Get ready for a ChatGPT showdown! Abbas Al Lawati and Alex Rusate go head-to-head, tackling an easy and a tough question. I then throw them a curveball to put their skills to the test! CHECK IT OUT HERE: http://tinyurl.com/35e8t288

Have you ever used humor to ease the tension and create a friendly atmosphere during audit projects? A timely joke often makes complex reviews feel more manageable. Don't miss an engaging discussion with Aziz Fatalyiev and Yevgenya Rossova, IIA Presidents of Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, on the significance of humor in auditing. How do you use humor in your audit projects? Share your stories in the comments below!

Internal Auditors do not have business acumen. That is a common complaint about the profession. So, what steps are you taking to bridge this gap within your team? How do you plan to enhance your business acumen through training? Join Sowmya Krishnan and Shagen Ganason for an insightful conversation on this topic.

Linh Truong provides a detailed approach on how to do it! Video episode: http://tinyurl.com/3ux4neeh

What does it take to become a CAE? What does it take to keep your CAE job? What are some characteristics of future CAEs? Listen to Antonius Gunadi, an experienced audit leader, for his insights!

Ever wondered what former internal auditors think of internal audit? I was curious, so I asked within my company. Join me for insightful perspectives on the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Internal Audit from Kelly Bucher, Director Technology Planning, and Ben Lewenczuk, Assistant Treasurer, both from Casey’s.

Alex Rusate was a member of the IIA pilot mentoring program with only about 20 participants. The program has grown to more than 800 participants across the globe. What can you do as a mentor and mentee to make the most of the program? How has it helped Alex? Listen in to find out!

Dr. Hernan Murdock has released a novel titled "The Change Agent". The book follows the journey of a Chief Audit Executive (CAE) faced with the ultimate challenge: transform and enhance the internal audit department or risk outsourcing the function. What would you do under those circumstances? Even if not currently facing this challenge, the book offers valuable insights for those seeking to improve their internal audit function. I hope you enjoy it!

Do you follow up on management action plans? Rarely we should, in Norman Marks' view. Mary Ann Khalil disagrees with that. In her view, what is not documented is not done. Anthony Garnett tends to agree with Mary and also thinks we should follow up on the risks instead of the exact actions agreed on. In his opinion, we should give management some time to respond to our findings, sometimes maybe even up to six months. After all, we at times deal with very complex issues. The crockpot versus microwave method. What do you think? Do you agree? Listen to this AUDIT TRUEL for great insights from three influential thought leaders. Many thanks for Mansour Lo for the idea for this episode!

What is the difference between a boss and a leader? What should you do to be a good leader and not a bad boss? Listen to Nichole Thompson for her insights on the topic!

On February 24, 2022, Iryna Unguryan's life took an unimaginable turn as Russian forces invaded her home country of Ukraine, forcing her to flee and leave everything behind. In this moving and motivating episode, gain a brief insight into her resilient path and discover what internal auditors can learn from her story to enhance their approach in the face of uncertainty.

Should we outsource Internal Audit? That was the crux of the debate between Alex Sidorenko and Doug Anderson. The only thing they agreed on was that Internal Auditors need more business acumen. What are your thoughts? Should it be outsourced?

What are the benefits and challenges of a guest auditor program? What does it have in common with the book 'To Kill a Mockingbird'? What does a guest auditor think of the internal audit process? Listen to Gijs Hendrix for his insight on guest auditor programs, and Raycardo Leite for his experience with it as a non-audit professional. Check Gijs' extensive research on the topic here: https://tinyurl.com/4pvsvum7

What are the successful traits of an internal auditor? Humble? Sure, but when is it okay to brag a little? Great communicators? Sure, but what are practical tips to get better at it? Listen to Shagen Ganason, CAE in South Korea, for his insights.

You are interviewing for a Chief Audit Executive position. What should you do to prepare? What should you avoid doing? What should be your priorities after joining? Listen to Chifundo Biliwita for his insights after recently going through that journey.

