July 16, 2024
Three years ago, I moved from being a chief audit executive to a role that centered on broader continuous improvement responsibilities. While I still was focused […]
July 23, 2023
Seven years ago, I had the distinct privilege of joining several IIA colleagues on the podium of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to ring the […]
July 17, 2023
I had a conversation recently with several attendees at The IIA’s International Conference about including positive commentary in internal audit reports. Some were in favor of […]
July 5, 2023
For the last five years, I have been encouraging internal auditors to become more assertive and adept in “telling their story.” Telling our story is simply […]
June 21, 2023
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is taking the world by storm. Since its launch in November 2022, ChatGPT (an AI chatbot developed by OpenAI) has been used […]
March 2, 2023
Relationships between audit committees and chief audit executives (CAEs) have become increasingly more complex as the risks facing organizations have become more diverse and dynamic. Indeed, […]
February 20, 2023
I recently saw a LinkedIn post with a compelling photograph of a smiling police officer and the caption, “Internal Auditors Are Not the Organization’s Police Force.” […]
February 6, 2023
OK, I know, my headline isn’t grammatically correct. But in full transparency, I repurposed the phrase from Norman Keith Collins, known popularly as Sailor Jerry,a prominent […]
March 28, 2021
When I assumed the role of President and CEO of The IIA on Jan. 5, 2009, little did I know that I was embarking on what […]
January 21, 2020
One of the 2020 resolutions I wrote about at the beginning of the month addressed the need for internal audit to communicate its value. This should […]