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Retired four-star General Stan McChrystal has lived a life associated with the deadly risks of combat; he has seen how individuals and organisations, too often and to great costs, fail to mitigate risk. Why? Because they focus on the probability of something happening instead of the interface by which it can be managed. In conversation with Andrew Hill, the FT’s management editor, McChrystal will explain how to build and strengthen your organisation's risk management and what it takes to master risk to your and your business’s advantage. Drawing on practical examples ranging from military history to the business world, he will share ten dimensions of control that you can use to detect, assess and respond to risk.
The war in Ukraine has now entered its third month and organisations continue to grapple with the disruption to their businesses. Although primarily a humanitarian crisis, the conflict has accelerated long-term business trends already brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic such as global inflationary pressures and disrupted supply chains. This panel will discuss the business implications of the war in Ukraine. How are organisations navigating this crisis and the high level of uncertainty ahead? Does the war mark the end of globalisation? And will the crisis drastically reshape global supply chains?
High levels of flux and uncertainty, burgeoning amounts of data, a proliferation of game-changing analytical and communication tools including Artificial Intelligence combined with the speed at which data is becoming available, is having a profound impact on decision making and on the capabilities required of leaders. This is why we are making "Data Savviness" the theme of our next "Peer to Peer" event.
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Retired four-star General Stan McChrystal has lived a life associated with the deadly risks of combat; he has seen how individuals and organisations, too often and to great costs, fail to mitigate risk. Why? Because they focus on the probability of something happening instead of the interface by which it can be managed. In conversation with Andrew Hill, the FT’s management editor, McChrystal will explain how to build and strengthen your organisation's risk management and what it takes to master risk to your and your business’s advantage. Drawing on practical examples ranging from military history to the business world, he will share ten dimensions of control that you can use to detect, assess and respond to risk.
The war in Ukraine has now entered its third month and organisations continue to grapple with the disruption to their businesses. Although primarily a humanitarian crisis, the conflict has accelerated long-term business trends already brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic such as global inflationary pressures and disrupted supply chains. This panel will discuss the business implications of the war in Ukraine. How are organisations navigating this crisis and the high level of uncertainty ahead? Does the war mark the end of globalisation? And will the crisis drastically reshape global supply chains?
High levels of flux and uncertainty, burgeoning amounts of data, a proliferation of game-changing analytical and communication tools including Artificial Intelligence combined with the speed at which data is becoming available, is having a profound impact on decision making and on the capabilities required of leaders. This is why we are making "Data Savviness" the theme of our next "Peer to Peer" event.
VIP members only
Meet fellow members at our first in-person event of the year, hosted at the Financial Times in London. We’ll also be joined by guest speakers Katie Martin, Markets Editor, Financial Times and Philipp Hildebrand, Vice Chairman, BlackRock who will discuss the markets outlook for 2022. Post-event content will be shared after the event for those of you unable to attend.
While progress has been made on improving the gender diversity of boards, women remain largely under-represented in senior leadership positions. This session will provide an in-depth discussion on what effective measures companies can take to improve gender balance across their organisations and the challenges associated with this.
Sir Alex Younger, former MI6 Chief, discusses with John Thornhill, the FT’s Innovation Editor, how organisations can protect themselves against cyber attacks and how governments and the private sector can work together to build resilient cyber strategies.
Sir Howard Davies, Chairman of Natwest Group, explores the trends impacting the global economy in the year to come. How will the continued new variants of Covid-19 impact the global economic recovery? How big is the inflation risk in the short and medium-term? How will these challenges affect the prospects for global trade?
There are five key trends set to dominate the coming decade and beyond - debt, tech, climate change, demographics and Asia’s economic rise. Watch this event recording to learn how the pandemic has accelerated these trends and what all this means for investors in the West.
At this event, Paul Polman, former CEO of Unilever and co-founder and chair of IMAGINE, explains how you can profit by fixing the world’s problems instead of creating them.
At this exclusive 'Chatham House style’ discussion, board members were presented with a dilemma based on a genuine, real-life situation where the Chair and the CEO are in conflict. In small groups, they discussed the situation, the issues it raises for the board and the best solution to resolve.
Dan Thomas, Chief UK Business Correspondent, Financial Times and Sir Jonathan Thompson, Chief Executive Officer, Financial Reporting Council discuss the recent publication of the UK white paper on audit and corporate governance reforms.
