Jack Hampton, Author at Risk & Insurance : Risk & Insurance

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John (Jack) Hampton was a Professor of Business at St. Peter’s University, a core faculty member at the International School of Management (Paris), and a Risk Insider at Risk and Insurance magazine where he was named a 2018 All Star. He was Executive Director of the Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS), dean of the schools of business at Seton Hall and Connecticut State universities, and provost of the College of Insurance and SUNY Maritime College in New York City.

Saint Peter’s Basketball Coach Shaheen Holloway Gives Us a Risk Management Lesson

Anytime we pursue an opportunity, we’re taking a risk. This hypothesis is visible in the three areas of risk management where I work.

We Can Learn a Lot About Risk Management from Jeff Bezos

When it comes to overall risk management, this professor of business gives the leader of Amazon an A-.

What Do Yogi Berra, Greta Thunberg and Mark Carney Have in Common? More Than You Think

A successful organization reduces risk by being dynamic, resilient, honest, and fair. It is sustainable by developing long-term perspectives with humility that recognizes the limits of knowledge and power.

Why Did William Shatner Venture Into Space? Risk Management May Have the Answer

Enterprise risk management (ERM) may explain why the 90-year old former Star Trek captain decided to take a real-life trip to space.

What Higher Education Can Learn About Strategic Planning from Baseball’s Yogi Berra

Forward-thinking risk managers charged with strategic planning at colleges and universities could benefit from these reminders from Yogi Berra.

What Spirit Airlines’ Recent Travel Debacle Can Teach Us About Listening to Risk Managers

This is what happens when a risk manager books a flight on a commercial airline and gets disappointed. What follows is a root cause analysis of a recent spate of flight cancellations.

Determining the Root Cause of the Surfside Condo Collapse: Failed Risk Management Is the Culprit

A risk management root cause analysis points out the steps that led to the disaster in Surfside. Let this be a lesson, then, when dealing with risk management for all items.

Higher Education Risk Managers Face a Dire Strategy Reckoning Even as In-Person Classes Resume

Business continuity planning can start with arts and science and business professors sitting down and designing a viable curriculum in terms of needs and wants. Leave their guns and swords outside the room. Work together.

What a Risk Manager’s Barber Might Be Able to Teach University Risk Managers

COVID-19 forced change. Professors are finding new and better ways to deliver content, evaluate success of learning and respond to changing needs and demands of students and their families.

Royal Risk Management: Tips for Higher Education Risk Pros Based on a Study of Harry and Meghan’s Strategy

What can the U.S. higher education system learn anything from the British Royal Family? Apparently more than you think.

Russia’s Cyber Threat Was Incomprehensibly Underestimated. How You Can Use Technology to Not Get Caught Flat-Footed Again

Preventing cyber attacks from interfering with the 2020 election was a triumph, but it’s not time for a cyber security victory lap quite yet.

If COVID-19 Didn’t Teach You These Resiliency Lessons, You Better Start Learning Them

Individuals and organizations should prepare for a different world following the disastrous pandemic.

Can Business Continuity Planning Stave Off Higher Ed’s COVID-19 Revenue Nightmare?

Colleges and universities looking to remain stable and survive tumultuous times must invest in creating a sustainable risk management strategy.

Balancing Risk and Uncertainty May Be COVID-19’s Biggest Lesson. How Well Are We Learning It?

As we approach a potential second wave of COVID-19, it is crucial to understand the risks and uncertainties this pandemic continues to present us with.

Maybe, Just Maybe, COVID-19 Will Produce a New Breed of Risk Manager

Will a new generation of risk managers emerge from the pandemic, more equipped to deal with the risks of the future?

How Cyber Security Raters and Other Vendors May Help You Diffuse Third-Party Cyber Risk

Think about what it means if an organization converts to a microservice architecture monitored by a cybersecurity rater. A person knocking on the cyber wall door will trigger risk management responses.

According to This Professor, Teach Like Your Tech Won’t Work During COVID-19

For schools of every level or subject across the entire globe, the academic fall semester will have hiccups. Starting the school year with good risk management will minimize the need for damage control in the long run.

Universities Face Dire Financial Risks During COVID-19. So Do Parents and College-Aged Students Who Make the Wrong Choices

Even with COVID-19 in the mix, college is an investment, not a gamble. It just requires good risk management to make the right school choice.

A Risk Manager Converses with a Robo-Caller. The Ending Isn’t What You’d Think

After research on spam calling, one risk management lesson is abundantly clear: In order to understand risk, we must first confront it head on.

The Biggest COVID-19 Risk Lesson? Don’t Ignore Uncertainty

Even in previous years, viral infections killed thousands of Americans, yet we seem to be callous to the risks.

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