The economic globalisation as well as the digital revolution and associated consequences have led organisations in all industries to put risk management at the heart of their governance. They have done so by implementing Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) frameworks and increasing their Chief Risk Officer’s (CRO) role and responsibilities. ERM …
Artificial Intelligences (AIs) aren’t exactly a new concept: they have been around practically since the dawn of computer science, and instrumental to its development as well as an object of research in itself. They’ve also been haunting the geeky recesses—and a few others—of popular culture for quite some time now …
Often considered a “nice-to-have”, the internal communication (IC) function has gained the momentum it deserves over the past three years. Nowadays the management discipline seems to have reached its “golden age” (consciously or not), with significant opportunities—and challenges—brought by an increasingly hybrid environment. For a long time, internal communicators fought …
The Beatles said, quite beautifully and simply, “All you need is love”. But we all know that, as much as we wish it were true, that it’s not quite accurate. Relationships are complex, multidimensional and dependent on many variables. There are so many types of love: affectionate love, familiar love, …
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.” – John Quincy Adams In this blog, we deep dive into leadership for the Cybersecurity and Privacy ecosystem, the main theme of this year’s PwC Cybersecurity & Privacy Day, which took …
We all know the expression of the elephant in the room, and certainly most of us have heard of the black swan, a term coined by bestselling author Nassim Nicholas Taleb, referring to the occurrence of an unpredictable and rare catastrophic event. In fact, the publication of Taleb’s book correlated …
Creativity is thinking up new things. Innovation is doing new things. —Theodore Levitt (1925–2006), renowned economist The last few years in particular have shown how fragile the economic, social or financial environment can be and how quickly the conditions in which a business operates can change. So, adapting to it …
Microaggressions are often small, many times unintentional, mean or insensitive comments, questions or bias-based assumptions we are all guilty of. Yes, you do it too sometimes. And we do too. They can deflate and hurt a person’s feelings and take away their sense of safety. They have no place in …
Over recent years, net assets under management in alternative funds in Luxembourg —private equity, real estate, private debt, infrastructure or hedge funds—have grown phenomenally. But when it comes to closing time, how to ensure the process runs smoothly, quickly and correctly? More and more, asset managers procrastinate on the liquidation …
The history of the world is marked by plenty of gloryful, but also very bloody events. Since the beginning of written history, and we are sure even before humans started to carve events in stones, humans didn’t shy away from protecting their interests through war and combat. Luckily, humanity has …
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