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July 25, 2025
4 min read

Mastering Copilot Feels Just Like Playing the Piano — Here’s Why

Microsoft Copilot is an incredible tool. Yet, in my work with clients (I’ve probably taught Copilot in some form to nearly 50 different companies), I continue to be surprised at how most organisations are overlooking this opportunity to transform their business processes. 
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Well-being isn’t fluffy — we want positive pressure at work.
May 10, 2023
Modern business is often defined not only by change, myriad projects and increasing regulation but also by culture, employee experience and well-being. Somewhere in the middle is the sweet spot of positive performance. Julie Wacker, occupational psychologist at Robertson Cooper, spoke to Matt Duncan, a managing director at Protiviti, about finding the balance.
Creating a resilient cybersecurity strategy: The governance lifecycle approach
May 5, 2023
Cybersecurity governance should do more than manage cyber risk. Good cybersecurity governance creates efficiencies by clarifying the outcomes expected from its processes and establishing boundaries of responsibility among cybersecurity practitioners, frontline operational areas, senior leaders and board members. Recently, numerous crises have drawn senior leaders and board members down into cybersecurity’s…
COSO issues supplemental guidance on internal control over sustainability reporting – With examples
April 26, 2023
Last Thursday, the Committee of Sponsoring Organisations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) released interpretive guidance on how to effectively apply the 2013 Internal Control — Integrated Framework (ICIF) — which is currently applied to financial reporting — to sustainability reporting. The guidance results from a project approved by the COSO board a year ago with…
Enhancing cyber capabilities using a threat-driven strategy
April 21, 2023
Senior leaders focused on cybersecurity recognise there is considerable guidance, best practices, frameworks, regulations and varied opinions on how programmes should design defensive capabilities. In addition, depending on the day, the various pressures in the organisation’s macro-environment may be greater or lesser and invite different priorities for time, team and budget. Despite these various…
Adopting Emerging Technologies When Modernising Legacy Systems
April 21, 2023
Some of the toughest conversations CIOs will have within their organisations are likely to be about the benefits of adopting every emerging technology that’s caught business leaders’ attention versus the potential investments to be made in transforming legacy systems. As companies across all industries look to accelerate efforts to achieve their business transformation goals, a considerable amount of focus – and…
Achieving Diversity’s Benefits in Cybersecurity
April 19, 2023
Could any security organisation benefit from greater innovation? Or from responding more effectively to diverse internal customers? How about benefitting by retaining the talent its leaders have so carefully nurtured, by accessing more diverse capabilities, or by improving problem-solving capabilities within the team?
‘Don’t fear the unknown’… In conversation with Victoria Sprott
April 18, 2023
Learning difficulties at school left Victoria Sprott feeling confused about her abilities, but a sales job in Australia, helped launch a career in recruitment. Rhianne Williams from Protiviti’s iGROWW network hears a story about finding a calling, embracing the fear of change, and nurturing a healthy family life alongside a successful career.
Australia’s Privacy Act is fundamentally changing: What this means for your organisation
April 12, 2023
Background On 16 February 2023, the Attorney-General’s Department released its Privacy Act Review Report (the Report) following a two-year review of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (the Act). The Report contains 116 recommended amendments to the existing Act to strengthen the protection of personal information and the control individuals have over their information. If accepted and adopted, the recommendations will…
ChatGPT, the Rise of Generative AI and What’s Next
April 6, 2023
Over the last few months, both business and technology worlds alike have been abuzz about ChatGPT, and more than a few leaders are wondering what this AI advancement means for their organisations. Let’s explore ChatGPT, generative AI in general, how leaders might expect the generative AI story to change over the coming months and how businesses can stay prepared for what’s new now – and what may come next.
Why Data Governance Programmes Are Easy to Envision, Difficult to Sustain
April 6, 2023
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 value’ ROI, making…
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