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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.

To select multiple categories and/or keywords, use Ctrl+Click (or ⌘+Click on a Mac).
Harvard Business Review's 10 Must Reads on Business Model Innovation Text
Harvard Business Publishing
Friday Reading Edition 184 (22nd December 2023)
Rethink how your organisation creates, delivers, and captures value--or risk becoming irrelevant. If you read nothing else on business model innovation, read these 10 articles.
Categories:
Risk Management
Keywords:
Governance, Brand and Reputation, Culture and Risk Appetite
No Rules Rules – Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention Text
Penguin
Friday Reading Edition 184 (22nd December 2023)
Reed Hastings, Netflix Chairman and CEO, shares the secrets that have revolutionised the entertainment and tech industries. With INSEAD business school professor Erin Meyer, he will explore his leadership philosophy.
Categories:
People
Keywords:
Governance, Brand and Reputation, Culture and Risk Appetite
Closing the Gaps on Reputational Risk Management Text
Airmic,RIMS,RepTrak, 22nd September 2020
Friday Reading Edition 163 (28th July 2023)
Previous studies suggest that the risk community continues to struggle with reputational risk and with reputation as an intangible asset. This report puts forward frameworks for risk professionals to work strategically with others within their organisations to measure and tackle reputational risks.
Categories:
Resilience
Keywords:
Brand and Reputation, Culture and Risk Appetite
Analysis: Credit Suisse collapse threatens Switzerland's wealth management crown Text
Reuters, 23rd March 2023
Friday Reading Edition 146 (24th March 2023)
The fall of Credit Suisse has dealt a serious blow to Switzerland's credentials as the world's leading wealth management centre, experts warn, calling into question its reputation for stability, regulation and corporate governance.
Categories:
Risk Financing, Risk Management, People
Keywords:
Corporate Liability, Brand and Reputation
Snapshot: The Ripple Effects of 2023 Bank Failures Text
S&P Global, 20th March 2023
Friday Reading Edition 146 (24th March 2023)
The collapse of SVB Financial and Signature Bank marks the second and third largest US bank failures since 2008. What have been the ripple effects on the global banking sector so far?
Categories:
Economic Outlook, Risk Financing, Risk Management
Keywords:
Corporate Liability, Brand and Reputation, Culture and Risk Appetite
How “Payment Banks” Could Prevent the Next Bank Collapse Text
Harvard Business Review, 17th March 2023
Friday Reading Edition 146 (24th March 2023)
While banking crises have historically centred on credit risk, this recent crisis of confidence stemmed from unrealised losses on safe securities that made depositors anxiously seek liquidity.
Categories:
Risk Financing, Risk Management
Keywords:
Corporate Liability, Brand and Reputation, Culture and Risk Appetite, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)
Four lessons for business from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Text
Control Risks, 7th February 2023
Friday Reading Edition 140 (10th February 2023)
The scale of the withdrawal of international companies from Russia after the country’s invasion of Ukraine has become a powerful and multifaceted case study in crisis preparedness and response that cuts across geopolitics, regulatory, reputational, and security challenges.
Categories:
Geopolitics, Resilience
Keywords:
Ukraine, Crisis Management, Supply Chain, Brand and Reputation, Communications, Security
Does ESG really matter—and why? Text
McKinsey Sustainability, 10th August 2022
Friday Reading Edition 125 (7th October 2022)
Although valid questions have been raised about ESG, the need for companies to understand and address their externalities is likely to become essential to maintaining their social license.
Categories:
ESG
Keywords:
Climate Change, Brand and Reputation
Companies face ESG trade-offs in scramble to replace Russian minerals Text
Verisk Maplecroft , 4th August 2022
Friday Reading Edition 121 (2nd September 2022)
While the ongoing conflict in Ukraine has focused the attention of markets on the European Union’s dependence on Russian oil and gas, the war has also highlighted the scale of Europe’s reliance on its strategic rivals for critical minerals.
Categories:
Geopolitics, ESG, People
Keywords:
Brand and Reputation, Environment, Resilience, Supply Chain, Ukraine
Over 1,000 Companies Have Curtailed Operations in Russia—But Some Remain Text
Yale School of Management
Friday Reading Edition 100 (1st April 2022)
A list that has garnered extensive coverage for its role in helping catalyse the mass corporate exodus from Russia.
Categories:
Geopolitics, ESG, People
Keywords:
Brand and Reputation