Report from GAM Number 1 - Anticipation

Posted on Mar 18, 2013

If you have never attended an IIA Conference (and, come to think of it, why haven't you? If you have never attended an IIA Conference, then you are missing an incredible opportunity and you should figure out some way to beg, borrow, steal, stalk, wheedle, whine, sneak, mitigate, bombast, bluff, befuddle, maybe even pay your way in. Okay, one sentence in and I've already lost my train of thought.)

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Report from GAM Number 2 - Maybe We Should Actually Start Listening to the Preachers

Posted on Mar 18, 2013

There seems to be a theme in the General Sessions I've been seeing lately. They are predicated on the following concepts: Social media is permeating everything, the way everyone does things is changing, organizations must change just to stay competitive, you don't recognize yesterday anymore and you have no idea what's coming tomorrow, etc.
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A Quick Note About Playing it Safe

Posted on Mar 15, 2013

Got an interesting little link for you today. The web site is "Theme Park University" and it is "a place for the exploration and critical analysis of live interactive media." That means they provide great information on the theory and creation of theme parks. (And that means it is another great source when you are looking for ideas on creativity.)
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Award Ceremony at the Floyd B. Bariscale Memorial High School

Posted on Mar 13, 2013

Good evening and welcome to the Floyd B. Bariscale Memorial High School Tenth Annual Internal Audit Fair. While I have met most of you, allow me to introduce myself. I'm Principal Phil Franklin and I can proudly say I've had the opportunity to preside over every one of these Internal Audit Fairs. Each event has been the best ever and each has been better than the last. (And I'm sure some enterprising student will use that statement as the subject of an entry next year.)
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Here's Your Sign

Posted on Mar 11, 2013

I was walking down a hallway at the conference center/hotel where I'm staying when I noticed an open door. It was the entrance to that inner sanctum which allows employees their backstage access to the meeting rooms. On the inside of the door was posted a sign reading "Think Safety First."

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A Quick Note About Procrastination

Posted on Mar 8, 2013

I can't tell you how many times I harangued my kids to get their work done – school work, housework, yard work, whatever work. And it was always "I'll get it done later." And then something would come up – they'd get sick, something else would be due, a friend would have free tickets to Comic Con (no, that never happens...to any of us) – something would occur to cause their best laid plans of mice, men, and procrastination to come crashing down.
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Your Internal Audit Horoscope

Posted on Mar 6, 2013

Isn't it a great day to be alive? Isn't it a great day to be an auditor? Well, no matter how good the day, we could all use a little help navigating the shores and reefs of our professional lives. Find your birthdate below, and discover how to make your day even better.
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Art Imitates Audit

Posted on Mar 4, 2013

Last week I talked about the struggles we all face when confronting a blank sheet of paper; that moment every creator fears (and should embrace) when there is empty space begging for an idea.  This Monday morning (actually starting Sunday night), art imitated life, words imitated reality, and blogging imitated a vast wasteland. There I sat in front of a blank screen with a similarly blank mind in search of an idea.
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A Quick Note About Driving Your Co-Workers Crazy

Posted on Mar 1, 2013

Today, sharing a link from the Monster website.  Some thoughts on what can drive you crazy about your co-workers.  (Or what is driving your co-workers crazy about you.)

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How to Make Internal Audit Harder

Posted on Feb 27, 2013

All right you wimps. I'm tired of hearing the whining, the moaning, the bellyaching, the complaining, the kvetching, the griping, grumbling, and grousing. Yeah, auditing is hard. But it is stress that strengthens us. And it is time we took it up a notch. If we want to be the best danged auditors we can be, then we need to make our jobs even harder.
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