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This is a post about my current audit reporting workflow. It's based on working with an Apple computer. Why Apple? Simple, the software becomes ubiquitous. In the many years I used Windows, I never felt the software was not there. With Apple, I have this all the time.
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In a blog post about how Valve operations are significantly different from other environments he had worked for, Michael Abrash made some very astute observations about how our current creative economy is significantly different from anything that went before. He states: "almost all the value was in performing a
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Please note this is an opinion piece. There are some strongly held convictions which I voice here. My involvement in trying to establish internal audit in the Belgian federal government Recently, rumors have been building up again about a centralized internal audit service for the Belgian federal government. I think
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"With money, comes accountability to the customer." Mr Eddie Smith speaks true when he says this in his to the point analysis of Google relations with us, their users, not their customer. You can find the article here. One problem ... I get this feeling with a lot of
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Following Sven’s advice I just did what I should have done a long time ago: I followed Sven Fechner’s advise. His “Simplicity is Bliss” blog is a wonderful resource for common sense productivity tips and other great Mac inspired ideas. But, back to my point. Mr. Fechner suggested
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For those not familiar with GTD, David Allen’s highly successful personal productivity approach, get this book (please note this is my affiliate link, you can of course log onto Amazon yourself), and read the first three chapters. It’s worth it, if only for the different way you’ll
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You can find part I of this article here. Phase 2 - Analysis at the level of the area of responsibility (auditable area) Internal audit’s responsibility for the proper application of risk based analysis in the preparation of its audit activities does not end with the multi-year audit planning
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Derek Sivers is onto something with his post on decision taking in our current society which tends to overwhelm us. Read his entire post here. I really liked “When you say no to most things, you leave room in your life to really throw yourself completely into that rare thing
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The IIA standards require us to develop a risk based internal audit planning. There is however little material available on how organisations actually perform this. Organisations with good risk management systems can provide information from these approaches or systems to internal audit. However, if there are no risk management systems
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Let’s just keep in mind that working overtime is often just an excuse for not being very productive during the day. And given you are - often - being paid a fixed amount for your work, you actually literally devalue yourself. Think about that for a minute. By the
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Truer words were never spoken. Or written. I’m just used to Yuvi speaking.
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What distinguishes great storytellers from merely good presenters? What makes someone capable of weaving an enticing and inviting tale while someone else will do a competent job of complementing his or her slides, but not really leave the audience wishing there was more to be had? I want to confront