Click here for the Friday Reading Search, a searchable archive of reading and knowledge resources

Since March 2020, Airmic has been issuing Friday Reading, a curated series of readings and knowledge resources sent by email to Airmic members. The objective of Airmic Friday Reading was initially to keep members informed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Today, Airmic Friday Reading has evolved in scope to include content on a wide range of subjects with each email edition following a theme. This page is a searchable archive of all the readings and knowledge resources that have been shared.

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HM Treasury, 11th March 2020
Friday Reading Edition 20 (7th August 2020)
This report sets out proposals for improving the management of guarantees and insurance provided by government to reduce cost and risk to taxpayers.
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Marsh
Friday Reading Edition 20 (7th August 2020)
Building preparedness for risks that may threaten national security, economic prosperity, and societal wellbeing is a critical function of government. This report suggests how to frame the evolving macro-level risk landscape in a way that helps allocate resources to the most material concerns.
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McKinsey & Co, 20th July 2020
Friday Reading Edition 19 (31st July 2020)
The experience of cities suggests that successful reopening requires a conservative, staged approach, beginning at virus levels near zero – coupled with many safety measures for public transport.
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McKinsey & Co, 14th July 2020
Friday Reading Edition 19 (31st July 2020)
The pandemic has intensified existing trends, widening the gap between those at the top and bottom of the power curve of economic profit. Will your strategy keep you ahead of the accelerated pace of change? What is the unique window of opportunity this great acceleration presents for your particular business?
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Airmic,WTW, 8th July 2020
Friday Reading Edition 19 (31st July 2020)
On how economic issues sit within the larger landscape of geopolitics in the COVID-19 world.
Brueghel, 11th June 2020
Friday Reading Edition 19 (31st July 2020)
This podcast from Brueghel, a Brussels-based economics think tank, provides a background overview of the impact of the reopening of borders on European value chains, future of work, and innovation.
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Aon, 3rd June 2020
Friday Reading Edition 19 (31st July 2020)
A look at what some of the world’s governments are doing to help offset the negative economic impacts of COVID-19.
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KPMG, 1st June 2020
Friday Reading Edition 19 (31st July 2020)
This KPMG report examines the severity of the recession and how the pandemic, and the measures taken to contain it, are likely to impact both sectors and regions in the UK over the next two years.
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Airmic, 20th July 2020
Friday Reading Edition 18 (24th July 2020)
In the first of three episodes dedicated to Airmic's Top Risks & Megatrends 2020 report, host Richard Cutcher is joined by Julia Graham of Airmic, as well as Lucy Stanbrough of Willis Towers Watson, discusses the risk & megatrends map through the lens of geopolitics and how organisations should be thinking about the challenges concerning a volatile global environment.
McKinsey & Co, 10th July 2020
Friday Reading Edition 18 (24th July 2020)
Lord Darzi, surgeon and former health minister, discusses ways for healthcare systems, in the UK and elsewhere, to go from providing a “sickness service” to delivering a “health and well-being service.”
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