Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.  Bill Gates Most managers feel well equipped to understand and respond to the regular crises that emerge day to day in the business as usual environment. Risk management processes have permeated most organisations which give middle management a sense of comfort that [...]

Silos.  It’s a word that can fill you with dread if your responsible for the governance of an organisation, yet they keep on appearing.  Organisational theory is currently aguing for matrix structures, but if you’ve ever tried to run one you’ll know that shared accountability without the right tools is the same as no accountability [...]

  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 resilience thinking and [...]

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 key insights from [...]

Todd Davies & Associates helps leading companies take their governance, risk and assurance functions to the next level.  Typical outcomes from projects include: Clarity and unity of vision and sponsorship by internal stakeholders Clarity of responsibility between the various assurance, risk and compliance functions Efficiency in delivery Optomisation of risk and assurance coverage Increased risk-sensing [...]