In the latest AUDIT 15 FUN episode, I interviewed Brian Nosek, a professor at the University of Virginia and Executive Director at the Center for Open Science, about Francesca Gino, a dishonesty researcher accused by the Data Colada team of data fraud. What evidence did the Data Colada team provide to support the fraud allegations? Are there alternative explanations that could clear Gino of any wrongdoing? In the broader context, how can we ensure researchers maintain honesty in their work? Listen to the episode to hear Brian's insights and opinions.   Full transparency for this episode: Brian is a fundraising organizer for the Data Colada team. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed by those interviewed on the AUDIT 15 FUN podcast are solely their own and do not represent the views, thoughts, and opinions of Jon Taber or of the AUDIT 15 FUN podcast.

How do you audit culture? How do you differentiate when culture is a symptom and when it is the root cause of an issue? Can a small ‘culture issue’ turn out to be much more than that? Listen to James Paterson, author of Beyond the Five Whys, to find out!

What does magic have to do with fraud? What is the relation between the COSO framework and the rubik's cube? Listen to John Tonsick to find out! Check the video episode here: https://tinyurl.com/pt9zepd3

How can internal auditors balance the conflicting priorities of various stakeholders, such as investors, regulators, employees, and the wider community? What is the best to engage with those stakeholders? And if we have not met their expectations, what can we do to regain their trust? Listen to Sundaresan Rajeswar, CAE in Qatar, for a masterclass on the topic!

Your company gets a hint of a significant cybersecurity breach. What are the first three actions you would take? How has the digital transformation in recent years changed corporate governance? What theoretical governance principle is the hardest one to implement? Listen to Lior Segal, Chief Audit Executive in Israel, for his thoughts on these topics.

How would the auditing process work if every strategic decision translated into ethical credits or debits? If a company uses an ethically sound strategy that jeopardizes its competitiveness, what advice would you provide to its strategic management team? If you were a character in a science fiction novel set in a future where AI runs strategic management, how would you ensure these AI systems maintain ethical practices? Listen to Matej Drašček, Chief Audit Executive at LON Bank in Slovenia, for this take on the topic.

If auditors had to come up with ground-breaking ideas, what would be the first project they should launch? If auditors were to present at a TED Talk, what paradigm-shifting ideas should they share? Listen to David Dufek, Chief Internal Auditor at Principal Financial Group, answer these and many more questions about audit innovation. Oh, and learn why he would give a below bronze medal to ESG auditing. I fully agree with him on that one.

If you had all the resources, how would you build an audit department from the ground up? Listen in to this engaging debate between Trent Russell, Host of the Audit Podcast, and David Hill, CEO of SWAP Internal Audit Services.

Special episode with my Director, Kara Falco. Listen in to learn about what traits she looks for in an internal auditor, how she would approach auditing if there were no auditing standards, and lessons learned from her career progression at Casey's.

Summary of the IIA International Conference in Amsterdam from the perspective of 11 audit thought leaders.

Internal Audit world competition? What is gamified training all about and why should you care? Listen to this episode with Dominik Foerschler, Managing Director at the Audit Research Center, to find out.

Imagine you have access to a time machine that allows you to go back in time to any specific event. How would you use data analytics to uncover hidden patterns from that event? How will internal audit evolve with continuous monitoring? What innovative approach can you share to handle large datasets? Listen in to Mauricio Imenez, Director of Data Analytics at Grupo Bimbo, for his insights!

Is SOX ruining Internal Audit? Listen in to this engaging debate between Tim Leech, Managing Director at Risk Oversight Solutions, and Norman Marks, renowned audit leader and author of the Management's Guide to SOX. Check Norman's YouTube channel here: https://tinyurl.com/29rfnckv And blog here: https://tinyurl.com/5fw2ptee Check Tim's article here: https://tinyurl.com/sv5bjvnh

If your audit department could have one Artificial Intelligence 'superpower', what would it be? What are some bias risks that you see with AI? If we were to fast-forward to 2030, what do you think an 'AI auditor' role might look like? Listen in to what Alan Maran, CAE at Chewy, had to say about the topic. I hope you enjoy it!

What should be internal audit's primary concern when auditing a cloud solution? How can auditors keep up? What tools are available to assist with cloud audits? Listen in to find out what Galaxia Martin, Cybersecurity and Cloud Expert, had to say about it. Hope you enjoy it!

In this episode, Dr. Sabine Charles, Chief Audit Executive at Touro University, and Chris Patrick, Chief Audit Executive at Sunlight Financial, discuss lessons from the Board. Listen in to find out what they had to say!

