by Sikandar Usmani | Feb 16, 2026 | Internal Audit
So, how do we recommend an auditor? But recommending for what exactly? For services? For hiring? To do what exactly? For a tick in the box, because you needed one to comply with the entity’s structural requirements? Or for getting the job done and objectives...
by Sikandar Usmani | Feb 2, 2026 | Internal Audit
To err is CEO, to forgive is the Board! i.e., when we’re talking humans! There’re and there might as well be AI operated CEOs; been there seen that! Luckily for the CEO, the Board was all human and another chance was given. But chances are only given when they’re...
by Sikandar Usmani | Jan 26, 2026 | Internal Audit
Will break tradition for this one and specify right at the outset. It’s us, the Internal Auditors exactly! Because no one likes to praise us. In fact, hardly anyone wants to discuss us and our work even, I mean at least not in a positive light. There are people...
by Sikandar Usmani | Dec 28, 2025 | Internal Audit, Risk Management
Yeah, auditors see risk (red if you may!) We are asked questions about risk. We have been taught to understand it and plan accordingly. We are told to think and talk risk. That’s what we do, but what about the management? Are they supposed to understand risk only to...
by Sikandar Usmani | Dec 4, 2025 | Internal Audit
Of what exactly? Or whose? Who need these? Those who intend to use these? Or those who know how to use these and thus understand their significance? Or those for whom these are just what everyone has? Or those for whom these are good to have? Or those for whom these...
by Sikandar Usmani | Nov 20, 2025 | Internal Audit
Time that tames us to follow through. It runs its course, until it doesn’t. In our quest of predictability, we just fall along with it. We prefer a smooth sail and we’re in luck if we get one. But still, we are not sure of what time has in store for us. It’s just that...
