Insight Search Search Submit Sort by: Relevance Date Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Whitepaper May 1, 2022 The Russian sanctions: A catalyst for ESG? “To put it bluntly, will companies enact courageous ESG policies only when it does not hurt?…This is a moment of truth. Stakeholders have been increasingly mobilised to question the premises of companies’ professed ESG activities. All too frequently, corporations and their executives engage in marketing or obfuscation of what they’re actually doing — what could more accurately be called ‘ESG-… Podcast January 29, 2025 Podcast | Government Affairs and Geopolitical Risk Blind Spots in the Boardroom – with Frank Kurre and Lance Mangum In this episode, Protiviti Managing Director Frank Kurre and Lance Mangum, Staff Vice President of Government Affairs at FedEx Corporation, discuss blind spots related to government affairs and geopolitical risk. They share great insights into where and how to recruit board members that have expertise in policy and geopolitical risks.Lance is a Corporate Officer, Vice President for Government… Podcast June 16, 2025 Podcast | AI and Governance: Harnessing Innovation While Managing Risks- with Constantine Boyadjiev and Rich Kessler In this episode of the Blind Spots in the Boardroom podcast, Protiviti Managing Director and host Constantine Boyadjiev welcomes Rich Kessler, a Director in Protiviti’s Technology Risk and Resilience, to discusses the growing impact of AI, especially generative models, on governance functions. They explore the balance between innovation and risk, emphasising responsible adoption through… Flash Report April 28, 2022 Protecting your organisation from insider threats in a changing world Cybersecurity threats are growing exponentially as companies introduce an increasing number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices into operations and collect and store an ever- escalating amount of data. This technology and data sprawl is providing bad actors with more entry points into networks and systems. Too often, organisations have failed to make commensurate investments in data protection,… Podcast March 6, 2025 Podcast | Navigating Dual Roles: Insights from Qiaoni 'Linda' Jing and Frank Kurre on CEO and Board Member Dynamic In this episode, Qiaoni "Linda" Jing and Frank Kurre explore the complexities of being both a CEO and board member. Linda shares strategies for effective role execution and efficient decision-making in the boardroom, offering insights on managing these dual responsibilities. Newsletter December 10, 2021 The Buffett Newspaper Test: What It Means and Why It's Important Transparency and consequences can be powerful leadership deterrents. For the board and CEO and their personal brands, the critical question is, what will key decision-makers in their organisation do in situations when no one is watching? When the subject of ethical and responsible business behavior arises, Warren Buffett advises managers to evaluate every action they take — and not just by legal… Blogs April 27, 2022 A Balancing Act: SAP in the Cloud SAP customers know the cloud can help them innovate and find new opportunities but are also concerned with compliance and risk. Recently, we spoke with SAPinsider’s Chief Research Officer Riz Ahmed about how SAP customers can find a balance whereby they realize cloud’s innovation opportunities while managing cloud’s risks. Here’s a recap of our conversation. Blogs October 17, 2022 For Telecoms, Cultivating Loyal Customers Requires Better Customer Data Management By Rupesh Mahto, Senior Director, Technology Consulting, Protiviti Australia Understanding and mapping the customer journey is the starting point from which to identify the key opportunity moments where access to the right customer data can help anticipate a service need, resolve an issue without asking, or offer a customised product — in other words, make the difference between cultivating… Blogs April 6, 2023 Why Data Governance Programmes Are Easy to Envision, Difficult to Sustain I am often asked, with all the investments in data management and infrastructure over the last 50 years, why are we still not great with governing data? To put it simply and directly – it’s hard! Data governance programmes are easy to envision conceptually, difficult to implement, and without proper care, impossible to sustain. Often data governance investments have a long ‘time to… Blogs July 13, 2022 Congratulations on Choosing SAP. What Comes Next? Congratulations! Your organisation recently made the decision to move forward with selecting SAP S/4HANA, and you will either be leaving an old ERP or a previous version of SAP ECC behind — a great strategic move but only the first in many more decisions to come on the SAP ERP journey that lies ahead. The SAP solution portfolio includes numerous components that can be deployed in many ways. To… Load More