N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 28, 2011

Rather in most instances, I believe HR should be a compliance, training and risk management function. It is HR’s function to make sure that processes are implemented and followed, but having a mid-level manager attempt to identify or recruit tier-one senior talent is a recipe for disaster.

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Insurance Bottom-up CEO Compliance 353

Strategy Driven

MAY 22, 2024

As markets evolve and technological advancements accelerate, companies must adopt comprehensive strategies to navigate these changes and seize new opportunities. Effective strategic planning requires skilled professionals who can analyze market trends, integrate digital solutions, champion sustainability, and manage financial risks.

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Strategic Planning Planning Trends Customer Loyalty 79

Chartered Management Institute

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Last month the supermarket giant Tesco announced a partnership with a technology firm Amscreen aimed at improving the targeting of its advertisements. Big Data poses challenges that have to be addressed by all areas of responsibility of a company: legal, ethical, marketing, personnel, risk management and financial.

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Leadership Styles Human Capital Ethics McKinsey 83

Strategy Driven

MARCH 5, 2024

As technology continues to advance, so do the risks associated with cyber threats. Prioritizing cybersecurity ensures legal compliance and showcases a dedication to safeguarding sensitive data and adhering to ethical principles.

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Compliance Reputation Diversity Insurance 97

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Technological Advancements The rising pace of technological developments offers both opportunities and obstacles for commercial businesses. Technology can revolutionize the way businesses operate, offering new tools for efficiency, communication, and data analysis. Equally important is training and development.

Compliance 87

Compliance USP Trends Agility 87

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 1, 2014

We’ve got the latest technology. Ethics and standards… those are for chumps. Our company has got the most up to date technology. Companies spend disproportionate amounts of money on technology and neglect their people, processes and policies. Our people were hired to do their jobs. Quality is our middle name.

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Budgeting Quality Risk Management Strategic Planning 72

Strategy Driven

JULY 11, 2014

I recommend that diversity audits, quality control reviews, ethics programs and other important regimen be conducted as part of Strategic Planning, rather than as stand-alone, distracting and energy diverting activities. By seeing the daily changes resulting from the planning, companies are poised to rise above the current daily crises.

Energy 71

Energy Strategic Planning Succession Humphrey 71

Skip Prichard

JULY 15, 2024

Decision Risk In the realm of decision-making, the most overlooked risk isn’t tied to economic shifts, technological advancements, or climate challenges. It’s the risk inherent in human decision-making, made worse by our tendency to tune out the critical voices around us.

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Self-aware Learning-by-Doing Environment Market Segmentation 89

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The results are predictable: inefficient and difficult-to-scale efforts at managing AI’s ethical, reputational, and legal risks; wasted resources; and slowed innovation. To assess how ready their company is to implement an RAI program, leaders should ask eight questions: 1) Have you determined what its objectives are?

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Ethics Metrics Reputation Objective 25

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 2014

I recommend that diversity audits, quality control reviews, ethics programs and other important regimen be conducted as part of Strategic Planning, rather than as stand-alone, distracting and energy diverting activities. By seeing the daily changes resulting from the planning, companies are poised to rise above the current daily crises.

Energy 55

Energy Strategic Planning Succession Humphrey 55

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 5, 2016

Organizational purpose, vision, quality of life, ethics, long-term growth. When all succeed, then profitability is much higher and more sustained than under the Hard Nose management style. You employ state-of-the-art technology and are in the vanguard of your industry. Planning, tactics, organizational development. Philosophy.

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Leadership Benchmarking Learning-by-Doing Ethics 50

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 4, 2015

Futurism is a continuum of thinking and reasoning skills, judicious activities, shared leadership and an accent upon ethics and quality. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Clarke, Technology and the Future. Quotes on The Future. “The future ain’t what it used to be.”

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Benchmarking Crisis Management Rogers Tactics 50

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The answers lie in collaborative initiatives, much like Big Tech’s voluntary AI commitments, which offer a roadmap for consultancies to harness AI’s potential while ensuring ethical conduct.

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Consultative Management Ethics Risk Management 28

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2022

Move from abstract concerns to actionable plans.

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Ethics Company Planning Risk Management 27

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Historically, it’s been a matter of trial and error. There’s a better way.

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Ethics Risk Management Technology Article 26

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2023

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has become widely popular, but its adoption by businesses comes with a degree of ethical risk. Organizations need to be mindful of the ethical implications and take necessary steps to reduce risks.

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Ethics Management Organization Risk Management 27

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Historically, it’s been a matter of trial and error. There’s a better way.

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Ethics Risk Management Technology Article 19

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2024

But in order for this to happen, companies need to build people’s trust in the technology. Generative AI has the potential to reinvent work, freeing us to unleash our creativity on the problems that really matter.

