by Sikandar Usmani | Jul 21, 2025 | GRC, Internal Audit
How many times do we internal auditors get flattered by laurels such as this one? They come in plenty and in many forms if you had been noticing and keeping track of them! The meaning behind is plain and simple, stop being a pain in the a**; the internal auditors not...
by Sikandar Usmani | Jul 10, 2025 | GRC
Can a birdie take off with its wings clipped? Can you rise high when you’ve nothing to stand on or more appropriately when you’re falling flat? Can you lift off without a platform underneath to stand on? Can a business grow when it is on a losing spree? Without a...
by Sikandar Usmani | May 20, 2025 | GRC
Be it for best practices sake or conforming to a single globally acceptable elevated performance level or benchmark of quality, a minimum desired or a highest possible end result or a burdening requirement for compliance, standards influence our everyday lives in more...
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 | 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...
