Being inquisitive and open, reflecting on ideas and exploring hinterlands to challenge our own present understanding.

Mar 4, 20212 min read

4.3.21 - We Launch - GOVindicia

The last 18 months of my life has been full of failure; the most beautiful failures. Trying something and failing, trying something else...

Feb 19, 20212 min read

Governance, risk and compliance

GRC, as it's often termed, is an emerging discipline, probably originally from the information technology domain. It has now been much...

Dec 30, 20201 min read

Governance is not really about rules

Last year in the UK, 400 million GBP of fines and sanctions were issued to organisations as a result of corporate governance failings....

Oct 2, 20203 min read

GOOD GOVERNANCE IS 'THE' KEY

Good governance is not an outcome of itself, it is forged deep inside organisations and has an almost primitive connection with culture....

Jul 26, 20205 min read

REGULATORY VISIT PREPARATION

Preparing for a regulatory visit can feel a bit like embarking across La Coupée, the causeway which joins big and little Sark. It's about...

Jun 19, 20203 min read

GRC, UNPLUGGED AND UNSCRIPTED

The role of a compliance officer has come along way since 1999, when I first started. I was a regulator at that point, heaven forbid! The...

Jun 8, 20203 min read

SUICIDE, GAMBLING AND RISK MANAGEMENT

Too many people lose their lives from suicide and some of these are as a direct consequence of gambling. Thank you to Tim Poole of...

Jun 1, 20202 min read

COMPLIANCE, IT'S LIKE LEARNING TO RIDE A BIKE

We have become dependent on the compliance stabilisers of policies, procedures and controls. If we think about what cultural change is...

May 26, 20203 min read

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN THE BOARDROOM

The future of governance, risk management and compliance could be disrupted significantly by the use of AI. It's here now, but do we...

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