In the digital era, leaders need strategies that place technology alongside environmental, social and governance risk factors. Andrea Bonime-Blanc explains READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION What does it mean to be a transformational digital leader during the perfect storm of systemic risk we are living through? At a time when several environmental, social and governance … Read more
Western governments’ responses to the 2008 global financial crisis did everything but encourage more cautious behaviour, writes Frances Cowe [button type=”large” color=”black” rounded=”1″ link=”http://issuu.com/revistabibliodiversidad/docs/pdf_book_q2_2016_mid_res/56″ ]READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION[/button] The response to the 2008 financial crisis did many things, not all of them for the better. Spurred on by bank failures and government rescues in … Read more
The father of modern management, Peter Drucker, tells us what to do about risk, writes William A. Cohen [button type=”large” color=”black” rounded=”1″ link=”https://issuu.com/revistabibliodiversidad/docs/dialogue_q3_2016_full_book/58″ ]READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION[/button] Risk in management is unavoidable. Some of Peter Drucker’s clients did not acknowledge this. They thought risk could be avoided and wanted Drucker to show them how. But instead, Drucker told them … Read more
Risk should be ridden, not removed, write Chemsi Bennis, Emma Gavala, Ilgaz Meydan, Hubertus Reinprecht and Lulu Wang [button type=”large” color=”black” rounded=”1″ link=”https://issuu.com/revistabibliodiversidad/docs/dialogue_q2_2017_full_book/54″ ]READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION[/button] What’s the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear ‘risk management’? A finance employee offering expensive advice to a company? A captain commanding his … Read more
The history of telecoms majors shows that classic financial analyses need a rethink [button type=”large” color=”black” rounded=”1″ link=”https://issuu.com/revistabibliodiversidad/docs/dialogue_q1_2017_full_book/53″ ]READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION[/button] Net present value never tells the whole story. The move by Verizon – one of the two largest telecom companies in the US – to acquire Yahoo for $4.5 billion, and … Read more
Toxic leadership undermines success, so recognize and eradicate it [button type=”large” color=”black” rounded=”1″ link=”https://issuu.com/revistabibliodiversidad/docs/dialogue_q3_2016_full_book/39″ ]READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION[/button] It is thought that the term ‘toxic leadership’ was coined by author Marcia Whicker, in 1996, when she contrasted the leaders she termed ‘toxic’ with ‘trustworthy’ and ‘transitional’ leaders. Since then, the term has been used increasingly to describe a wide … Read more
Parents in England are staging the first ever ‘Kids Strike’ in light of stressful school curriculum 40,000 people – many of them parents – have signed a petition calling for change to the proposed testing regime of SATs which, according to them, puts primary school children in stress and anxiety. Key Stage 1 tests … Read more
Staff members exposing companies to security breaches by mixing work with leisure Today’s workforce is merging work and personal activities online – thus exposing their companies to extra cyber risk. Workers assume that work devices present safer environment to store information – but this in itself poses a threat to cyber security. The news … Read more
Peter Drucker taught us that risk can be desirable, writes William A. Cohen in an exclusive extract of an upcoming article in Dialogue Risk in management is unavoidable. Some of Peter Drucker’s clients did not acknowledge this. They thought that risk could be avoided and just wanted Drucker to tell them how. However, according to … Read more
Lean into disorder [button type=”large” color=”black” rounded=”1″ link=”http://issuu.com/revistabibliodiversidad/docs/dialogue_10_q1_2016_full_book/13″ ]READ THE FULL GRAPHIC VERSION[/button] Resilient people seem to share certain qualities. Studies show that optimism,confidence, strong beliefs tied to greater purpose, a sense that they can influence their own outcomes, and an ability to improvise, are common traits. Most of this work speaks to the ability to rebound from difficult … Read more