25 Mar 2020 Our Thinking Global Leadership in the COVID-19 crisis The COVID-19 pandemic is a crisis different from anything a business leader will have faced in over a century. Effective leadership in a prolonged crisis is absolutely necessary. Our experts use their experience, several previously from the FBI's Critical Incident Response Group, to offer constructive advice for leadership in this time of crisis.
03 Jun 2020 Our Thinking COVID-19: Security impacts in Africa Barnaby Fletcher, Control Risks’ lead analyst for Southern Africa, speaks with Vincent Rouget and Tim Cox, two of our leads on West and Central Africa, to discuss the developing security risks amid the Covid-19 pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa. This is part of a regular series exploring the impact of COVID-19 on this dynamic, but vulnerable, region.
23 Apr 2020 Our Thinking COVID-19: Opportunities and obstacles for Asian markets Dane Chamorro and Steve Wilford, two of our partners based in Singapore, discuss the opportunities and obstacles in key Asian markets as businesses reopen after months of lockdown. This is the first in a regular series of podcasts exploring the impact of COVID-19 on this vital region.
17 Mar 2020 Our Thinking Global Cyber Security COVID-19 Cyber criminals are leveraging Covid-19 to target corporate networks and remote workers In this edition we review how organisations will face a range of heightened cyber threats as they adapt to the pandemic with remote work policies, as criminals leverage COVID-19 to target individuals for espionage campaigns and financial gains.
04 May 2020 Our Thinking COVID-19: Africa’s battle with disinformation Barnaby Fletcher, Control Risks’ lead analyst for Southern Africa, and Bukola Bolarinwa, one of our Africa analysts, discuss the perils of disinformation in Africa, how it spreads and what governments are doing to combat it. This is the second in a regular series of podcasts exploring the impact of COVID-19 on this dynamic, but vulnerable, region.
01 May 2020 Our Thinking How COVID-19 has changed Chinas operating environment Dane Chamorro and Kent Kedl – two of our partners based in Singapore and Shanghai – discuss China, its growth prospects in the wake of COVID-19, and how what happens in China will affect global supply chains.
21 Apr 2020 Our Thinking COVID-19: Economic trade-offs of African lockdowns Barnaby Fletcher, Control Risks’ lead analyst for Southern Africa and Jacques Nel, head of Africa Macro at NKC African Economics, discuss the economic impact of lockdowns across Africa and the road to recovery for both governments and investors . This is the second in a regular series of podcasts exploring the impact of COVID-19 on this dynamic, but vulnerable, region.
06 May 2020 Our Thinking Africa Resolving Critical Issues and Crises Delivering Growth and Opportunity COVID-19 in Africa: Considerations for investors Vincent Rouget, our lead on West and Central Africa, and Clare Morton, an associate director in our business intelligence focused on Africa, discuss the effect that the uncertainty created by COVID-19 is having on investors and lenders in Africa, both in the short term and the longer term.
22 May 2020 Our Thinking COVID-19: Episode 21 - How data analytics can help businesses in crisis The COVID-19 pandemic has seen governments and organisations turn to data for their decision-making like never before, reflecting not only the increased prevalence of data, but also the speed at which leaders have come to understand how to harness its power. But numbers alone can be misleading.
05 Mar 2020 Our Thinking Global COVID-19: the geopolitical implications of a global pandemic While lockdowns, contingency plans, supply chain disruption and market volatility continue to make headlines, a novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic would also be likely to have significant implications for geopolitics.