Welcome, Thank-You & Goodbye
In today’s fast-paced corporate world, where efficiency and productivity often dominate conversations, it’s easy to overlook the human aspects of work life. One critical area that tends to be neglected…
Internal Audit Quality Assurance – Fear or Celebration?
Tonight I have the privilege of speaking at the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors’ Annual Awards ceremony, a night dedicated to celebrating the courage, innovation, and progress within our profession….
Why is Boeing Focusing on the Wrong Metrics?
For those of you don’t know, Boeing has had a difficult time. Planes have fallen out of the sky. Doors have flown off planes. The US company has agreed to…
Diversity 1 Inclusion 0
On the 4th June I am speaking at the CIIA’s Race & Ethnicity Network meeting at Deloittes offices in London. This has prompted to think about the progress that has…
Making Shift Happen – The NAIL-IT Way
The challenge any business has is that the little details that matter to one person may not be the little details that matter to the rest of your team or…
The Non-Executive Internal Auditor
As I enter the portfolio phase of my own career, one of the focal points of my pondering concerns the fact that not many internal auditors make it to the…
What Is An Effective Internal Audit Function?
As I write this article I reflect on what has been a big week for our profession with the publication of the new Internal Audit Standards as well as the…
Can Internal Audit Ratings Kill?
Internal auditors routinely rate their internal audit reports and their findings and recommendations. This week I was provoked into wondering whether our approach to rating can actually kill! In turn…
Does Internal Audit Need A Social Conscience?
I have a social conscience. I care about many things but as I grow older and begin to realise that I will leave the planet to my children I begin…
Risk Versus Process
Our profession is a risk-based profession. We are taught to start with the inherent risks in what we are auditing and to proceed from there. Yet is that really what…