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Technology Creativity Company Risk Management 28

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

It is by now abundantly clear that, left unchecked, AI algorithms embedded in digital and social technologies can encode societal biases , accelerate the spread of rumors and disinformation, amplify echo chambers of public opinion, hijack our attention , and even impair our mental wellbeing.

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Ethics Report System Sample 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2023

Leaders are feeling disoriented and concerned about the new technology. Here’s four key risks to understand — and advice on how to address them.

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Advice Technology How To Risk Management 19

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2016

Remember the public shaming – and heavy sentences — heaped on Enron and Worldcom for their accounting (and more importantly, ethical) failures? This is not surprising: Growing regulation, increased investor focus on governance issues, and scary new categories of corporate risk (e.g. It’s not surprising.

Benchmarking 14

Benchmarking Company Short-term Long-term 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2013

But, at the end of the day, it is bank leaders and employees who must take the right business, legal and ethical actions under existing law. Are these huge major financial institutions not just too big to fail, their leaders “too big to jail” (as some critics charge), but also “too big to manage”?

Banking 8

Banking Management Ethics Letter 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

military says, volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity , where technology and strategy changes rapidly. Our prior research had found that increasing employees’ sense of play, purpose, and work potential can increase their adaptive performance, improving sales, customer experience, creativity, ethical behavior, and grit.

Organization 15

Organization Tactics Call Center Metrics 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2016

Commentators and researchers have focused on the crucial role of the CEO in leading effective corporate action to promote high performance, high integrity , and sound risk management. One key to this partnership is identifying risk priorities—whether economic (e.g.

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CFO Chief Financial Officer Compliance Due Diligence 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

In virtually every country across the globe, a broad range of governmental and ethical issues directly and immediately shape what companies can and cannot do. CEO acumen on business-in-society issues is thus imperative in addressing fundamental corporate issues, from business strategy to compliance to ethical standards to risk management.

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CEO Ethics Chief Financial Officer Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2010

In a recent ethics survey, Fuld & Company asked competitive analysts from more than 100 large firms worldwide to gauge their potentially risky information-collection behavior.

Competitive Intelligence 15

Competitive Intelligence Guidelines Survey Information 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2018

billion people, the Chinese consumer market is a tempting target for Western technology companies. The recent news that Google is considering a re-entry into China further highlights a troubling balancing act faced by technology companies looking to do business there. The ethical case for resisting Chinese regulation is clear.

Ethics 8

Ethics Technology Short-term Compliance 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2018

While AI will be deployed to manage certain tasks, including higher-level decision making, the technology’s true power is in augmenting human capabilities — and that holds true in the supply chain. Sustainers who ensure intelligent systems stay true to their original goals without crossing ethical lines or reinforcing bias.

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Supply Chain Technology System Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

It’s about more than just mitigating bias.

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Committee Ethics Risk Management Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

To rebound from the potential impact of a cascading set of global AI-related shocks, managers will have to consider the vulnerabilities that exist everywhere from their suppliers to their customers. AI Insurance Products and Services. AI International Protocols.

Insurance 8

Insurance Contingency Plans Globalization Ethics 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Powerful new tools can change how employees interact with institutional knowledge.

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Power Company Tools Risk Management 20

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2022

New tools are making it easier for anyone to use AI. Here’s how to make sure employees are doing so responsibly.

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Tools How To Risk Management Ethics 20

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2016

And this factor is likely to loom even larger in the future because many of the benefits of new technologies increase as more people join in. It can’t just be left to the PR department — the necessary messaging is too likely to be entangled with technical, legal, and ethical issues to compartmentalize it to any one department.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage PR Information Fashion 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2018

These robo-advisors may be used to automate certain aspects of risk management and provide decisions that are ethical and compliant with regulation. Robo-advisors have the potential to deliver a broader array of advice and there may be a range of specialized tools in particular decision domains.

Consultative 8

Consultative Strategy Advice McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2017

I seldom, if ever, hear that apologetic tone from students choosing technology companies or consulting. Recently, I asked a few students how people react to their choice to go into finance, and I was greeted with nervous laughter.

Finance 8

Finance Insurance Career Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

” A few years ago, Michelle oversaw the implementation of a global HR technology platform—named “Genesis”—designed to improve workforce planning and analytics for Ford’s 150,000 employees across 42 countries. To make sure this happened she held regular forums for issue and risk management.

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Delegation Project Team Short-term 8

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

These professionals guide companies toward a sustainable, ethical operational model through robust policy frameworks, systematic risk assessments, and ongoing collaboration with senior executives. Strategic Risk Management and Business Expansion Robust risk management is at the core of any well-executed strategic plan.

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Compliance Officer Compliance Ethics Strategic Planning 243