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    Preparing for an IPO? Make Sure Transformation Includes Setting a People Strategy
    Amid the many demands of preparing for and undertaking an initial public offering (IPO), don’t forget your people. Organizations contemplating a state of public company readiness must undergo a complex transformation process that impacts all business functions. Upgrading technology, improving financial reporting processes, and implementing governance, risk and compliance capabilities are all…
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    It’s the end of the work as we know it, and I feel fine
    What is the future of work? It’s a simple question with complex answers. The pandemic has had a profound impact on work, workforces, and workplaces, transforming them in unprecedented ways. Over the last two years, no aspect of business has been immune to the disruption and chaos it’s caused around the globe. Work was already in a state of change before the pandemic, but the pace of change…
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    Regulatory Scrutiny and Labor Issues Top Healthcare Risks Over the Next Decade
    After two years of navigating the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare organizations are trying to take full stock of how the crisis has changed their business and industry, while also trying to ready themselves for what’s likely to come next. And based on the findings from our latest Top Risks Survey, what these organizations see on the horizon for this year, and for the decade to come, is an array of…
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    Stop Kicking the Can: Why Companies Must Think Long Term to Solve Supply Chain Challenges
    The global supply chain has been in crisis for many months now — and all signs point to disruption and uncertainty remaining the status quo for years to come. Findings for Protiviti’s latest global Top Risks Survey show that manufacturers are very concerned about being able to deliver their products or services at acceptable margins now and in the future. The C-suite executives in the…
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    New Protiviti Research: Innovation and Transformation Are Driving the Future of Internal Auditing
    Innovation is about the creation of ideas and how those ideas can translate into value. It is about new and different ways of thinking and working, performing established activities in new and better ways, and pursuing new ideas. Many organizations — including their CAEs and internal audit functions — are operating in a significantly different manner than they did just a few years ago. They are…
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    The War in Ukraine Rages On: The Energy Fallout
    Over the last two weeks, the world has witnessed harrowing images of Russian atrocities in targeting civilians with indiscriminate bombardment of residential areas, medical facilities and infrastructure. Ukrainian resistance has stiffened as a tragic humanitarian crisis has unfolded. Almost three million refugees have fled the country as the Russian military relies on long-range firepower,…
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    The Transition to Renewable Generation and Smart Grids Brings Benefits and Challenges
    As we move further into 2022, demand for renewable electricity generation will continue to rise as the roots of environmental, social and governance (ESG) ideals deepen at home and abroad. In the U.S., executive actions by the current administration aimed at tackling climate change and a final rule issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in 2020 are laying the groundwork for…
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    Who audits the auditors? External quality assessments as a measure of internal audit effectiveness
    Over the past three years, I have worked as an assessor for external quality assessments (EQAs) and as a project manager leading EQAs for larger internal audit departments. In 2022, along with Protiviti colleagues from across the globe, I was a part of Performing Effective External Quality Assessments, a course led by The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA). So, what, exactly, are EQAs? The…
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    Risk and the Board of Directors: From Bordeaux to Today, What’s Old Is New
    On January 25, 2022, Gary Gensler, chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), on his YouTube channel “Office Hours with Gary Gensler,” explained that the world’s first hack (of securities, no less!) was committed in 1834 by two brothers from Bordeaux, France: François and Joseph Blanc bribed telegraph operators to tip them off as to the direction the market was heading (…
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    “Digital Fabric” and “Presence” Will Be Core to the Future of Work, Says Jared Spataro, Microsoft’s Corporate VP of Modern Work
    The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated several trends that were already in motion, including digital transformation and remote work. Looking ahead, how can companies take their “working from anywhere” successes to the next level and create a work environment where everyone can collaborate seamlessly, regardless of where they’re located physically — or in a time continuum? It requires an “underlying…
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