CHAPTER 21

EVOLVING ERM

RISK QUOTE: Champions aren’t made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them—a desire, a dream, and a vision.

MUHAMMAD ALI, BOXER

RISK QUOTE: It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself.

RALPH WALDO EMERSON, POET AND ESSAYIST

When I arrived at Saint Peter’s University in 2004, I asked permission to put the words “specializing in enterprise risk management” on my business cards. I received that permission. Since then, every time I hand someone a card, he or she says something like, “Oh, I’ve heard of enterprise risk management. Exactly what is it?”

That would be a fine reaction to a new idea that needs more traction. It is, however, something of a sad commentary on the ...

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