February 3, 2021
Research Resources
Operational risk can come from a variety of sources both internal and external. When an operational risk impacts an organization’s people, assets, systems, supply chain, or brand, it becomes a critical event for that organization. Expertly managing such events is imperative for organizations, and in response, they’ve invested in command centers: physical or virtual spaces [...]
10 Step Guide to Staying Ahead of Emerging Security Threats
Staying ahead of security threats is paramount for top executives and each year, those threats become increasingly complex. Emerging threats could be economic, environmental, geopolitical, societal or technological. It is important not to oversimplify the emerging threat narrative, as security risks are progressing faster than organizations can adapt. This guide gathers useful insights from top [...]
Balancing Economic Recovery and Employee Safety
As enterprises navigate the rapidly shifting currents of COVID-19’s impact on local, regional, national and world economies, the duty of care to protect employees’ safety has to be the top priority within each company’s leadership team. The dynamic tension that exists between this duty of care to employees and the obligation to perform for shareholders [...]
A Successful Return-to-Work Strategy: Contact Tracing and Beyond
The world is beginning the tenuous process of reopening economies following months of lockdowns related to the COVID-19 pandemic. But how do we return to work when everything is changing not just from place to place, but from day-to-day? Contact tracing will be a critical part of the recovery process. While the purpose of contact [...]
Scheduling Your Manufacturing Workforce: Advantages of Digital Technologies in Improving Business Outcomes
In this age of technological advancements, employees have remained a critical resource in the manufacturing space. But effective labor scheduling—aligning staffing to meet the demands of the business—is often overlooked. And when the right balance of labor to production schedules is achieved, it becomes difficult to maintain due to changes in material availability, employee availability [...]
