Driving Success through Strategic Risk Management

In today's business world, business owners and leaders are weary due to the growing challenges of cyber threats and rapid shifts in technology, politics, and the environment. This highlights the crucial role of implementing a risk management program for organizational resilience and sustainability.

Podcast host John Rebecchi (M.B.A. ’83), Ph.D. welcomes special guest Catherine A. Allen, New York Tech's Board of Trustee, and Founder and Chairman of the Board of The Santa Fe Group, a strategic consulting company based in Santa Fe, NM. With over three decades of experience, Catherine stands out as an exceptional leader in technology strategy and financial services, and is recognized as a key influencer in pioneering business innovation. Today, Catherine is Chairman of the Santa Fe Group, specializing in briefings to C-level executives and boards of directors in financial institutions and critical infrastructure sectors. Additionally, offering management services for strategic industry initiatives, featuring programs like the Shared Assessments Program, which is designed to address and mitigate third-party risks.

We'll explore the critical risk concerns, including cybersecurity, quantum computing, geopolitics, and the rapid pace of technological change. Allen will share the significance of artificial intelligence (AI) as both a risk and opportunity from supporting productivity and innovation to workforce distributions and its use as a disinformation generator. We'll also discover the significance of finding the right mentors, the value of continuous learning, the importance of reinventing oneself to meet market demands, and the readiness to pivot when necessary.

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