March’s top Salesforce, Riskonnect, Tableau and other blogs How can your obituary help you be successful? Are you busy building an antifragile business? Why should Enterprise Risk Management be a top priority? And how can you track variance and uncertainty using modern data analytics services? Our monthly selection of blogs from thryve […]
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Mar
Mar
At first glance, new recommendations released late last year by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) might only apply to companies in the United States. But as with many things in our globalized world, the new guidance on aligning risk and compliance departments should resonate beyond the USA’s borders. […]
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Mar
Mar
By Sean Pyott, Managing Director of thryve The new risk report from The Institute of Risk Management South Africa (IRMSA) is their best yet. Part of that credit can go to the experience of releasing seven editions of what has become a definitive and internationally-recognised paper on South Africa. Creating an authentic local […]
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Mar
Mar
In his famous work, The Art of War, Sun Tzu lays out a few basic principles for winning a conflict. He notes time and again that a fed- and equipped army is an effective army, so look after supply lines. This is the basic idea of Operational Resiliency, a concept gaining traction […]
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Feb
Feb
“As risk professionals, will you step up and be bold? Step up and be the voice of risk management!” With these words, the Institute of Risk Management South Africa (IRMSA) CEO, Thabile Nyaba, launched the 2021 edition of IRMSA’s risk report. Focused on South Africa, the report breaks down the country’s opportunities and […]
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Feb
Feb
What are the risks facing South Africa and the world this year? How can you start building a data culture in your business? And what should you look for when hiring a Chief Risk Officer? Our monthly selection of blogs from thryve’s partners Salesforce, Riskonnect and Tableau, and other interesting articles we read […]
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Feb
Feb
The last time you stopped supporting a business, how did you do it? Did you send in a ‘Dear John’ letter, explaining why you are upset and what they did wrong? Did you declare it across social media? Probably not. Chances are you did make your unhappiness known through some correspondence and online […]
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Feb
Feb
Analytics is only for big companies. Analytics won’t improve a broker’s system. Analytics is pointless because it just means collecting more data. These views are still prevalent among insurance professionals, particularly brokers. In an industry that already operates on customer data, why take the risk of using analytics at a high cost and […]
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Feb
Feb
By Sean Pyott, Managing Director of thryve I’m looking forward to reading IRMSA’s new risk report, due later this month. For several years, the IRMSA report has been the primary benchmark for summarising South Africa’s risk – developed because global risk reports don’t provide the nuance we need for a local context. That […]
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Jan
Jan
How is data helping Starbucks change its operations? What can advisers do to boost their networks on LinkedIn? And could you use a quotable quote or two? Our monthly selection of blogs from thryve’s partners Salesforce, Riskonnect and Tableau, as well as other interesting articles we come across, have all the answers. So […]