A new book to help senior executives and boards get smart about risk management 
The ability of businesses to survive and thrive often requires unconventional thinking and calculated risk taking. The key is to make the right decisions―even under the most risky, uncertain, and turbulent conditions. In the new book, Surviving and Thriving in Uncertainty: Creating the Risk Intelligent Enterprise, authors Rick Funston and Steve Wagner suggest that effective risk taking is needed in order to innovate, stay competitive, and drive value creation. Based on their combined decades of experience as practitioners, consultants, and advisors to numerous business professionals throughout the world, Funston and Wagner discuss the adoption of 10 essential and practical skills, which will improve agility, resilience, and realize benefits: <ul>
<li> Challenging basic business assumptions can help identify "Black Swans" and provide first-mover advantage </li> <li> Defining the corporate risk appetite and risk tolerances can help reduce </li> <li> the risk of ruin. </li> <li> Anticipating potential causes of failure can improve chances of survival and success through improved preparedness. </li> <li> Factoring in velocity and momentum can improve speed of response and recovery. </li> <li> Verifying sources and the reliability of information can improve insights for decision making and thus decision quality. </li> <li> Taking a longer-term perspective can aid in identifying the potential unintended consequences of short-term decisions. </li> </ul>

Surviving and Thriving in Uncertainty: Creating The Risk Intelligent Enterprise

Business & Money

Wagner, Stephen

Funston, Frederick

Management & Leadership

wiley

The goal of this Handbook is to share our experiences and learning in working with a wide range of U.S. public pension systems on governance, operations and risk-related matters. Our intent is to try to answer, in a practical way, the questions most often raised by trustees and executives. Each chapter is written by specialists who have worked extensively in public pensions systems either as trustees, executives or senior advisors.

"One of a Kind"

Miller, Randy

Reference

Funston Advisory Services LLC

Though America did not join rebellious Cuban forces against the Spanish empire until 1898, Frederick Funston (1865–1917) was so moved by a speech by Gen. Daniel Sickles in 1896 that he went to Cuba as a filibuster in the battle for Cuban independence. When the United States finally went to war against Spain, he took command of a regiment, was sent to the Philippine-American War, and received the Medal of Honor for his daring and skill in crossing a river to turn the flank of the Philippine army at the Battle of Calumpit. Two years later, in 1901, he became a national hero for capturing Philippine president and lead insurgent Emilio Aguinaldo. In such roles, Funston was integral to the successful implementation of U.S. policy. Memories of Two Wars is Funston's firsthand account of his adventures in the Cuban Revolution and the Philippine-American war. Conversational yet informative, Funston’s memoir relates his experience with the vigor and joviality of a friend sharing war stories over a drink and a cigar. He describes the guerrilla-style combat necessitated by the lack of weapons, the exotic scenery and vegetation of the islands, and the myriad characters—Cuban, American, Spanish, and Philippine—with whom he worked and fought.

Memories of Two Wars: Cuban and Philippine Experiences

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Bison Books

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Legare Street Press

Memories Of Two Wars: Cuban And Philippine Experiences (1911)

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Kessinger Publishing

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Nabu Press

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Surviving and Thriving in Uncertainty: Creating The Risk Intelligent Enterprise

"One of a Kind"

Memories of Two Wars: Cuban and Philippine Experiences

Memories of Two Wars: Cuban and Philippine Experiences

Memories Of Two Wars: Cuban And Philippine Experiences (1911)

Memories Of Two Wars: Cuban And Philippine Experiences (1911)

Memories of Two Wars: Cuban and Philippine Experiences