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
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How Valve gets the new economy: treat your employees as the adults they can be
In a blog post about how Valve operations are significantly different from other environments he had worked for, Michael Abrash made some very astute observations about how our current creative economy is significantly different from anything that went before. He states: "almost all the value was in performing a valuable creative act for the first … Continue reading How Valve gets the new economy: treat your employees as the adults they can be
Increasing internal auditor’s relevance
It’s not (just) about independenceThe IIA recently released a paper on this IPPF on independence and objectivity. Independence is sometimes used by internal auditors or organizations executing the internal audit function as an argument to motivate a distance from the organization they’re auditing. And while independence is an important factor to ensure the objectivity the … Continue reading Increasing internal auditor’s relevance
Exploring The Black Box 