August 17, 2026
I caught up with a former colleague at an internal audit conference a few weeks ago. He’s now a chief audit executive, and like most conversations […]
August 10, 2026
A vendor walks your executive team through a demo. The screen fills with the word “agentic.” The product, they explain, reasons through problems, sets its own […]
August 3, 2026
I wrote my first blog about FIFA in 2015, right after the U.S. Department of Justice unveiled a sweeping corruption indictment against the organization’s top officials. […]
July 27, 2026
The rotational chief audit executive (CAE) model has been generating spirited debate within the internal audit profession for more than two decades. I have written and […]
July 20, 2026
We have all been there – suddenly finding ourselves working for an “ethically compromised” leader. Days seem like weeks. Weeks feel like years. Sometimes we carry […]
July 12, 2026
When I attended The IIA International Conference in Singapore recently, one question came up repeatedly. “What does the future of internal audit look like?” On the […]
June 21, 2026
This week, The IIA will host its long-awaited International Conference in Singapore. For me, the memories are vivid. Our Singapore International Conference was scheduled many years […]
June 16, 2026
Trust has become one of the scarcest commodities in modern society. That statement would have seemed dramatic a decade ago. Today, it feels like a simple […]
June 9, 2026
I entered the internal audit profession at the age of 21. Looking back, I recognize how much I learned during those early years. The assignments were […]
June 1, 2026
Recent headlines involving the unanimous vote by the board of BP to remove its chairman serve as a stark reminder that governance risks do not stop […]