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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Airmic, 10th May 2020
Friday Reading Edition 8 (15th May 2020)
In episode six of Airmic Talks, Richard Cutcher and Airmic's Deputy CEO Julia Graham are joined by Michele Wucker, a speaker, strategist and author whose 2016 book, The Gray Rhino: How to Recognize and Act on the Obvious Dangers We Ignore, has sold over 300,000 copies.
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McKinsey & Co, 30th April 2020
Friday Reading Edition 8 (15th May 2020)
Part of a series on Leadership in a Crisis, this article draws together McKinsey’s collective thinking and expertise on five behaviours to help leaders navigate the pandemic and recovery
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Aon
Aon’s COVID-19 Response Tool Kit, designed as a resource for clients and industry peers, is an informational and guidance tool on risk exposures and human capital concerns emanating from an infectious disease outbreak.
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Lloyd’s Register Foundation, 15th April 2020
Friday Reading Edition 5 (24th April 2020)
“This crisis is an opportunity to consider our resilience” – Lloyd's Register Foundation’s Resilience Shift programme gives insights on combating COVID-19.
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Risk Management Magazine , 1st April 2020
This article from the magazine of RIMS shows how the rise of disinformation campaigns or “fake news” is increasingly causing a headache for companies around the world, and how well-prepared crisis response plans can help steer organisations through the worst of disinformation.
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Business Continuity Institute (BCI), 3rd April 2020
Friday Reading Edition 2 (3rd April 2020)
The BCI has found encouraging evidence of improvement in the actions taken by organisations in the fight against the coronavirus outbreak, while some organisations are also beginning to think about the pathway to recovery.
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McKinsey & Co, 16th March 2020
Friday Reading Edition 1 (27th March 2020)
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, companies need a crisis response coordinated by top management that gives experts and managers the autonomy to implement creative, pragmatic solutions. Arising from hundreds of discussions conducted in the past few weeks, this article by McKinsey & Co looks at the efforts of companies now in the process of building what they term “COVID-19 nerve centers.”
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Airmic, 28th January 2014
Friday Reading Edition 1 (27th March 2020)
Airmic’s research report from 2014, conceived to help companies avoid corporate catastrophe by learning from those who are leading the way in creating resilient organisations, is more relevant than ever in the current context of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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