Salesforce looks to Africa for growth. Risk management starts before you even make your first hire. Analytics is complicated, but you can get it to work for you. And six considerations when choosing a Risk Management Information System. We cover these topics in our monthly selection of blogs from thryve partners – including […]
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Apr
Apr
Adopting Salesforce into your organisation is a gamechanger, and it has the history and pedigree to back such a claim. Salesforce is a pioneer of cloud systems and platforms, building these for over 20 years – well before many other big tech names. It’s a dominant player in the digital software services market—matched […]
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Apr
Apr
Risk management is about spotting opportunities and enabling executives to act on them. These can be positive or negative – the point of risk management exercises is to identify those elements that should concern decision-makers. It’s about understanding the likelihood of success, ensuring the goals and objectives at hand are the right ones. To reach […]
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Mar
Mar
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 […]