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 72 (27th August 2021)
The SolarWinds hack impacted multiple organisations globally, including US government departments, tech companies, and other corporates. It has raised renewed questions about supply chain security, how companies can protect themselves and how Western governments can prevent other operations of this kind.
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Friday Reading Edition 72 (27th August 2021)
Since the pandemic struck, its impact on business and supply chains has cut deeply into normal operations for every sector of industry, and the pattern of Covid-19 spread means companies are seeing employees unable to attend their normal place of work.
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Friday Reading Edition 72 (27th August 2021)
[Free to read upon sharing contact details] This short report examines how Covid-19 has impacted and will continue to fundamentally reshape global supply chains. With many multinationals looking to build resilience into their supply chains, the report takes a closer look at the accelerating trend of regional rather than global supply chains networks, in addition to the strategic use of inventory locations.
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Friday Reading Edition 71 (20th August 2021)
The Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan has stoked fears of an exodus of Afghans and a repeat of Europe's 2015/16 migration crisis. Will there a mass exodus from the country?
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Friday Reading Edition 71 (20th August 2021)
Although Chinese leaders are not enthusiastic about the Taliban taking over Afghanistan, they will not allow principle to stand in the way of pragmatism, as Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s hosting of Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in China three weeks ago signaled.
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Friday Reading Edition 71 (20th August 2021)
The Taliban’s declaration of victory and the capitulation of the Afghan government mean that fighting will subside throughout Afghanistan. However, other militant groups, such as Islamic State in Khorasan (IS-K), maintain active cells in the capital and will likely seek to exploit the fragile political and security situation to stage high-impact attacks.
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Friday Reading Edition 71 (20th August 2021)
Taliban victories have been aided by dismal political leadership in Kabul, but showing Afghans – and the world – they can run a country will not be so easy.
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Friday Reading Edition 71 (20th August 2021)
[Free to access upon setting up an account] Published just before the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, and very prescient: the US’s and allied NATO forces’ withdrawal from Afghanistan is highly likely to lead to a resurgence in Al-Qaeda (AQ) operations in the country. This is likely to pose an increased threat to Western countries in future.
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Friday Reading Edition 70 (13th August 2021)
As boards move beyond crisis management, survey results suggest that specific risks and organisational issues are increasingly top of mind. More often than their peers, directors on the most adaptable boards cite, as agenda items, issues such as technological trends and topics that are more cultural or organisational in nature, such as corporate social responsibility, and the company’s purpose.
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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.