Paula Vene Smith, Author at Risk & Insurance : Risk & Insurance

Paula Vene Smith

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Paula Vene Smith directs the Purposeful Risk Engagement Project (PREP) and is a professor at Grinnell College. Paula consults on risk in higher education, and has written Engaging Risk: A Guide for College Leaders. She can be reached at [email protected].

Your Organization Risks Massive Knowledge Loss Should a Senior Employee Fall Sick. What Are You Doing to Prepare?

Beginning the year with a fresh look at day-to-day risks, what steps might you take to create a plan co-workers can access in your absence — and let the right people know how to find it?

Managing the Two-Headed Beast of Governance Eclipse and Governance Gridlock

When the boundaries between different governance roles are hopelessly blurred, a “governance eclipse” has occurred.

Risk Insider: Paula Vene Smith

Dance With Your Risk

Analyzing the risk is fine; acting on it is better.

Risk Insider: Paula Vene Smith

Does ERM Fall Apart in Volatile Times?

Risk leaders should address big change head-on. Only then can ERM drive good institutional decisions.

Risk Insider: Paula Vene Smith

The Risk Register: Dead or Alive?

In creating risk registers, risk managers should strive to keep their lists short and dynamic.

Risk Insider: Paula Vene Smith

No More Ivory Tower

Events prompted educators in Iowa to host the first ever statewide summit on campus safety.

Risk Insider: Paula Vene Smith

Choose Compliance

What do we do when regulatory compliance is at odds with our mission?

Risk Insider: Paula Vene Smith

Adding Redundancy to Parry Risk

Redundancies are powerful tools for risk managers.

Risk Insider: Paula Vene Smith

Risks That Hide Behind Reputation and Compliance

Focusing on reputation instead of a potential exposure is not the best way to mitigate the risk.

Paula Vene Smith

Your Organization Risks Massive Knowledge Loss Should a Senior Employee Fall Sick. What Are You Doing to Prepare?

Managing the Two-Headed Beast of Governance Eclipse and Governance Gridlock

Dance With Your Risk

Does ERM Fall Apart in Volatile Times?

The Risk Register: Dead or Alive?

No More Ivory Tower

Choose Compliance

Adding Redundancy to Parry Risk

Risks That Hide Behind Reputation and Compliance

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