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Lessons Learned: Taking a Page from Risk Management History
by Carl Pritchard
This Executive Report uses lessons learned from three classic examples to get at the heart of risk perception and risk management. The examples -- the construction of Saint Paul's Cathedral; the promotion, construction, shipment, and installation of the Statue of Liberty; and the implementation of the US Social Security program from legal authorization through the first benefit payment -- offer powerful, specific, actionable lessons that can be applied in the modern business environment.
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Risk Assessments? You Bet!
by Jerry Peterson
In prediction markets, such as Intrade, TradeSports, and the Iowa Electronic Markets, a broad range of people express their opinions about future events in politics, economics, or sports by backing them with small bets. The results are reliable predictions of the probabilities of these future events. Program managers can use the same approach, outlined in this Executive Update, to help assess the risks they face.
Reputation Management: If You Trust, You Better Verify
by Robert N. Charette
American businessman Warren Buffet once said that, "It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently." As Buffet indicates, a company's reputation is one of the toughest corporate values to create and one of the easiest to see slip away. Another company in the news, Illinois, USA-based Baxter International, an $11-billion global healthcare company, is the latest to learn this hard lesson.
Risk Management for ERP
Webinar by Jerry Peterson
In this live webinar, Cutter Senior Consultant Gerald Peterson offers advice about taking the risk out of ERP programs. His first piece of advice may surprise you: "Take a few risks." Discover why you can never eliminate risk entirely, and why it's not a good idea to try.
