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I spend a lot of time reading. The new ideas and interpretations that flow from others’ wisdom often lead to day-to-day insights.

  • Why become an internal auditor

    Why become an internal auditor

    ๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ? The primary reason ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™—๐™š an internal auditor is to have an unusually large influence on your organization. After, say, five years of experience youโ€™ll have a level of influence that might take twenty-five years in any other career path. But the primary reason ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™—๐™š๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™šย an internal auditor

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  • Systematic Problem Solving

    Systematic Problem Solving

    Most of my career was within the Internal Audit profession. Among internal auditors, โ€œan auditorโ€™s mindsetโ€ is often mentioned. Or the aphorism โ€œonce an auditor, always an auditorโ€.ย  Is there a shred of truth behind these?ย  I think so.  Itโ€™s often about having a systematic approach to problem solving. And anyone can benefit from that.

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  • It’s hard to have a meaningful discussion

    It’s hard to have a meaningful discussion

    We so often discuss and disagree about misunderstood examples, rather than centralย ideas.ย  For example, someone says to her friend that itโ€™s a shame that few cars are made today with manual transmissions. Only a handful of sportscars have them. Her friend responds that she disagrees – sports cars can be very dangerous in the hands

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And, of course, my older posts (on various topics that seemed important to me at the time) are still available. Check out my archive if you wish.

I’m sharing ideas you can use every day. If you want to put your career on a higher trajectory, you just need to take the first step.

Any questions?

I’m happy to discuss what I’m doing … and why.