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ESG
- Business cannot brush off ESG as a mere PR challenge (comment from FT)
- Carbon capture and storage: long-promised fix depends on higher traded prices and lower costs (comment from FT)
- Taking companies to court over climate change: who is being targeted? (insight from LSE)
- Slower progress on climate-related disclosures in leading banks' annual reports (insight from KPMG)
- The social impact of an Elon Musk-owned Twitter (Analysis by the FT)
- Winning through the great climate upheaval (Article by Henderson Institute)
- Sustainability - recent ESG developments (Briefing note by Clifford Chance)
- New York State pension fund urges bank shareholders to back climate resolutions (US news from FT)
- First global guidelines for company sustainability disclosures introduced (News from the World Economic Forum)
- The benefits of the Security and Exchange Commission’s climate disclosure rule (US feature from Wharton)
Strategy
- Alison Gowman: how a City of london sheriff uses soft power to promote the capital (interview by FT)
- Queen's Speech: a guide to the UK's new legislative programme (analysis by FT)
- UK firms turning to Chief Sustainability Officers as board-level hires accelerate (report by PWC)
- Who is Davos Man today? (blog by LSE)
- Seven priorities for EMEA boards to transform their 2022 agenda? (insight from EY)
- How high will inflation rise and how long will it last? (insight from LSE)
- What does CEO turnover data tell us about succession planning? (insight from Columbia Law School)
- 2022 board priorities: How Asia-Pacific boards can plan for success (Article by EY)
- Brexit: the major trade disruption came after the UK-EU agreement took effect in 2021 (Insight by LSE)
- Record proportion of UK CFO's expect significant operating cost rises (Insight from Deloitte)
Audit & Risk
- Boris Johnson purges key business reforms with his legislative programme (news by FT)
- Vodafone strengthens board with industry heavyweights (news by FT)
- Allianz sets aside extra €2bn for US asset management scandal (news by FT)
- Risk Management: Financial Institutions (special report by FT)
- Is an update to corporate governance needed to prevent future scandals? (comment by Raconteur)
- Dropping of UK audit bill from Queen's Speech comes under fire (news from FT)
- City regulation post-Brexit will need greater accountability (comment from FT)
- UK business and unions warn against plan to ditch audit legislation (news from FT)
- Supply chain disclosure: FRC Lab insight (reporting guidance by the Financial Reporting Council)
- Insurer Generali faces new test as bitter battle for control nears climax (news by FT)
Technology & Cybersecurity
- Why global harmonisation of cybersecurity would be music to everyone's ears (Blog from the WEF)
- AI and fairness in the workplace: why it matters and why now (LSE Business Review)
- How to prepare company boards for new cybersecurity rules (Insights from the World Economic Forum)
- 7 pressing cybersecurity questions boards need to ask (Insights from Harvard Business Review)
- Tech trends 2022 (Podcast from Deloitte)
- Metaverse: 5 questions shaping the next frontier of human experience (Insights from EY)
- Ransomware: prevention and response (Briefing by Clifford Chance)
- The data-driven enterprise of 2025 (Insights from McKinsey)
- Ransomware: What board members should know and what they should be asking their technical experts (Guidance from the National Cyber Security Centre)
Diversity
- How to best use data to meet DE&I goals (Practical insights from Harvard Business review)
- Missing Pieces Report: The Board Diversity Census of Women and Minorities on Fortune 500 Boards (Report from the Alliance for Board Diversity and Deloitte)
- The macroeconomic damage from gender discrimination (Feature from the LSE Business Review)
Succession planning
- Your CEO succession plan can not wait (Research and insights from the Harvard Business Review)
- Your board needs a people committee (Practical insights from the Harvard Business Review)
- Chief executives: fountain of youth versus wisdom of age (Opinion from the FT)
Remuneration
- Why investor pay revolts need to get personal (Opinion by the FT)
- The hypocritical attack on CEO pay (Opinion from the FT)
- A squandered chance to reform executive pay (Opinion from FT Editorial Board)
- How did boards adjust CEO pay in response to Covid-19? (Research from Stanford Corporate Governance Research Initiative)
Workforce
- The new networking for a hybrid era (feature by FT)
- Health at Work (special report by FT)
- ‘Flight shame’ and the return of business travel (podcast by FT)
- Current trends in remote working (report by KPMG)
- Should you hire for culture fit? (blog by LSE)
- Rot festers in the lower depths of the British labour market (comment from FT)
- The cognitive dissonance of corporate life (comment from FT)
- Workplace 'banter' lawsuits up by more than 40% (news from FT)
- Working women face high levels of burnout despite rise in hybrid working (insight from Deloitte)
- Transforming your organisation for the green economy (report from Deloitte)
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