Pragmatic RiskInsights

Risk Management

Third-Party Risk: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt Your Business

Thanks to globalization and advanced technologies, the world economy is increasingly interconnected and a borderless market. Businesses are no longer depending on their own resources and self-developed capabilities in order to achieve operational excellence, fuel growth and drive strategic success. For example, a retailer headquartered in Toronto, Canada, doesn’t necessarily need to rely on local read more

Enterprise Performance

Human or Machine Intelligence? Augmentation Key to Better Forecasting

Forecasting is an invaluable process for any business. A forecast can play a significant role in driving company success or failure. For example, high forecast accuracy helps a business anticipate changes in the market, identify growth opportunities, reduce risks, analyze root causes of performance and proactively respond. On the other hand, forecasts that are poorly read more

Enterprise Performance

Applying Design Thinking to Finance

I recently finished reading The Design of Business: Why Design Thinking is the Next Competitive Advantage by Roger L. Martin. It’s well worth reading. Even though the book was published almost a decade ago, the ideas and principles espoused by the author are still relevant and applicable in today’s business environment. Design thinking is a read more

Delivering Reliable Insights From Data Analytics

Peter Chisambara