by Brian Hague, CFA | Feb 16, 2022 | Economics, Risk Management, Strategy
Consumer inflation is at the highest level in 40 years: the Consumer Price Index (CPI) year-over-year is up 7.5% as of January 2022, the highest rate since February 1982. To put that in perspective, the last time consumer inflation was this high I was an undergraduate...
by Tony Ferris | Mar 3, 2021 | Enterprise Risk Management, Governance, Risk Management, Strategy
Standing on the chair did the trick. My mother taught me a technique when I was a child that’s still useful today. If I couldn’t find something I had just dropped on the floor, she told me, try changing your perspective. Look at the problem in a new way. (Hence, the...
by Jeff Owen | May 4, 2020 | Operational Risk Assessment, Risk Management, Strategy
Like most, if not all, of the financial institutions Rochdale Paragon partners with, we have been monitoring conditions, listening to evolving official guidance and having frequent discussions about what business looks like as organizations begin to open and start to...
by Joe Karlin | Jan 6, 2018 | Strategy
Ford Motor Company and Apple Computer no longer exist. Well, that is, they don’t exist with those names. In the past two years, Ford dropped “Motor” from its name, and Apple dropped “Computer” from its name. Ford is now all about mobility, and Apple is all about...
by Joe Karlin | Jun 19, 2017 | Strategy
Even in topics beyond physics, Einstein was brilliant. Among his many observations was the absurdity (Einstein called it insanity) of doing the same thing again and again, yet expecting different results. As we begin to organize our strategic planning sessions over...
by Brian Hague, CFA | Apr 17, 2017 | Strategy
No, I’m not referring to the song by the Digital DJs (nor do I recommend listening to it). I’m referring to much of the confusion and erroneous conclusions around digital banking. In this article, we’ll try to clear some of that up. First, there appears to be...
