Skip Smith

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Skip Smith, BS, MS, ARM is the president of Innovative Risk Solutions, LLC, a consulting company specializing in developing cutting-edge Risk Management programs around safety, Environmental Sustainability, Crisis Management, Business Continuity, and Disaster Recovery. Before starting his business, he served as the Vice President of Safety, Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery at Scripps Networks/Discovery Channel, where he led the global functions for Operational Risk. Skip has worked for a number of fortune 500 companies in various leadership risk management roles, such as Coca-Cola, USA, Novelis, Popeyes, Service Master, and Hooters Sports Distribution.

Navigating Risk and Sustainability: Building an ESG Operating Model for Today’s Business Challenges

To ensure strong governance practices, it’s essential to comply with ESG regulations, uphold ethical business standards, and maintain transparent reporting.

Predictive Modeling: The Future of Workplace Safety Management

With a firm grasp of its data and visualization tools to analyze it, organizations can preemptively address risks to worker safety.

Triaging Operational Risks: A Practitioner’s Guide to Business Continuity

One of the core skills required for a business continuity and disaster recovery professional is the ability to conduct comprehensive business impact analyses (BIAs). This involves a meticulous review of critical business functions and operations that analyzes dependencies across vendors, facilities, personnel and technology infrastructure.

Southwest, It’s Not That Complicated: Takeaways from a Business Resiliency Fiasco

Southwest Airlines’ December 2022 failure could have been its finest hour if only some of its past business issues had been addressed in 2019.
Risk Insider: Skip Smith

Where Are the Safety Professionals?

Choose a career in safety and you will be in demand.
Risk Insider: Skip Smith

Social Media as a Tool in Claims Investigation

It’s important to be well-versed on the way risk managers can mine social media for information.

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