Stream of Consciousness
Information is all around us I've likened it to wifi or mobile network radiation. It's there, but you are not really aware of it most of the time. Most of it will be completely irrelevant to your activities of that given day, or even your life.
Stream of Consciousness
Please note this post talks about an aspect closely related to the work I do on a daily basis. The ideas below are my personal opinion on a specific opportunity in the context of development aid in general, and do not specifically relate to any organisation I am associated with
risk management
The other side of the coin A couple of days ago, I wrote an article on risk acceptance and how it actually requires a lot of work in terms of contingency planning. Of course, there is another side to that coin. The curse of middle management What is the scope
risk management
Rereading the title of this post, my first reaction is that this is stating the blindingly obvious. The problem is, in reality this is far from that obvious. More than once I've been confronted with situations in which risk acceptance by a manager turned out to become risk
compliance
The challenge of compliance Compliance is a traditional challenge that has associated costs. Quite a few rules and regulations, whether internal to an organization or nation-wide as imposed by a government, are notoriously difficult or costly to ensure compliance with. Having a rule translated into a procedure somewhere in an
opinion
From extraordinary to commonplace The evolution in which we are caught, for lack of a better word, has brought us many an advantage ... I, for example, grew up in a day and age that computers were not widely available nor used in the household. I remember being awed by them.
risk management
What went before ... In the early '00s, the relevance of using risk models was very much disputed. A number of leading companies in the risk management field did not see the reason to use models, as they felt that practice impeded organizations from assessing the entirety of their risks.
risk management
The limitations of current risk management approaches Risk management is most usually limited to the organization whose risks are being analyzed. Stakeholders are considered in most frameworks, but often only in the context of information and communication. They are seldom considered an active, contributing party in the context of risk
opinion
This is more than likely the last I will write about the challenge for consultants in differentiating their offerings from other offerings, but I wanted to share a couple more lines on the subject. This is again a revisit of an article I wrote a couple of years ago, with
Stream of Consciousness
As auditor, I have often been asked to facilitate between different groups. I believe the below may therefore be relevant for us auditors, although the subject is not core audit. I was recently invited to facilitate a group of experts in preparing for a significant likely change in their environment.
Stream of Consciousness
I keep revisiting old articles, not necessarily because I've run out of things to say, but because I often feel I did not state my case well enough. This mainly happened because I did not have enough practical experience outside of consulting to be able to be relevant.
Stream of Consciousness
About one and a half years ago, I made the transition from being a consultant to being a consultant's client. I effectively moved to the other side of the table. I have written before about decommoditization of consulting services. This is a revisiting of some of that earlier