Click here for the Friday Reading Search, a searchable archive of reading and knowledge resources

Since March 2020, Airmic has been issuing Friday Reading, a curated series of readings and knowledge resources sent by email to Airmic members. The objective of Airmic Friday Reading was initially to keep members informed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Today, Airmic Friday Reading has evolved in scope to include content on a wide range of subjects with each email edition following a theme. This page is a searchable archive of all the readings and knowledge resources that have been shared.

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City, University of London, 7th May 2020
Friday Reading Edition 14 (26th June 2020)
Professor Charles Baden-Fuller argues that organisations need to respond to Covid-19 with a fundamental re-examination of their business model. The crisis is not just a medical one, but part of a wider set of events that is triggering customers to rethink how they engage with organisations and how organisations engage with customers.
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McKinsey & Co, 31st March 2020
Friday Reading Edition 14 (26th June 2020)
This article discusses what a company’s purpose should be when the purpose of so many, right now, is survival.
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Airmic , 14th March 2020
Friday Reading Edition 14 (26th June 2020)
This Airmic report investigates the origins and impact of over twenty major corporate crises of the last decade, which left their reputation in tatters and faced an uphill task in rebuilding their businesses
Raconteur, 12th December 2019
Friday Reading Edition 14 (26th June 2020)
Companies must have a purpose beyond profits to compete in a modern business environment. This article explores how traditional institutions can retrofit a corporate purpose authentically.
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Airmic,Aon, 15th June 2020
Friday Reading Edition 13 (19th June 2020)
In this webinar from 15 June 2020, cyber experts from Aon will take you through how the cyber landscape has changed as a result of the pandemic, together with the key considerations for risk managers to create a data driven approach to managing cyber risk.
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Airmic , 12th June 2020
Friday Reading Edition 13 (19th June 2020)
How are organisations transforming their business models to ensure resilience, value and growth in the digital age? This Airmic report highlights the business and organisational trade-offs that leaders and managers will have to grapple with while walking these revolutionary roads, as well as the implications of the trade-offs for risk management and governance.
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QBE, 11th June 2020
Friday Reading Edition 13 (19th June 2020)
Online and mobile banking has become a common feature of our banking routines, but there are risks to using Faster Payment Scheme or CHAPS. This article from QBE guides you in the fight against fraud by implementing Confirmation of Payee (CoP) verification.
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Baker Tilly, 7th June 2020
Friday Reading Edition 13 (19th June 2020)
Data becomes more valuable to a company when it emerges from lockdown, and this makes them more susceptible to the demands of ransomware hackers. Data backups is the solution, but companies must also regularly test the backup files, among other considerations highlighted in this article.
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McKinsey & Co, 14th May 2020
Friday Reading Edition 13 (19th June 2020)
The rapid migration to digital technologies driven by the pandemic will continue into the recovery – an article from McKinsey on how to accelerate your organisation’s digital capabilities to keep pace.
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Aon
Friday Reading Edition 13 (19th June 2020)
Board members are called upon to champion cyber resilience in the face of risks such as data breaches. This article from Aon includes a top ten list of cyber governance directives for board members.
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