Why GRC is NOW or Never For Aspirational Organizations
There comes a point in every organization’s journey when it must choose whether it is going to lead or follow — whether it will proactively shape its future or continually react to disruption.
For organizations with ambition — those seeking to scale responsibly, innovate with confidence, and uphold their commitments to stakeholders — that moment is now. Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance (GRC) has become the fulcrum on which that decision rests.
The GRC conversation is no longer about avoiding penalties or surviving audits. It is about enabling the organization to reliably achieve objectives (governance), address uncertainty (risk management), and act with integrity (compliance). This is not a compliance slogan; it is the operational imperative of our time. And for aspirational organizations, it is a now-or-never decision. The complexity, speed, and interconnectedness of today’s risk and regulatory environment will not wait; and those who hesitate risk losing both control and credibility.
Risk Is Moving Faster Than You Can Track with Spreadsheets
The pace of risk has changed. Yesterday’s risk landscape was linear and episodic; today’s is complex, systemic, and real-time. The very nature of risk has evolved from being internal and controllable to external, interconnected, and constantly shifting. And nowhere is this more evident than in . . .
[The rest of this blog can be read on the GRCxperts blog, where GRC 20/20’s Michael Rasmussen is a Guest Blogger]