Meredith Wilson, Author at Emergent Risk International

Reflecting on Leadership during Disruptive Times

Written on October 25, 2023.

A note from the CEOOn a recent Monday morning I had a couple of terse emails waiting for me when I got to my desk. I dropped the ball on a couple of things the week prior, in one case hurting someone’s feelings with an offhand remark and in another, messing up travel plans because my mind was elsewhere when I approved it. I felt terrible. Importantly, I failed to fully communicate with my team what was happening in the background of my life that led to my distraction. As I rectified that with the team later I started thinking again about my responsibility as a leader to be authentic...

Emergent Risk International Announces 2023-2024 Client Advisory Board

Written on October 25, 2023.

September 19, 2023NEWPORT, R.I.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Emergent Risk International (ERI), a leading risk management and intelligence consulting firm, has appointed eight distinguished industry leaders to its 2023-2024 client advisory board. The board will provide leadership insight which will help drive ERI products and services that will meet and exceed the highest standards of its clients.“We are honored to have this deeply experienced group support our mission of superior client service,” said Meredith Wilson, ERI’s founder and chief executive officer. “Their careers span...

China’s Slowing Economy

Written on September 8, 2023.

Our Asia-Pacific analyst Neil Thompson recently wrote a piece titled “China’s Economy Limps On” offering valuable insight into the Chinese economy and what’s next for businesses impacted. Here’s an excerpt of his views:At ERI we take a balanced view to the economic risks coming out of China right now. Despite slowing growth, Beijing will not remove non-tariff barriers to foreign firms or make other policy changes that could spur a stronger economic recovery. President Xi Jinping remains focused on national security risks and regime survival at the...

Russian Intrigue and the Tragedy of Internet Group Think

Written on July 18, 2023.

“A straight-line prediction is usually a confession of ignorance.” This line from a dear friend and co-designer of ERI’s foundational Corporate Intelligence Analysis, Tradecraft and Writing course, Ben Brandt, has been ringing in my head in the weeks since Yevgheny Prigozhin’s failed march on Moscow. Observing a mass of media and pundit groupthink – especially on Twitter and LinkedIn – Ben’s warning is particularly relevant. News stories, Twitter threads and risk assessments from other intelligence providers all begin and end on a...

EMERGENT RISK INTERNATIONAL HONORED WITH THREE AWARDS FOR INNOVATION AND EXCELLENCE, LEADERSHIP AND DIGITAL COMMUNICATION

Written on April 10, 2023.

Newport, RI, April 5: Emergent Risk International (ERI), a leading risk management and security consulting firm, has been recognized with three prestigious awards in the month of March, reflecting its commitment to excellence in client service, through leadership, innovation, and digital communication.The awards are:The Global Chamber’s Global Innovation and Excellence Award, in recognition of ERI’s “innovation and excellence with growth, success, creativity, community leadership and impact.” The award underscores ERI’s unwavering focus on providing cutting-edge...

Our 2023 Strategic Intelligence Estimate: Global Business Infrastructure

Written on February 6, 2023.

Download the full reportThe year 2022 was another challenging one. Although many acute pressures springing from COVID-19 in 2021 eased, such as rolling lockdowns, deeper problems emerged, many as a result of political, social and economic atrophy after three years of pandemic-related disruptions. As our team considered these challenges and what affected our clients most in 2022, we decided to focus our Strategic Intelligence Estimate for 2023 on the obstacles and opportunities that will impact Global Business Infrastructure in the coming year. Global Business...

Press Release: EVERGREEN PODCASTS, EMERGENT RISK INTERNATIONAL TEAM UP FOR NEW SERIES ON “DISINFORMATION”

Written on September 15, 2022.

CLEVELAND, September 15, 2022 (Newswire.com) – Evergreen Podcasts, an emerging growth podcast production and distribution company, and Emergent Risk International, a Dallas-based risk advisory firm, are proud to announce a new podcast, Disinformation, a deep dive into one of the most important issues of our time. It will be hosted by veteran Washington journalist Paul Brandus. The show launches Thursday, September 15th.“Disinformation plays a role in nearly every aspect of our lives today, undermining trust in institutions and accelerating...

Coordinated Cartel Violence in Mexico

Written on September 15, 2022.

August 2022: Coordinated multi-state violence portends an uncertain security environment, with cartels acting out to dispel perceptions of fragmentation and weakness. Why it Matters Intense violence that targeted civilians and businesses across three states in northern Mexico from August 9-13 has temporarily abated, but the scale and scope of the coordinated violence across three states by the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) highlight a willingness to go to new extremes to portray the extent of their power and control. The multi-day surge in violence – which included...

Food and Energy Prices: The Gathering Storm

Written on April 20, 2022.

Global: Food prices hit their highest ever point in March, driven by the war in Ukraine, sky high fuel costs, labor shortages and climatic trends contributing to drought and poor harvests. Why it MattersIt’s protest season in the northern hemisphere and with most countries lifting COVID-19 social distancing measures, unrest will tick up, potentially toppling governments and affecting election outcomes. Pakistan ousted former Prime Minister Imran Khan after months of protest and a no confidence vote in parliament, linked to his handling of the pandemic and...

What Happens if Europe Actually Sanctions Russian Gas?

Written on April 4, 2022.

Germany/EU/ Russia: German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said that Europe needed to consider banning gas imports from Russia following graphic evidence of atrocities committed by Russian forces in Ukraine.Why it Matters: Sanctioning Russian gas supplies would disrupt European manufacturing capacity as well as driving even higher inflation that could last months – if not years. The economic impact would further set back European economic recovery from COVID-19, with ripple effects to other economies in the US, Middle East and Africa. Last week, as talks broke...

Chances of Regime Change in Russia

Written on April 1, 2022.

Russia: Regime change remains a low likelihood/high impact scenario in Russia, despite the toll sanctions are taking on the economy, the detention of thousands of Russian protesters and the $1 million bounty on President Vladimir Putin. Why it Matters:Sanctions will have a major impact, but don’t expect a full collapse of the Russian economy. The tendency when thinking about major blows to an economy like that which we are seeing in Russia is to expect a full economic collapse; something that brings down the government and leads to whole of society upheaval on par with...

China and the World

Written on February 20, 2022.

While the Winter Olympics will draw international attention early in 2022, for the Chinese government, the year’s main event will be the 20th Communist Party Congress, to be held in the last quarter of the year, which will draw Beijing’s economic, political and social planning inwards for the year.CCP Congress will reappoint President Xi Jinping to a third term, and the government will devote post-Winter Olympics efforts to primarily ensuring that no social or economic instability jeopardizes this outcome. Beijing is unlikely to relax its “COVID Zero” policies this year,...

Author: Meredith Wilson