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 16 (10th July 2020)
[Free to read upon registration of details] This white paper presents a systematic review on studies of remote working between 1995 and 2019 to identify the benefits, challenges and importantly, considerations an employer should take on board when offering remote or flexible working within their business.
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Friday Reading Edition 14 (26th June 2020)
Best Buy’s former chairman and CEO reflects on a business’s reason for being by defining it around purpose and humanity, the link to competitive advantage, and managing shareholders and stakeholders during a crisis and beyond.
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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 12 (12th June 2020)
Organisations need to know how to effectively respond to employees who are contacted by the test and trace service. This FAQs from CIPD guides you in better understanding contractual obligations, statutory sick pay, paid time off and risk assessment.
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Clarity Out of Chaos Text
Friday Reading Edition 11 (5th June 2020)
From a survey of 9,003 employees across 13 markets, this research report from Everbridge explores how current trends and habits of communication can impact the success of a Critical Event Management (CEM) plan.
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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 9 (22nd May 2020)
This article from McKinsey outlines four forces whose uncertain outcomes will shape the years to come, as well as the steps needed to build the return muscle to grapple with these forces in the post-COVID-19 world.
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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 8 (15th May 2020)
[Free to read upon registering contact details] This guide from Hays offers advice on considerations for now and for the future to facilitate getting your team back into the workplace and to establish your new way of working.
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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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