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.
Friday Reading Edition 161 (14th July 2023)
The future of Ukraine–NATO relations was once again the number-one topic on the agenda for Alliance members at this week’s Vilnius Summit.
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Friday Reading Edition 144 (10th March 2023)
The panel considers the achievements and future challenges of women in the risk and insurance professions, sharing their own experiences and the lessons they have learned.
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Friday Reading Edition 166 (18th August 2023)
Knowing how to develop collaborative contingency plans to protect employees’ physical and emotional health during dangerous climate events is crucial to ensuring organizations and staff are protected at all levels.
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Friday Reading Edition 156 (2nd June 2023)
Ukraine is ready to launch its long-expected counter-offensive against Russian forces, one of the country's most senior security officials has told the BBC.
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Friday Reading Edition 162 (21st July 2023)
Leaders should focus less on automation and more on innovation. Using AI to ask better questions and be more innovative would push leaders out of their comfort zones and into the position of being intellectually wrong, emotionally uncomfortable, and behaviorally quiet and more reflective, all of which promotes innovative thinking and action.
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Friday Reading Edition 155 (26th May 2023)
Increasing pressure and scrutiny from stakeholders and regulators show that they are beginning to understand sustainability-related issues.
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Friday Reading Edition 166 (18th August 2023)
Since 1990, wildfires have consumed an average of 2.5 million hectares a year across Canada, with around 7,300 fires occurring annually. These fires can ravage communities, destroy buildings and infrastructure, and even claim lives.
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Friday Reading Edition 156 (2nd June 2023)
Russian tactics are changing as lessons are learned from military failures in the war in Ukraine.
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Friday Reading Edition 161 (14th July 2023)
Sir Richard Shirreff – former NATO Deputy Supreme Commander Europe, co-Founder and Managing Partner of Strategia Worldwide, and keynote panellist at the 2023 Airmic Conference in Manchester – warns that unless NATO increases its support for Ukraine, the West could get pulled into a direct conflict with Russia.
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Friday Reading Edition 175 (20th October 2023)
Women are more ambitious than ever, and workplace flexibility is fueling them. Yet despite some hard-fought gains, women’s representation is not keeping pace. That’s according to the latest Women in the Workplace report from McKinsey, in partnership with LeanIn.Org.
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