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 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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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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Friday Reading Edition 83 (19th November 2021)
The pandemic has sent shock waves in all directions, causing businesses to examine their practices in many areas and to think about possibilities for improved solutions for the future. In supply chain management, our experts identify three critical areas brought into sharper focus by recent events.
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Friday Reading Edition 12 (12th June 2020)
Relevant for anyone interested in what effective crisis management looks like for businesses hit by the pandemic, and what focusing on recovery means.
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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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Friday Reading Edition 12 (12th June 2020)
This article by two INSEAD professors presents a five-phase framework that is applicable to a wide variety of real-world crises.
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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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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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Friday Reading Edition 25 (11th September 2020)
Stanley McChrystal (a former Army general and the founder of the McChrystal Group) and Chris Fussell (a former Navy Seal and the president of the McChrystal Group) reflect on how September 11th changed the way US Special Forces operated, and offers lessons for today’s leaders.
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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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