Risk Realities and Enterprise Risk Management in 2020
Uncertainty and opportunity are two familiar bywords of the digital age. An ever-changing and disruptive marketplace provides an abundance of opportunities, but it also creates proliferating risks which can upend any organization whether it chooses to pursue those opportunities or not. And that is what’s especially fascinating about the digital age: There is risk to […]
Assembling a New Labor Model in the Manufacturing Industry: Four Innovations to Consider
Manufacturing organizations have to find innovative ways to tackle a game-changing skills shortage if they intend to thrive in the new decade. For the past two years, leaders of manufacturing companies around the globe have expressed a growing concern about their organizations’ inability to get skilled, in-demand talent. In our latest Executive Perspectives on Top […]
Economic Conditions, Digital Adoption and Talent Shortage Headline the Top Risks List for Tech Companies in 2020
Technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) organizations around the globe entered 2020 feeling uncertain about their prospects for business growth in the year ahead. The potential for a downturn, which increases every day after the long streak of economic growth we’ve experienced, is one factor fueling that worry. So, too, are ongoing changes in tariff and […]
Innovating AML Compliance: The Next Regulatory Imperative?
Incorporating innovative approaches into anti-money laundering (AML) and financial crime prevention remains a key agenda item for the financial services industry, trade associations, advocacy groups and, increasingly, the regulators. At the recent SIFMA AML conference, we joined industry panelists on stage to discuss not only the obvious benefits of integrating leading technologies into AML compliance […]
Risks at the Intersection of Talent, Culture, Innovation and Technology
Certain kinds of risks, if left unaddressed, inhibit organizations’ capacities to deliver on strategic targets. Particularly noteworthy are the crucial relationships between such risk areas as talent, culture, innovation and technology, which prompt further inquiry into how these areas intersect: What culture attracts top talent? What talent is needed to be agile, competitive, nimble and […]
Cybersecurity Trends in 2020: What to Expect and How to Prepare
Cyber attacks continue to rank among the leading business concerns in 2020, according to the eighth annual Executive Perspectives on Top Risks, a joint survey by Protiviti and NC State University’s ERM Initiative. Drawing on responses from 1,063 board members and executives from around the world, the survey found that cyber threats represented a “significant […]
