{"product_id":"surviving-and-thriving-in-unce-frederick-funston-9780470247884","title":"Surviving and Thriving in Unce","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new book to help senior executives and boards get smart about risk management\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBased 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: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eChallenging basic business assumptions can help identify \"Black Swans\" and provide first-mover advantage\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDefining the corporate risk appetite and risk tolerances can help reduce the risk of ruin.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAnticipating potential causes of failure can improve chances of survival and success through improved preparedness.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFactoring in velocity and momentum can improve speed of response and recovery.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eVerifying sources and the reliability of information can improve insights for decision making and thus decision quality.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTaking a longer-term perspective can aid in identifying the potential unintended consequences of short-term decisions.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frederick Funston, Stephen Wagner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0470247886\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780470247884\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wiley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/05\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 1.50d","brand":"Frederick Funston","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45478335119615,"sku":"9780470247884","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c8ddf96b-3d22-4891-8a84-f29ae652e014.jpg?v=1715934953","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/surviving-and-thriving-in-unce-frederick-funston-9780470247884","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}