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A new book to help senior executives and boards get smart about
risk management The 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. In 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. Based 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: Challenging basic
business assumptions can help identify "Black Swans" and provide
first-mover advantage Defining the corporate risk appetite and risk
tolerances can help reduce the risk of ruin. Anticipating potential
causes of failure can improve chances of survival and success
through improved preparedness. Factoring in velocity and momentum
can improve speed of response and recovery. Verifying sources and
the reliability of information can improve insights for decision
making and thus decision quality. Taking a longer-term perspective
can aid in identifying the potential unintended consequences of
short-term decisions.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
Though America did not join rebellious Cuban forces against the
Spanish empire until 1898, Frederick Funston (1865-1917) was so
moved by a speech by Gen. Daniel Sickles in 1896 that he went to
Cuba as a filibuster in the battle for Cuban independence. When the
United States finally went to war against Spain, he took command of
a regiment, was sent to the Philippine-American War, and received
the Medal of Honor for his daring and skill in crossing a river to
turn the flank of the Philippine army at the Battle of Calumpit.
Two years later, in 1901, he became a national hero for capturing
Philippine president and lead insurgent Emilio Aguinaldo. In such
roles, Funston was integral to the successful implementation of
U.S. policy. "Memories of Two Wars" is Funston's firsthand account
of his adventures in the Cuban Revolution and the
Philippine-American war. Conversational yet informative, Funston's
memoir relates his experience with the vigor and joviality of a
friend sharing war stories over a drink and a cigar. He describes
the guerrilla-style combat necessitated by the lack of weapons, the
exotic scenery and vegetation of the islands, and the myriad
characters--Cuban, American, Spanish, and Philippine--with whom he
worked and fought.
Though America did not join rebellious Cuban forces against the
Spanish empire until 1898, Frederick Funston (1865-1917) was so
moved by a speech by Gen. Daniel Sickles in 1896 that he went to
Cuba as a filibuster in the battle for Cuban independence. When the
United States finally went to war against Spain, he took command of
a regiment, was sent to the Philippine-American War, and received
the Medal of Honor for his daring and skill in crossing a river to
turn the flank of the Philippine army at the Battle of Calumpit.
Two years later, in 1901, he became a national hero for capturing
Philippine president and lead insurgent Emilio Aguinaldo. In such
roles, Funston was integral to the successful implementation of
U.S. policy. "Memories of Two Wars" is Funston's firsthand account
of his adventures in the Cuban Revolution and the
Philippine-American war. Conversational yet informative, Funston's
memoir relates his experience with the vigor and joviality of a
friend sharing war stories over a drink and a cigar. He describes
the guerrilla-style combat necessitated by the lack of weapons, the
exotic scenery and vegetation of the islands, and the myriad
characters--Cuban, American, Spanish, and Philippine--with whom he
worked and fought.
Though America did not join rebellious Cuban forces against the
Spanish empire until 1898, Frederick Funston (1865-1917) was so
moved by a speech by Gen. Daniel Sickles in 1896 that he went to
Cuba as a filibuster in the battle for Cuban independence. When the
United States finally went to war against Spain, he took command of
a regiment, was sent to the Philippine-American War, and received
the Medal of Honor for his daring and skill in crossing a river to
turn the flank of the Philippine army at the Battle of Calumpit.
Two years later, in 1901, he became a national hero for capturing
Philippine president and lead insurgent Emilio Aguinaldo. In such
roles, Funston was integral to the successful implementation of
U.S. policy. "Memories of Two Wars" is Funston's firsthand account
of his adventures in the Cuban Revolution and the
Philippine-American war. Conversational yet informative, Funston's
memoir relates his experience with the vigor and joviality of a
friend sharing war stories over a drink and a cigar. He describes
the guerrilla-style combat necessitated by the lack of weapons, the
exotic scenery and vegetation of the islands, and the myriad
characters--Cuban, American, Spanish, and Philippine--with whom he
worked and fought.
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