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.
Friday Reading Edition 10 (29th May 2020)
This article and video summarise a WEF webinar held this week featuring government, business and technology leaders discussing tracking and tracing technologies being employed in the fight against the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
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Friday Reading Edition 9 (22nd May 2020)
Results from the latest McKinsey Global Survey on the economy point to an improving outlook – executives are much likelier now than in April or March (2020) to expect improving conditions and increased growth rates in the months ahead.
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Friday Reading Edition 8 (15th May 2020)
This study by researchers at Princeton has found that this silent phase of transmission can be a successful evolutionary strategy for pathogens such as viruses like the one that causes COVID-19.
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Friday Reading Edition 8 (15th May 2020)
In episode six of Airmic Talks, Richard Cutcher and Airmic's Deputy CEO Julia Graham are joined by Michele Wucker, a speaker, strategist and author whose 2016 book, The Gray Rhino: How to Recognize and Act on the Obvious Dangers We Ignore, has sold over 300,000 copies.
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Friday Reading Edition 8 (15th May 2020)
[Free to read upon registering contact details] This guide from Hays offers advice on considerations for now and for the future to facilitate getting your team back into the workplace and to establish your new way of working.
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Friday Reading Edition 7 (7th May 2020)
A Financial Times article on the UK’s coronavirus contact tracing app that is currently being tested on the Isle of Wight, including a discussion on security risks and implications for privacy.
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Friday Reading Edition 6 (1st May 2020)
Featuring social anthropologist Dr Frédéric Keck, this podcast from AXA XL explains how these differences between humans and animals affect the likelihood of a new infectious disease arising from a new pathogen, as well as how different cultures respond to outbreaks like the current COVID-19 pandemic.
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Friday Reading Edition 6 (1st May 2020)
This article from the McKinsey Global Institute, which finds an overlap between the workers who are vulnerable in the current downturn and those who hold jobs vulnerable to automation, calls for the US response to incorporate a longer-term view about the resulting occupational shifts and the development of skills.
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Friday Reading Edition 5 (24th April 2020)
This legal briefing gives five top tips for risk professionals who are renewing their insurance programmes over the coming weeks (April 2020).
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Friday Reading Edition 5 (24th April 2020)
This article addresses both the positive and negative implications our pandemic responses hold for climate action – including how climate action could accelerate the recovery by creating jobs, driving capital formation, and increasing economic resiliency.
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