Format: Online
The Internal Audit Foundation’s Mindset Shift: Towards Innovation study builds on the landmark Internal Audit: Vision 2035 initiative, which underscored the importance of adopting a new mindset to ensure the profession’s relevance and impact in the years ahead. Through global research and practitioner insights, the study highlights the barriers that hold functions back and demonstrates how leadership behaviors and team culture can either inhibit or accelerate innovation. This session will explore how internal audit leaders can create an environment where innovation is encouraged, risks are balanced with opportunities, and new technologies are responsibly explored, and internal audit teams/staff can consider the skills necessary to support innovation within their own function. Participants will come away with actionable strategies to strengthen their function’s capacity for innovation while advancing the profession’s long-term vision.
DATE: Nov 19, 2025
TIME: 12:00 PM-1:00 PM ET
One (1) NASBA CPE will only be awarded to participants on the live broadcast who are logged in for a minimum of 50 minutes and engage on at least three poll questions per each hour of the event.
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Learning Objectives:
- Identify common barriers, both individual and organizational, that limit innovation within audit functions.
- Explain the role of leadership in influencing innovation readiness, including how fear, awareness, and risk perceptions affect decision-making.
- Recognize key enablers and skills that foster an innovation mindset and support team-level adaptability.
- Apply practical strategies to embed innovation into audit practice, enhancing collaboration and organizational value.
SPEAKER
Dr. Dillon Caldwell
Dr. Dillon Caldwell serves as Manager of Research and Insights at the IIA’s Internal Audit Foundation, where he engages in studies on emerging risks, innovation, and the changing role of the internal audit profession. His research emphasizes translating academic insight into actionable strategies that help audit leaders drive organizational impact. Before joining the Foundation, Dr. Caldwell spent over a decade as a professor and led research initiatives in both public and private sectors, including overseeing a human relations research lab for the U.S. Department of Defense.