By Sean Pyott, MD of thryve The pandemic is having a radical impact on leaders, though few state it better than this Harvard Business School article: “Before COVID-19, CEOs and other executives in high-growth companies were focused on fostering innovation, driving revenue, and gaining market share. Today, many of those same leaders must make rapid […]
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Jul
Jul
By Sean Pyott, MD of thryve The funny thing about COVID-19 is that we saw it coming. Unlike a black swan, which is an unexpected event only obvious after the fact, little was unexpected about the current epidemic. In the past two decades, there have been several outbreaks involving coronaviruses. Though minor, they signalled […]
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Jun
Jun
By Riaan Bekker, Force Solutions Manager at thryve Spreadsheets are very useful. Yes, they can be very narrowly defined and even encourage the silo cultures that exist between departments or teams. But they are also a very well-understood and widely-used business tool. Whether you want to use data more holistically or if you wish […]
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May
May
By Neer Rama, Force Solutions Product Manager at thryve The arrival of Ontario’s Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) is a welcome change for the province’s beleaguered motorists. The FSRA has oversight over financial services in general. But there is a particular hope that it will address the ongoing problems of local vehicle insurance, a point […]
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May
May
By Sean Pyott, MD of thryve This column is an expanded version from my introduction in thryve’s latest newsletter. To subscribe to thryve’s free monthly newsletter, please visit thryve.com. I’ve seen a lot of mention about the relationship between crisis and opportunity. There is the favoured quote from Winston Churchill: “Never let a good crisis […]
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Mar
Mar
By Riaan Bekker, Force Solutions Manager at thryve Michael Rasmussen is a name you might know if you take an interest in GRC/IRMS systems. I mention both titles, because Rasmussen not only coined the amalgam Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) to identify new risk-management technologies. He also recently went to war against the term ‘Integrated […]
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Feb
Feb
By Riaan Bekker, Force Solutions Manager at thryve The Chinese word for ‘crisis’ is not a combination of ‘danger’ and ‘opportunity’. Like many such attributed pieces of wisdom, the actual concept came from Western authors fascinated by the idea, encouraged by a mistranslation of the Chinese word. Politicians, most famously US President John F. Kennedy, […]
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Oct
Oct
By Riaan Bekker, Force Solutions Manager at thryve Is there a difference between Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) and Integrated Risk Management (IRM)? This topic has sparked furious debate among different practitioners and technologists. It’s also the topic thryve presented at the recent IRMSA conference held in Midrand, Johannesburg. Do we have an answer? If […]
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