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 75 (17th September 2021)
Given the importance of corporate reputation today, there is still a shortage of business leaders who are effectively leveraging reputation intelligence for the benefit of their organisation. Polecat interviewed global reputation professionals to gain a better understanding of how they are applying their efforts to get ahead and tackle the obstacles they face when managing corporate reputation.
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Friday Reading Edition 70 (13th August 2021)
Embedding company purpose requires businesses to think about every process their organisation operates—and accept that there will be trade-offs.
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Friday Reading Edition 55 (23rd April 2021)
[Free to use upon setting up an account] This toolkit is intended to guide you in your role as business owner, chief executive or manager seeking to protect your business against ethical lapses and in the journey to make your ethical values explicit. It suggests a simple, affordable approach to design an ethics framework.
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Friday Reading Edition 50 (19th March 2021)
Driving great cyber security starts at the very top of an organisation. This Top Ten List focuses on how a board can improve its cyber governance. While the board must also pay close attention to tactical cyber security plans, great governance typically drives great cyber security.
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Friday Reading Edition 47 (26th February 2021)
Reflecting on the past year, 2020 has demonstrated the absolute necessity of risk-based decision-making in achieving our strategies, especially when confronting volatile scenarios and global risk impacts. The 2021 IRMSA Risk Report unpacks these learnings as well as the competencies we need to be successful and risk resilient organisations. It highlights the integrated strategic risk and resilience mindset.
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Friday Reading Edition 40 (8th January 2021)
Airmic, in partnership with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Crawford, and Lockton, and with Anette Mikes (Associate Professor at the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School) as a member of the project advisory group, has embarked on a research project on corporate purpose. This white paper sets out what business responsibility and reputation means, and develop these within their own business context, to determine the implications for risk and insurance managers.
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Friday Reading Edition 28 (2nd October 2020)
Hermione Winterton was awarded the distinction of best dissertation by the Airmic assessment panel for the 2019 Airmic Leadership Programme. In this winning paper, she explores the phenomenon of groupthink, and examines research on the power of diversity of thought, before making some recommendations on what corporate boards need to do to adopt it.
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Friday Reading Edition 23 (28th August 2022)
[Free to view upon providing contact details] A thought-provoking webinar with a panel of modern governance professionals who share their insights into how the role of governance professionals is changing – and where it needs to evolve further – to best position organisations for success. [recorded webinar]
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Friday Reading Edition 23 (28th August 2024)
[Free to read upon registering an account with Corporate Secretary] Covid-19 is proving to be a game changer for corporate executives, directors, and others responsible for overseeing ESG risks. This pandemic is underscoring the significance of issues as diverse as how the impact of climate change and efforts to promote sustainability, supply chains, and executive compensation.
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Friday Reading Edition 23 (28th August 2023)
[Free to read upon registering an account with Corporate Secretary] Tips and best practices to improve your organization’s culture of cybersecurity, with a useful enhanced security culture checklist.
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