by Adrienne Bellehumeur | Jan 7, 2026 | Risk Management
Disinformation. Geopolitical chaos. Supply chain disruption. Cyber threats. There’s no shortage of excellent reports on emerging risks—MNP’s Canadian risk trends, Diligent’s ERM strategy guide, NSSG Global’s five critical trends. All are worth...
by Adrienne Bellehumeur | Aug 10, 2024 | Governance, Internal Controls, Risk Management
A fish can’t survive in dirty water, and your controls can’t thrive in the wrong environment. That’s where Entity Level Controls (ELCs) come in. COSO 2013 didn’t introduce new governance concepts, but it did give our profession a comprehensive set of principles to...
by Adrienne Bellehumeur | Oct 3, 2023 | Governance, Internal Audit, Internal Controls, Risk Management
As we gear up for a strong Q4, everywhere we go we hear people talking about interest rates, inflation, layoffs, and the economic risks ahead. We’re seeing delays and even decreases in spending on projects, training, and benefits. People are trying to figure out how...
by Adrienne Bellehumeur | Nov 3, 2022 | Risk Management
Is “Risk Avoidance” Really “Risk Management”? A quick google search gives you the definition of risk management as being about “mitigating” risk. This is how, in practice, risk management most often works in the corporate world. It is rare to see a Risk Manager say,...
by Adrienne Bellehumeur | Oct 19, 2022 | Governance, Internal Audit, Internal Controls, Risk Management
In my many years on the ground (and in the trenches) running internal controls* programs, I can tell you that internal controls programs are a goldmine of opportunity. But only when you “get” what audit and control concepts are about (and not about). Unfortunately,...
by Adrienne Bellehumeur | Oct 19, 2022 | Risk Management
Risk Management is something I get asked about because of the name of our consulting firm, and of course it’s a subject that matters a lot to me and our clients. To give you a quick definition, Risk Management is a process for organizations to identify, rank, track,...
