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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.

To select multiple categories and/or keywords, use Ctrl+Click (or ⌘+Click on a Mac).
Risk & Megatrends 2020, Part 2 Audio
Airmic, 2nd August 2020
Friday Reading Edition 20 (7th August 2020)
Cécile Fresneau of QBE discusses the resilience in an unpredictable year with reference to both the survey report and the QBE Unpredictability Index, while James Owen of Control Risks examines the cyber risk landscape, emerging threats in the present environment and growing internet sovereignty.
Categories:
Resilience, Geopolitics, Cyber
Keywords:
Business Continuity Management, Talent, Purpose, Cyber, Cyber Security, Governance
The geopolitics of the COVID-19 pandemic Text
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.
Categories:
Covid-19, Geopolitics, Economic Outlook
Keywords:
Supply Chain, Cyber, Climate Change
Risk & Megatrends 2020, Part 1 Audio
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.
Categories:
Risk Management, Risk Financing, Geopolitics, Covid-19
Keywords:
Governance, Business Continuity Management, Pandemics, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Talent, Cyber
Top risks and megatrends 2020 - Airmic Annual Report Survey Text
Airmic, 1st August 2020
Friday Reading Edition 15 (3rd July 2020)
Airmic’s annual survey report highlights the risks and megatrends impacting organisations and provides the context in which risk professionals are operating. The report walks us through how we can navigate five megatrends and their connectivity, and the effect of the pandemic on other risks.
Categories:
Risk Management, Resilience, Geopolitics
Keywords:
Cyber, Climate Change, Brand and Reputation, Governance, Pandemics, Business Continuity Management
After COVID-19, what next for China and the West? Video
Airmic, 1st June 2020
Friday Reading Edition 10 (29th May 2020)
Will COVID-19 fundamentally change China's political and economic relationship with the West? How should UK and EU companies respond? [Please register your details in order to view the recording]
Categories:
Geopolitics
Keywords:
Supply Chain
The coronavirus effect on global economic sentiment Text
McKinsey & Co
Friday Reading Edition 9 (22nd May 2020)
Results from the latest McKinsey Global Survey on the economy point to an improving outlook – executives are much likelier now than in April or March (2020) to expect improving conditions and increased growth rates in the months ahead.
Categories:
Economic Outlook, Geopolitics
Keywords:
Pandemics, Supply Chain