Chambers on Internal Audit

April 20, 2020

​COVID-19 Quick Poll: Internal Auditors Cope With Threats While Embracing Opportunities

During the COVID-19 pandemic, The IIA is focusing much of its efforts on providing practitioners information they need to not just survive, but to thrive in […]
April 13, 2020

COVID-19 Is No Black Swan — It’s in Technicolor

At first glance, the coronavirus pandemic threatening populations around the world appears to fit the textbook definition of a “black swan” event. But looks can be deceiving. […]
April 6, 2020

Are You Sheltering at Home in Color?

It is hard to believe how much has changed in just a few short weeks. The way we work, play, and live our lives has been […]
March 30, 2020

​Initial Pandemic Responses Didn’t Leverage Internal Audit

In last week’s blog post, I made the case for internal auditors to step up and demonstrate their value ahead of the looming recession. A new Quick […]
March 23, 2020

Pandemic and Looming Recession Demand Internal Audit to Step Up

The health crisis spawned by the COVID-19 virus screams out via daily headlines from around the world. No one would deny that the immediate focus must […]
March 15, 2020

2020 Pulse of Internal Audit: There’s Good News and Bad News

The fast-spreading coronavirus (COVID-19) has brought into sharp focus risks on many levels, from employee safety and productivity and supply-chain weaknesses to the extent to which […]
March 9, 2020

Coronavirus: Life and Death at the Speed of Risk

The coronavirus outbreak is quickly becoming one of the greatest global risks we have seen in a decade. Its rapid emergence and maturation into an imminent […]
March 2, 2020

In the Face of the Coronavirus, Internal Auditors Must Do More Than Don Masks

The coronavirus (COVID-19) has transformed from a growing medical crisis to also a macroeconomic one in a matter of days. The potential impact of the virus […]
February 24, 2020

A QAR Should Never Be Weaponized Against Internal Audit

As The IIA’s president and CEO, I address many audiences about the internal audit profession. When I have the opportunity to speak to members of boardrooms […]
February 17, 2020

10 Signs Trouble May Be Brewing for the CAE and Internal Audit

For more than 20 years, I have been cautioning chief audit executives (CAEs) to always be attuned to signals from their stakeholders, whose expectations can vary […]