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 36 (27th November 2020)
From one of the world’s oldest general medical journals – the prospect of vaccines avoiding the harm and misery of extended restrictions is a cause for optimism, but we are far from ending COVID-19 as a public health issue. The vaccine trials’ results were announced via press releases, leaving many scientific uncertainties that will dictate how the vaccines will affect the course of the pandemic. Peer-reviewed publication should resolve these issues, but other questions will not be answerable for some time.
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Friday Reading Edition 27 (25th September 2020)
Previous studies suggest that the risk community continues to struggle with reputational risk and with reputation as an intangible asset. This paper puts forward frameworks for risk professionals to work strategically with others within their organizations to measure and tackle reputational risks.
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Friday Reading Edition 22 (21st August 2020)
Paul Merrey and Arturs Kokins of KPMG discuss trust and reputation, the role of the risk professional in this area and the insurance options already available and currently in development, while Christopher Magee of AIG in the UK addresses the key areas of most concern to risk professionals in the areas of governance, laws and regulation.
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Friday Reading Edition 22 (21st August 2020)
Sir Ronald Cohen, the father of British venture capital and a pioneer of social impact investment, explains how weaving social good into the fabric of business and investment could change the world for the better, as we emerge from COVID-19.
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Friday Reading Edition 15 (3rd July 2020)
Robert Tailby, Principal Casualty Risk Engineer at Chubb Risk Engineering Services, discusses the people safety management systems we’ve all seen so visibly in our everyday lives since the beginning of lockdown, and how the crisis can be used to build resilience into our organisations going forward.
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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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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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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 3 (9th April 2020)
Known for its annual Trust Barometer reports, Edelman conducted a 12-market study last month on the critical role brands are expected to play during the coronavirus pandemic. It shows the need for brands to be “tangible and fast,” not impressionistic and conceptual.
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