by Sikandar Usmani | Jan 11, 2025 | GRC
It’s not always the organization’s threshold for risk acceptance that gives an idea of its strength, resilience and possible growth trajectory. There’s an even important measure when these are to be assessed; the threshold for accepting mediocrity! In fact, this...
by Sikandar Usmani | Jan 1, 2025 | Risk Management
Imagination precedes reality, Goals precede objectives, Objectives precede action plans, Ideation precedes criticism and a dream, or a wish precedes fulfillment or otherwise! But what about experience? Isn’t it the best teacher? A colleague from yesteryears once...
by Sikandar Usmani | Dec 20, 2024 | Internal Audit
Not just every matter around us is kept moving or kept at rest by inertia as physics confirms us. Inertia helps make some of us grow too! By matter here, I definitely intend to refer to the human form of matter and more precisely the auditors form of human! And it...
by Sikandar Usmani | Dec 10, 2024 | GRC, Internal Audit
If you understand and appreciate the difference, it’s still imperative you read this. Not because I am going to identify the correct difference between both of these (I continue to learn!), instead it is to allow us all an opportunity to introspect and assess why it...
by Sikandar Usmani | Nov 30, 2024 | GRC, Internal Audit
What could be a pack of lies in this day and age? Surprisingly, something that makes these times what they’re known for. And surprisingly it has the most robust capacity to influence us, even if most of it is a lie! And that’s not it, its ability to influence means a...
