Digital Strategy, Innovation

Finally, A Disruptor to Uber…Maybe

11 Oct , 2018  

Google’s Waze has been making waves by using its data about cars on the road to assemble the largest carpooling platform ever. This has the potential to disrupt Uber. On Waze, you can schedule a ride with a driver going the same direction as you. You can see reviews of riders, drivers, and make a […]

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Risk Management Leadership Lesson: The Value of Trust in Operations

Leadership, Risk Management

Risk Management Leadership Lesson: The Value of Trust in Operations

29 Oct , 2015  

Risk Management Leadership Lesson: The Value of Trust in Operations In business and life, we grow to expect certain things. Namely, our society expects companies to produce products that are safe and reliable. We go to Yelp and rail against restaurants that do not meet our expectation for service. However, large firms, when caught red-handed […]

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Risk Management Leadership Lessons – Operations Are Improved when Leaders Welcome Bad News

Leadership, Risk Management

Risk Management Leadership Lessons – Operations Are Improved when Leaders Welcome Bad News

2 Oct , 2015  

Risk Management Leadership Lessons – Operations Are Improved when Leaders Welcome Bad News As the Volkswagen case unravels before our eyes, it plays out a familiar and repeated lesson on dealing with risk. This lesson is that early warning signs were available, but ignored. It appears that Bosch warned VW of the illegal diesel emissions […]

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Winning with Risk Management

Leadership, Risk Management

How to Win With Risk Management

22 Nov , 2014  

A Q&A with Russell Walker about risk management Many people think about risk management as a defensive strategy, a tool for minimizing exposure to economic crises or public-relations blowouts. But Russell Walker, a clinical associate professor of managerial economics and decision sciences at the Kellogg School of Management, argues that businesses should be thinking about […]

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Winning with Risk Management

Innovation, Risk Management

Winning with Risk Management

22 Nov , 2014  

Traditionally, organizations have viewed risk management as a corporate requirement, and have often positioned it along with audit and regulatory functions. Some have even empowered and titled corporate groups to “manage risk” along these lines. This charge has often revolved around managing insurance policies and reviewing reports from rating agencies, which suggests that risk management […]

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