What is unconscious bias? What are some common examples of unconscious in the Internal Audit profession? What are some creative ways that we can address them? Listen to Fabio Pimpao, Internal Audit Director for Whirlpool Latin America and IIA Brazil Board member, for great insights on the topic.

Have you watched the movie Moneyball? It covers the use of sabermetrics in baseball, but what is sabermetrics? How is this such a powerful data analytics decision-making tool? And when should we trust our intuition more than data analytics? Listen in to the episode with Bill James, the man behind sabermetrics, for more insights. Disclosure: I do not agree with Bill's position that people cannot learn to have a more data-analytic mindset, but I will let the audience decide on that.

What are some myths about deception? What are good deception detection techniques? How can auditors build more trust? In this episode, Dr. David Matsumoto, a renowned expert in the field of microexpressions, gestures, nonverbal behavior, culture, and emotion, answered all these questions. I hope you enjoy it!

In practice, the theory is different. Or only all practice contains all theory. There is a lot of theory about the Agile approach, but have you heard of anyone putting it into practice? David Coifman has. Listen in to learn how the framework helped his team prioritize and execute their work, improved their ability to identify root causes, and communication and collaboration with stakeholders. Hope you enjoy it!

Did you know that only 35% of listed companies in Japan have an Audit Committee? Most CAEs report to a supervisory board, which consists of zero directors. Mari Yonezawa didn't like that. So she changed the reporting structure within her organization. Listen to this episode for more board dynamics and changes from Mari's perspective.

What is social engineering? How is it affecting businesses nowadays? What is the most effective way to prevent it? These were some of the questions Chris Hadnagy, Social Engineering expert discussed in the latest episode of the AUDIT 15 FUN podcast.

Why should you care about KRIs? If you had to implement them, how would you go about doing that? Thoughtful panel discussion on the topic, featuring Linh Truong, Marco Nutini, and Robert Berry.

Who says we need a formal report to communicate our audit results? A thought-provoking debate between Andy Kovacs, Norman Marks, and Sara I. James.

What caused the Silicon Valley Bank failure? The Chief Risk Officer left in April 2022, what was that all about? How can we prevent similar failures in the future, if at all? John Maxfield from Maxfield On Banks answered these questions during the episode. He also wrote a thought-provoking article on the topic calling SVB's original sin hubris and greed. Do you agree? Link to the article: https://maxfieldonbanks.substack.com/p/the-original-sin-of-silicon-valley

Do we need Internal Audit where we are not wanted? A profound and philosophical discussion, but at times a semantic discord, between Marcel Scholte and Sabrina Segal. Who do you agree with?

Do you have a strategic communication plan for your audit department? If not, that is a great tool to empower your staff. What else can you do to empower your staff? What if you are afraid that they will fail?

Some of the best auditors I've ever worked with were over 50 years old. Why companies don't tap into those resources? What are some of the misconceptions about older workers? Listen in to find out!

Have you ever conducted a survey as part of your audit process? You may be doing it all wrong. Jami Shine, Corporate and IT Audit Manager, learned that in a recent project. Listen to this episode to hear the story, and the valuable lessons she shared with the community.

What is the smoothie challenge? What are some practical ways that you can use it as an internal auditor? If Internal Audit was an ingredient in a smoothie, what ingredient would it be? Listen in to Ursula Schmidt, former Executive VP of Internal Audit at RTL, to find out. I hope you enjoy it!

Dan Swanson's work is behind some of the best books available to Internal Auditors. How did he get involved in that business? What are some of the emerging risks and topics he sees from being in that position? What are some book proposals he would like to see? Listen in to find out! Are you the next internal audit book author?

Have you heard of The Care Principles? What are they, and how can they help your organization and Internal Audit department? Isabel Verstraete, brand strategist, and author of the Does Your Brand Care? book answered these questions. Plus, there was one bonus question from Dr. Rainer Lenz. Listen in to find out what it was! Lastly subscribe to The Care Principles YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@TheCarePrinciples 

Should we audit certain processes in real-time? Keamogetse Noe argued that certain processes, such as tendering, must be audited in real-time to prevent fraud. Charles Schrock argued that a real-time review could be more of a quality assurance function, and we should instead strive to be strategic advisors. What is your opinion?