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 85 (3rd December 2021)
Companies are moving to a risk-based cybersecurity stance. The approach recognises that not all assets are created equal, nor can they be equally protected in today’s all-encompassing digital environment. Some assets are extraordinary—of critical importance to a company and its business. The digital business model is, in fact, entirely dependent on trust. If a company’s customer interface is not secure, the risk can become existential. Safeguarding such assets is the heart of an effective strategy to protect against cyberthreats.
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Supply chain ripples Text
Friday Reading Edition 83 (19th November 2021)
Some of the world’s biggest companies are setting ambitious net-zero targets, with significant implications for their supply chains. How impactful could the ripple effect be in helping to meet the goals set out in the Paris Agreement?
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Friday Reading Edition 73 (3rd September 2021)
To guide energy and power businesses in their risk management plans, members of Marsh’s Energy and Power Practice led a webcast on ESG messaging, why it is important, and how to communicate your ESG approach to insurers.
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Friday Reading Edition 103 (22nd April 2022)
On the erosion of organisational culture and social cohesion, declining productivity, and the inability to experiment and iterate.
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Purpose and the Pandemic Video
Friday Reading Edition 70 (13th August 2021)
Dr Sam Barrell, COO of the Francis Crick Institute, talks about the intense cultural impact of the Crick’s response to the pandemic (repurposing to be a testing, then a vaccination centre) and the importance of purpose. She shares some of the ethical challenges that the executive team faced and how they successfully managed the relationship with their board.
Friday Reading Edition 92 (4th February 2022)
[Limited free articles per month for non-subscribers] Psychological safety around risk reporting is, as a solid body of research indicates, essential to the speak-up culture that is the oxygen of risk management – how Swissgrid introduced two parallel risk management processes in its enterprise-wide system to identify and mitigate strategy risks, external risks, and novel risks.
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Friday Reading Edition 53 (9th April 2021)
2020 had been a struggle for businesses. The plans put in place at the start of the year were quickly undone with the pandemic and various lockdown restrictions across the globe. Looking at 2021, what have we learned and what will be the priorities for risk managers?
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Friday Reading Edition 110 (17th June 2022)
[Limited free articles per month for non-subscribers] Companies continue to rely on compliance tools such as codes of conduct and audits to get employees to report wrongdoing that they witness. But on their own, they are ineffective. Based on decades of behavioural science research and 30 years observing leaders, the author developed a model that offers seven interconnected strategies to nudge people to speak up.
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Friday Reading Edition 67 (16th July 2021)
Given the profound uncertainties and their varying impact across business lines, insurers must commit strongly to risk-oriented, structured decision-making approaches. It is time for chief risk officers (CROs) to step up to this challenge. With their help, the industry can reinvent itself to stay relevant to customers and attractive to investors.
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Friday Reading Edition 97 (11th March 2022)
Reputation is about what others see the organisation as, instead of what it is or aspires to become. Enhancing reputational value and safeguarding it requires a concentrated effort across the life-cycle of reputation development.
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