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 26 (18th September 2020)
The business case for inclusion and diversity (I&D) is stronger than ever. Taking a closer look at diversity winners reveals what can drive real progress.
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Friday Reading Edition 9 (22nd May 2020)
Alistair Cox, CEO of Hays, shares some of the practical questions he and his leadership team have been asking themselves in the short term, as they start to think about helping employees make the transition back to the workplace after the COVID-19 lockdowns.
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Friday Reading Edition 7 (7th May 2020)
With the COVID-19 pandemic, boards are now actively seeking the expertise of risk managers in planning and oversight, as this Bloomberg article finds.
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Friday Reading Edition 16 (10th July 2020)
This Guide will help you get the most out of the Airmic Mentoring Scheme, whether you are a mentor or mentee – or would just want to learn more about mentoring schemes in general – by providing a framework for the mentoring relationship and supporting processes.
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Friday Reading Edition 6 (1st May 2020)
This article from the McKinsey Global Institute, which finds an overlap between the workers who are vulnerable in the current downturn and those who hold jobs vulnerable to automation, calls for the US response to incorporate a longer-term view about the resulting occupational shifts and the development of skills.
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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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The hard market Audio
Friday Reading Edition 10 (29th May 2020)
This episode of the podcast series hosted by Richard Cutcher discusses our members’ experiences of the insurance hard market, and shares best practice advice on how to respond. Also covers the results of a member survey on the hardening market.
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Friday Reading Edition 14 (26th June 2020)
Companies must have a purpose beyond profits to compete in a modern business environment. This article explores how traditional institutions can retrofit a corporate purpose authentically.
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Friday Reading Edition 4 (17th April 2020)
This Airmic guide calls for a more joined-up approach and thinking about people risk as two sides of the same coin – risk to your employees and risk to your organisation from people factors. Doing this means risk and HR professionals should working more closely together.
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Friday Reading Edition 31 (23rd October 2020)
The uncertainty with Brexit means that UK companies need to be even more prepared than their peers in other countries to embrace agility, strengthen their customer focus and look for new opportunities for value creation.
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