ABSTRACT

Leaders – whether in business, government or the nonprofit sector – take risks but often without fully understanding risk at a strategic level. Expanding upon the well-known "ESG" risks, this book explains the key nonfinancial (environmental, social, governance and technological or ESGT) risks. For many leaders (including board members), taking risk without knowledge or preparation can lead to organizational crisis, scandal and value destruction. For those who are prepared, resilience follows and so does the ability to transform ESGT risk into opportunity and value for stakeholders.

In this book, global governance, risk, ethics and cyber strategist, author and board member, Andrea Bonime-Blanc, shows practitioners at all levels how to effectively identify and manage their top ESGT risks to avoid crises and transform risk into sustainable long-term resilience and value.

Gloom to Boom is a book for everyone – from the highest levels of leadership in an organization (the board, CEO and C-suite), to other senior leaders (the chief risk officer, CFO, general counsel, head of CSR and sustainability, CISO, CHRO), and midlevel leaders, students and folks simply interested in current affairs and the role and impact of strategic risk and opportunity on their lives.

 

 

part 1|1 pages

Gloom

chapter 1|38 pages

Gloom

The ten megatrends of our turbulent times

chapter 2|40 pages

Leadership

Surviving and thriving with a culture of integrity

part 2|1 pages

Navigating the Scylla and Charybdis of environment, society, governance and technology (ESGT)

chapter 3|50 pages

Environment

Transforming environmental risk into opportunity from global warming to sustainable resilience

chapter 4|50 pages

Society

Transforming social risk into opportunity from slavery and trafficking to safety and diversity

chapter 5|53 pages

Governance

Transforming governance risk into opportunity from authoritarianism to stakeholder centricity

chapter 6|61 pages

Technology

Transforming technology risk into opportunity from cyber-fear to trusted tech

part 3|1 pages

BoomAchieving sustainable resilience and value

chapter 7|56 pages

Metamorphosis

Achieving organizational resilience

chapter 8|82 pages

Boom

Transforming resilience into sustainable value