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  • ESG: Doing the right thing is never the wrong thing

    ESG: Doing the right thing is never the wrong thing

    I am back in London for a week of exciting engagements. The top of the list is ESG. In my ESG presentation tomorrow at the GRC: The Resilient & Responsible Enterprise event, I am leading with a quote from the sage of wisdom, Ted Lasso, who stated, “Doing the right thing is never the wrong……

  • USA vs. UK/Europe in Risk & Compliance Approaches

    USA vs. UK/Europe in Risk & Compliance Approaches

    I am preparing for another trip next week to the United Kingdom/Europe and reflecting on the differences in GRC – governance, risk management, and compliance – between North America and the UK/Europe. BTW: if you want to meet next week in London and discuss GRC strategy, process, technology, and/or content/intelligence solutions . . . let……

  • Navigating Complexity & Chaos: Approaching Regulatory Requirements with Control Automation

    Navigating Complexity & Chaos: Approaching Regulatory Requirements with Control Automation

    ‍GRC 20/20’s Michael Rasmussen will be speaking on the topic of this blog in the webinar: Navigating Complexity & Chaos: Approaching Regulatory Requirements Across Jurisdictions with Control Automation! Complex problems often have a solution that is understandable, simple, and uncomplicated – and usually wrong.  How can we expect that to be different from business operations?……

  • 2023 GRC Trends: Engagement

    2023 GRC Trends: Engagement

    In the first post, 2023 Governance, Risk Management & Compliance, we reviewed the top five 2023 GRC trends. Then we dove deep into the first trend of the need for GRC agility, and then explored GRC resilience and explored GRC resilience again, moved on to Integrity (ESG), then GRC Accountability . . . and we……

  • 2023 GRC Trends: Accountability

    2023 GRC Trends: Accountability

    In the first post, 2023 Governance, Risk Management & Compliance, we reviewed the top five 2023 GRC trends. Then we dove deep into the first trend of the need for GRC agility, and then explored GRC resilience and explored GRC resilience again, moved on to Integrity (ESG) . . . and we now continue with……

  • 2023 GRC Trends: Integrity (ESG)

    2023 GRC Trends: Integrity (ESG)

    In the previous post, 2023 Governance, Risk Management & Compliance, we reviewed the top five 2023 GRC trends. Then we dove deep into the first trend of the need for GRC agility, and then explored GRC resilience and explored GRC resilience again . . . and we now continue with the third trend of five,……

  • Why the Banking Crisis is Back

    Why the Banking Crisis is Back

    The following is an article published in the latest issue of Enterprise Risk Magazine (Summer 2023) starting on page 16. This article was authored by Michael Rasmussen, Analyst & Pundit at GRC 20/20 Research, and William Gonyer of Group697. The latest banking crisis in North America has put potential failures regulation, governance and risk management……

  • 2023 GRC Trends: Resilience (continued) . . .

    2023 GRC Trends: Resilience (continued) . . .

    In the previous post, 2023 Governance, Risk Management & Compliance, we reviewed the top five 2023 GRC trends. Then we dove deep into the first trend of the need for GRC agility, and then explored GRC resilience . . . and we continue with resilience before we move on to the third trend of five,……

  • Why ESG Success Requires Effective Policy Management (Strategy, Systems and Processes)

    Why ESG Success Requires Effective Policy Management (Strategy, Systems and Processes)

    GRC 20/20’s Michael Rasmussen will be speaking on the topic of this blog in the webinar: Got ESG? Show Me Your Policies! ESG – environmental, social, governance – is pressuring organizations from various angles.  Corporate investors are making investment decisions based on ESG practices. Executives and board members are fired if they do not meet……

  • 2023 GRC Trends: Resilience

    2023 GRC Trends: Resilience

    In the previous post, 2023 Governance, Risk Management & Compliance, we reviewed the top five 2023 GRC trends. Then we dove deep into the first trend of the need for GRC agility. We now turn to the second trend of five, resilience . . . Dynamic, Disrupted & Distributed Business is Difficult to Control The……

  • Delivering 360° Situational Awareness of ESG Starts With a Proper Diagnosis

    Delivering 360° Situational Awareness of ESG Starts With a Proper Diagnosis

    ESG – Environmental, Social & Governance – pressure is mounting from multiple fronts for organizations to implement ESG reporting in their organizations. ESG has the momentum and force to become a significant measurement of the organization’s integrity.  One thing to note, ESG is more than the E (environmental). Too often organizations lead with the E……

  • 2023 GRC Trends: Agility

    2023 GRC Trends: Agility

    In the previous post, 2023 Governance, Risk Management & Compliance, we reviewed the top five 2023 GRC trends. We now dive deep into the first of those trends, agility . . . Gone are the years of simplicity in business operations. The interconnectedness of objectives, risks, resilience, and integrity require 360° contextual awareness of risk……