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Embracing *Design 2.0* for Internal Controls: Using Different Approaches for Better Results

Embracing *Design 2.0* for Internal Controls: Using Different Approaches for Better Results

by Adrienne Bellehumeur | Mar 14, 2023 | Uncategorized

“Design” is the foundation of internal controls — from how you structure financial processes, controls, testing, and your program. But it is likely the most untapped and misunderstood aspect of your internal controls program too. Effective design is where your team’s...
How to Create Policies and Standards That Are Smarter, More Effective, and More Respectful

How to Create Policies and Standards That Are Smarter, More Effective, and More Respectful

by Adrienne Bellehumeur | Mar 14, 2023 | Uncategorized

Whether you call them policies, standards, or guidelines, rules are everywhere in our organizations. We have rules for how we hire, train, take time off, buy things, and do our work. We have rules for our employees, our vendors, our partners, and even our customers....
Is “Digital Transformation” on Your Horizon? – Try Starting with “Digital Adoption”

Is “Digital Transformation” on Your Horizon? – Try Starting with “Digital Adoption”

by Adrienne Bellehumeur | Mar 14, 2023 | Uncategorized

When technology works, it works fabulously well. At its best, technology can lead to true, measurable “transformation” of our processes and how we work. For example, at a recent presentation, I heard a project manager explain a system he implemented that changed the...
Avoiding Risk Is Not a Strategy – Understanding 5 Risk Models and 4 Principles

Avoiding Risk Is Not a Strategy – Understanding 5 Risk Models and 4 Principles

by Adrienne Bellehumeur | Nov 3, 2022 | Uncategorized

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,...
A Minute About Minutes: Best Practices for Boards and Teams

A Minute About Minutes: Best Practices for Boards and Teams

by Adrienne Bellehumeur | Nov 3, 2022 | Uncategorized

In the world of Internal Controls or GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance), there is tons more value we can extract from documentation and processes, but too many people leave that value on the table. And that’s where the topic of minutes comes in. They are obviously...
5 Principles to Get More Value from Governance, Risk, and Compliance Programs

5 Principles to Get More Value from Governance, Risk, and Compliance Programs

by Adrienne Bellehumeur | Oct 19, 2022 | Uncategorized

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,...
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  • Avoiding Risk Is Not a Strategy – Understanding 5 Risk Models and 4 Principles
  • A Minute About Minutes: Best Practices for Boards and Teams
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