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Risk Leadership: What is the role and effectiveness of KRIs?

I am interested to hear your thoughts on the efficacy of KRIs. Do you use them in a formal sense? How do you use them, for example as part of your risk appetite process or framework? What has changed since using them? In my little world I have whittled the KRI picture down to this:

Bryan’s Blog: Your role is to guide not control

Stop saying “It depends”! Whether you are the CEO, or in a strategic advising role such as CFO or the Head of HR, your job is to guide, not control.  I hope you agree.  If you don’t, check my previous Blog “The 21st century is a terrible time to be a control freak”. Once this

Bryan’s Blog: The 21st century is a terrible time to be a control freak

“I say the 21st century is a terrible time to be a control freak” I recently read this Knowledge @Wharton interview “‘Industries of the Future’: Alec Ross Unveils the Winners”. At the end of the interview Ross says, “I say the 21st century is a terrible time to be a control freak. One of the

Risk Leadership: Should a board have a sub-committee overseeing risk?

Back in 2009 I wrote in my Blog about whether boards should have separate audit and risk sub-committees.  I argued the larger organisations should. In 2012 I wrote in my Blog arguing that boards should not have sub-committees overseeing risk.  I said that they should have one assurance committee ensuring that what is presented to