities. Today I came across a 2009 survey conducted by the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges and United Educators about the attitudes, practices, and policies regarding ERM among American colleges and universities. If you are in [...]
Retention bonuses: risk or reward?
Posted in My Opinions, Risk management, tagged control, ERM, inherent risk, residual risk, retention risk, risk register, Strategy on September 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In a recent article by Jim Heskett in Harvard Business Journal’s Working Knowledge, he weighs in on value of performance bonuses; he says “they provide an incentive to do nothing”. Is $742,000 too much to pay one executive at AIG? These bonuses gained popularity during the merger frenzy of the 80s to encourage employees of [...]
