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Welcome to Edition #28. This weeks edition provides a practical operating model for CAEs, CROs, Control Leaders and Practitioners who need proof, not polished noise. Use the Evidence Chain to turn AI output into something you can actually defend.
Mar 16, 2026
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10 min read
Welcome to Edition #27. This week is a practical playbook for turning audit, risk and controls evidence into action that actually sticks. You’ll get a simple way to shape any finding, data point or control issue into a message senior leaders can absorb fast, plus a handful of reusable templates and real world rewrites you can copy straight into board papers, ExCo updates and follow ups. If you’ve ever watched a valid point get “noted” and then quietly die in an action log, this edition is built to change that.
Mar 9, 2026
11 min read
Welcome to Edition #26 of Beyond the Lines. This edition is about the skill most audit, risk and controls professionals were never trained for: getting decisions made without authority. AI is accelerating output, but outcomes are still decided by humans in meetings. The people who create impact are the ones who can route a decision to the right person, frame the trade-offs cleanly, and close calmly without turning it into politics.
Mar 2, 2026
8 min read
Welcome to Edition #25 of Beyond the Lines. This edition is a practical playbook for spotting fraud risk in real life by auditing the bypasses, not the “happy path”, across the finance processes where money actually moves. You’ll get the patterns to look for, the questions that surface the truth fast, and simple control moves that change behaviour without slowing the business down.
Feb 23, 2026
9 min read
Welcome to Edition #24 of Beyond the Lines. In this edition we’re getting honest about what Audit Committees actually want in 2026. Not bigger packs, more dashboards, or “comprehensive” updates. They want clarity, early warning, clear ownership, and decision-ready trade-offs they can act on. I’ll show you a simple Decision Brief format you can use before your next meeting, plus practical ways to design controls that speed decisions and reduce surprises, not add admin.
Feb 16, 2026
7 min read
