What needs to happen to prevent Internal Audit from dying?
May 2022 was Internal Audit Awareness Month: As it wraps up, I’d like to take this moment to talk about the future of auditing and the role of people in auditing. This article is intended as a suggestion for how we can use the Awareness Month May to discuss important issues and derive much-needed action […]
The first step towards success: failure.
In recent months, the topic of cryptocurrency has been on everyone’s lips – even small investors who actually have little idea about the subject are jumping on the bandwagon and investing. But while the hype around cryptocurrencies is still new for many, I have been dealing with the topic for years – just like with […]
Resistance pointless: how to implement innovations in your company
Nowadays, innovations are essential for companies to survive. If you don’t constantly develop and try to be better than your competition, you will be left behind. So, it is all the more surprising that I keep noticing how much force companies and their employees sometimes resist innovation. Some time ago, when personal meetings were still […]
The DIIR Digital Days: Why we should all be Head of Error Management
A couple of weeks ago, I took part in the digital days of the German Institute of Internal Auditing (original: Deutsches Institute für Interne Revision – DIIR). An exciting congress where there were not only presentations on many current topics, but also the opportunity to exchange ideas with other participants despite the digital setting – […]
Learning by traveling: 3 tips to build intercultural competences
The world is becoming more and more connected, nothing new, right? – and we at zapliance are noticing this too. Our products are now used in over 50 countries worldwide! But globalization does not only affect the flow of goods – we auditors are also traveling the world more and more. But of course, this […]
Welcome to the roller coaster of professional life! 3 tips for dealing with setbacks.
Anyone who wants to start a business knows that the road gets tough! Those of you who follow me on LinkedIn probably saw my post last week alluding to just that: The last few months have been tough – especially because of the pandemic. That’s why I made last week my personal “Can’t hurt me […]
Difficult people – and how auditors can best deal with them.
The following article is part of our blog article series “The Future of Auditing” The topic today: Auditors work with people from different departments every day. But when these people are difficult, then cooperation becomes difficult. In this article, you can find out how you can also succeed in finding the basis for good cooperation […]
The OKR Method – And Whether It Is Suitable for Auditors.
The following article is part of our blog series the “The Future of Audit” What is the reason for an in-depth confrontation with this topic you might ask? We at zapliance are a team of auditors, scientists and developers and we have noticed over the past few years, that the general conditions of auditing are changing […]
How can auditors prepare for another potential tightening of corona measures?
My name is Alexander Rühle and I have been a passionate auditor since 2006 and have been the CEO at zapliance for 5 years by now. Just yesterday I had a very long conversation with a fellow auditor about the current situation the whole world is in right now and the influence of Corona on […]
Research on agility in auditing: Help Moritz and take his survey
Monday morning Alex forwarded me an email in which Moritz asked him to participate in a survey for his master dissertation. Today, four days later, we wrote a blog article and are supporting his work by asking you to participate in the survey. Now this could mean, you could give me a virtual pat on […]