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" ... Adding to this type of pyrrhic succession planning and leadership question, the endless volley of cybersecurity, privacy and digital transformation challenges that come with modern directorships – bodies that historically favored status quo – it is easy to see the mismatch between capabilities and expectations. The reality is that most large enterprises, if for nothing else by virtue of their size, are incapable of anticipating, digesting and affirmatively responding to the global risk landscape. Herein one of the board’s perennial struggles is laid bare – namely the tug-o-war between compliance and enterprise risk management, for which all too often large enterprises merely pay lip service. In fairness, not unlike the CIA, corporate directors are never heralded for the many risks and company threats they fend off in a year or over the long term. Rather, they are in a constant crucible walking a fine line between value creation and risk mitigation, for which risk management is a footnote in annual reports, which are often our best windows to peer into the board room and into the minds of those sentinel guardians around the table. ... "
" ... For Braves fans, just reaching the playoffs seemed to be some sort of pyrrhic victory. Most of the other teams in the majors went home after completing their 162-game schedules. ... "
" ... For his embattled premiership, it was a crucial victory—but one that might yet prove pyrrhic, with much political capital expended on a cause waning in popularity. ... "
" ... Nevertheless, governments may be forced to belatedly take more draconian measures a-la-China. In this case we should all hope they work, but they could also turn into a pyrrhic victory for the governments. ... "
" ... The experiment Pepys described wasn't the first of its kind. A physician named Richard Lower had tried the same thing in 1665, with the same result: the donor dog bled to death, but the recipient somehow survived. Embolded by these pyrrhic successes, Lower and a French physician named Jean-Baptiste Denys decided to move straight to human trials the following year. In 1667, Denys transfused sheep blood into a 15 year-old boy, which we now know is not something that will work - unless the goal is to kill the patient, in which case it's generally quite effective. Denys' young subject survived, which probably means the transfusion didn't actually move much sheep's blood. ... "