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Surviving and Thriving in Uncertainty
Frederick Funston
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Description for Surviving and Thriving in Uncertainty
Hardcover. A new book to help senior executives and boards get smart about risk management The ability of businesses to survive and thrive often requires unconventional thinking and calculated risk taking. The key is to make the right decisions-even under the most risky, uncertain, and turbulent conditions. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: GPQD; KJMV1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 33. Weight in Grams: 608.
A new book to help senior executives and boards get smart about risk management
The ability of businesses to survive and thrive often requires unconventional thinking and calculated risk taking. The key is to make the right decisions—even under the most risky, uncertain, and turbulent conditions.
In the new book, Surviving and Thriving in Uncertainty: Creating the Risk Intelligent Enterprise, authors Rick Funston and Steve Wagner suggest that effective risk taking is needed in order to innovate, stay competitive, and drive value creation.
Based on their combined decades of experience as practitioners, consultants, and advisors to numerous business professionals throughout ... Read more
- Challenging basic business assumptions can help identify "Black Swans" and provide first-mover advantage
- Defining the corporate risk appetite and risk tolerances can help reduce the risk of ruin.
- Anticipating potential causes of failure can improve chances of survival and success through improved preparedness.
- Factoring in velocity and momentum can improve speed of response and recovery.
- Verifying sources and the reliability of information can improve insights for decision making and thus decision quality.
- Taking a longer-term perspective can aid in identifying the potential unintended consequences of short-term decisions.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780470247884
SKU
V9780470247884
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Frederick Funston
FREDERICK FUNSTON is a principal with Deloitte & Touche LLP and has more than thirty years of experience working with leaders of numerous global companies. In 2000, Rick created the concept of risk intelligence for value creation and value protection. He is a frequent speaker and writer on leveraging risk intelligence for competitive advantage in complex, global organizations. ... Read more
Reviews for Surviving and Thriving in Uncertainty
"The authors propose a more holistic approach of "risk intelligence," in which leaders acknowledge and prepare for a wide range of potential threats. The authors isolate ten essential risk intelligence skills-such as abandoning familiar assumptions, anticipating causes of failure, and sustaining operational discipline-and provide in-depth guidelines for how executives and board members can hone these skills. They understand that there ... Read more