2021

​Last October, in the shadow of U.S. elections and the ongoing tsunami of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Economic Forum (WEF) released the third edition of its The Future of Jobs Report 2020. It landed under the radar for most of us, and at 163 pages including country and industry profiles, it’s an exhaustive document that only economists and futurists could truly love. But buried within the report is a treasure trove of information on how the job market is likely to be impacted by COVID-19 and the ongoing Fourth Industrial Revolution, the digital revolution. There is also an ominous forecast for those of us in the audit profession, but more about that later.…

​My annual blog post offering resolutions for the coming year takes on added significance now that we’ve emerged from a year fraught with emerging risks, disruptions, and uncertainties. It is my sincere desire that we never see another year as turbulent as 2020, and I am certain I join the vast majority of people who were happy to bid it adieu.

Still, we have learned much from the challenges experienced during the pandemic. I would be remiss in not acknowledging that internal auditors in every part of the world contributed mightily to helping their organizations not just survive but even thrive in 2020.…