http://www.todddavies.com.au Your trusted advisors Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:09:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It seems that my piece in the June edition of Risk Management Magazine caused some contraversy, and even drew a letter to the editor from the President of the Risk Management Institution of Australia.  This is all healthy debate as it forces us to assess whether learned approaches are still ... http://www.todddavies.com.au/2008/07/18/grc-the-great-risk-contraversy/   I'm really pleased to announce that the Resilient Futures website went live today. Resilient Futures was formed in April 2008 as a result of a number of practitioners in various fields believing that the current thinking in their respective professions was inadequate in dealing with the problems of tomorrow, and that ... http://www.todddavies.com.au/2008/05/28/resilient-thinking-as-a-model-for-emerging-risk-analysis/ Despite internal audit sourcing now being a mature product, we are surprised to find the number of organisations which still struggle to get the right outcome from their sourcing relationship. Due to popular demand TDA is now offering advice in this area. For more information, click here. http://www.todddavies.com.au/2008/05/10/internal-audit-sourcing-solutions/ RSS Feed  While traditional concepts of mailing lists and newsletters are a tempting way to stay in touch with everyone, we found that they left a lot to be desired and that RSS is a far better way to keep our consituents informed. By subscribing to our RSS feed your browser or email ... http://www.todddavies.com.au/2008/05/09/keep-up-to-date-with-our-latest-news/ Due to popular demand, our presentation on Futurecasting is now available at the bottom of this post.  The presentation was delivered at the NSW ACL user group forum to a group of data analytic and IT audit experts to give them some insights into what the future might hold. One of the ... http://www.todddavies.com.au/2008/02/08/futurecasting-presentation/ There have been several articles recently indicating that agricultural practices are not going to be able to keep up with demand for a range of reasons including climate change, less predictable weather patterns and now the use of crops for fuel instead of as food.  There was an excellent article in ... http://www.todddavies.com.au/2008/01/17/experts-make-grim-predictions-for-global-food-supply/ Todd has just been booked to facilitate a session at SOPAC - the premier internal audit & governance event in the South Pacific.  The session will be co-chaired with Jon Isaacs, an Audit Committee Chair of a number of government agencies where they will facilitate a discussion relevant to all sectors on what makes a ... http://www.todddavies.com.au/2008/01/02/building-a-good-audit-committee-see-you-at-sopac/ We'd like to wish all of our clients, alliance partners, suppliers and friends all the best for the festive season. Thank you for your support and friendship, have a safe and happy festive season and we look forward to catching up with you in the new year. Feel free to download the TDA 2008 calendar ... http://www.todddavies.com.au/2007/12/17/a-happy-festive-season-to-all/   I'm working with a client on getting seed funding to start what I believe to be a very exciting new business, so much so that I'm taking an active involvement in it on an at-risk basis. This company aims to generate superior capital returns for it's clients through rehabilitating landscapes and making ... http://www.todddavies.com.au/2007/11/30/sustainable-property-investment/ Thanks to everyone who attended the Canberra meeting, it was great bunch of people with some great questions and discussion and a relaxed format.  There was a particular interest in what this will mean to other sectors.  While it's difficult to predict in detail, I'd suggest that the one to watch is ... http://www.todddavies.com.au/2007/11/28/canberra-presentation-on-asx-corporate-governance-principles-now-available/