Flow state February Welcome to the February edition of the Davies Report, our irregular bulletin for progressive and emerging audit and risk leaders. In this edition: January reset Back in March 2021 I commented on the early signs of widespread burnout that was emerging after the first year of the pandemic. This is now well accepted, showing […]
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The Davies Report is the infrequent bulletin that risk and assurance leaders read.
The Davies Report – July – Lock in your talent, and your providers
In this edition, we focus on talent – specifically risk and assurance talent in whatever form you may buy or hire it. We discuss the market, retention, tips on burnout, focus and simplification. We also briefly discuss changing risk profiles and provide four questions for you to know if yours is in good shape. What […]
2021 reset – why this year is different and what to do about it
2021 was always going to be a different year. But I’d like to narrow it down a bit to the psyche and energy of you as a leader. Normally in this part of the world people would take the summer to step back, reflect and get into the new year with fresh eyes, fresh energy, […]
The Davies Report – special pandemic edition – March 2020
Different times call for a different response Welcome to this special edition of The Davies Report. I’m sure you’re being inundated right now with information and offers to help, so we’ve taken care to keep things brief – to help you focus on the most important priorities. Staying oriented and leading effectively During a period of […]
The Davies Report – November 2019
Insecure animals are the ones that bite you. In this edition: The regulators are revolting
Cognitive overload – time for a prune?
ASIC slams risk reporting
Is internal audit reporting also losing its way?
Are your RM, IC, and A effective and appropriate?
The Davies Report – Summer 2018
Note: This is a cut down version of our subscriber-only newsletter. The full newsletter contains exclusive content. If you’d like to receive the full edition please follow the prompts at the end of this page. What we’ve been up to lately 2018 has been a very big year for us. It has been a year […]
The Davies Report Summer 2017 – working at a scale and pace worthy of our times
Are you working at a scale and pace worthy of our times? What we’ve been up to lately As signposted in our last bulletin we have been shifting our focus to trying to help as many organisations as possible (see more on that in our 2017 manifesto below). The result of this is that Q4 […]
The Davies Report – December 2015 Edition
Seasons greetings! Thanks for taking time out to read our end of year wrap for Audit & Risk leaders. In this edition we’ll be giving you a quick summary of what we’ve been doing over the last six months, some of our thoughts and tips for 2016. In this edition: What we’ve been up to […]
Davies Report Bumper Edition – July 2015
Thanks for taking time to open our infrequent newsletter and our apologies for the long period between editions. There are a number of issues and trends that are hot in the risk and assurance space which we wanted to make you aware of. 1. New requirements kick in for listed companies (Principle 7)2. Updated audit […]
July 2014 Newsletter
Optimise your governance, risk and assurance. Get it humming. Current trends During this quarter we’ve been working around Australia across the private, government and not for profit sectors. Four key themes have come up for us in recent months. 1. Disruption (strategic risk) 2. Risk appetite 3. Assurance frameworks 4. Stakeholder alignment 1. Disruption (Strategic risk) “Operational risk […]