Registering internal audit activitiesGood activity tracking is essential for internal audit departments, especially in a small internal audit organization with multiple concurrent responsibilities. At any one day, we are planning a mission, finalizing the reporting on another one, providing advice to management as part of our advisory capacity, and working on an administrative investigation. Add … Continue reading Using Day One on the Mac for activity tracking
Patrick Rhone’s beautiful article “The Farmer” >
Too long it had been waiting on my reading list, but I just rediscovered this pearl by Patrick Rhone, who again shows why he is such a great writer. A quote, among many quotes: This farmer realizes that the relationship with her work, like any good relationship is, and should be, reciprocal. That the work, … Continue reading Patrick Rhone’s beautiful article “The Farmer” >
Getting a bit better >
Interesting article on a personal productivity book. The article, not the book, is written by a former colleague of mine, Simon Perks … very much worth reading. You can find it here. Go check it out!via Simon Perks
The Linked-In title inflation
Just an observationI was just browsing through Linked-In, looking at what my peers and dears were up to in their professional lives, when it struck me that there’s quite some title inflation going on. But hey, who am I to speak, I’ve been at times senior manager, director, client principal, with really no fundamental job … Continue reading The Linked-In title inflation
Bursting the “truth” bubble
Perception versus realityI’ve recently become more and more aware of situations in which people, any people, are trying to interpret the truth to get their way. This may be that they want to be proven right, that they want a larger/smaller share of something, or they just want to save face. No doubt this has … Continue reading Bursting the “truth” bubble
Fear is good – continuing the Kaplan conversation
Fear is GoodRemember the Gordon Gecko character in Oliver Stone’s landmark “Wall Street”? His credo was “Greed is Good”. I want to offer that “Fear is Good”. Fear has helped us surviving as humans, and fear - or its relevant equivalent - can make a survival difference for organizations as well, if we get it … Continue reading Fear is good – continuing the Kaplan conversation
A reaction to “Kaplan’s heresy”
I just found this very interesting blog post on the blog of Peter Bonisch. You can find the post here and I suggest you read the post in full.I’ve reacted to this post with my own thoughts on the subject matter. You can find my reply below.Hi Peter, Mike, Matthew,Just wanted to jump into this … Continue reading A reaction to “Kaplan’s heresy”
Where to put your internal auditors?
Imagine the following theoretical scenario: you have an organization which has a significant number of different activities. It looks a lot like a typical Japanese supercompany, with diverse activities across the entire activity spectrum, not necessarily related to one another. You have one audit committee you need to report to. Where do you put your … Continue reading Where to put your internal auditors?
Stakeholder consultation in risk management
One of the elements COSO-ERM does not thoroughly address is stakeholder consultation in risk management. Sure, there is the required communication capping stone on top of the COSO pyramid, but the activities described therein fails to adequately address the needs and complexity of interacting with your stakeholders on a regular basis in the context of … Continue reading Stakeholder consultation in risk management
Dual using Pocket and Instapaper in one workflow
I’m an absolute Instapaper fanSo much of what I’m about to write feels a bit like betrayal. Betrayal to Instapaper, betrayal to Marco Arment, whose 5by5 podcast I try to listen to weekly. Still, I’ve recently integrated Pocket into my workflow, where it replaced a function I intended Instapaper for, but I never figured out … Continue reading Dual using Pocket and Instapaper in one workflow
Exploring The Black Box 