Vendor management: What’s missing in this big picture?
I do a whole lot of work with vendor management, a fact which most of my regular readers are quite aware of. And while I typically recoil when somebody else says of themselves what I’m about to say,...
View ArticleWill Hurricane Irene reveal your BCP’s strengths or weaknesses?
I’m violating my own standards by using such an easy topic to blog about but it’s too big to ignore. With the increasing insanity being inspired by 2011′s first true hurricane I’d be remiss if I...
View ArticleMaintaining compliance is often the Missing Link.
I’ve been in the solutions selling business on and off for about a decade but exclusively so over these past four years. Up until becoming a partner in my current practice I pretty much was always...
View ArticleGovernance, risk and compliance – related but not the same.
I was sitting in a meeting this week listening to a group of very bright people talking about an initiative centered on installing a software solution and I realized something rather disturbing;...
View ArticleRisk: The core issue behind regulatory requirements
There’s a joke of sorts within my personal circle of family and friends regarding what it is that I do these days. Ask me and I’ll tell you that I’m a regulatory compliance expert who advises...
View ArticleCFPB: Filling the regulatory void left by Sheila Bair
I was an unabashed fan of Sheila Bair and made no secret of that fact. She was a breath of fresh air in a line of work where everything is stale and always at least a little boring. Not that Martin...
View ArticleMetrics Reporting: Are pretty colors always pretty accurate?
I have an odd relationship with management reporting. I know it’s a necessity and quite often see clear value in what’s packaged for senior management and board review. But a significant piece of the...
View ArticleAre self-assessments the right way to go?
About a decade ago a family member chastised me for having an auto repair shop do my oil changes for me. She (yeah, you’re reading that right – “she”) pointed out how ridiculously easy it was to drain...
View ArticleAre banks unfairly scrutinized?
A few years back when I first cut over to working somewhat exclusively with financial institutions I memorized an elevator speech that still somewhat defines who I am and what I do professionally....
View ArticleCFPB: Dodd-Frank at its best.
The campaign season that ended with last month’s presidential elections generated more debate and rhetoric than any other in my lifetime. As I’m an outspoken person who has never shied away from a...
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