Podcasts for reflection and growth
Explore Claire Smith’s top seven picks of insightful podcasts curated for moments of reflection and growth.
Claire is senior executive and accountant with experience across the private and public sectors. She has an extensive background in risk management, quality assurance, compliance, human resources, workforce development, economic development, and digital transformation. Claire is passionate about business performance and building lasting relationships which add value to businesses and the community. She cares deeply about strong, effective and empathetic leadership and is committed to enabling positive change.
Explore Claire Smith’s top seven picks of insightful podcasts curated for moments of reflection and growth.
As technology continues to advance, the threat of falling prey to cybercrime grows. Cyber criminals are always looking for loopholes and vulnerabilities in your organisation’s technology infrastructure, hoping to disrupt operations or access sensitive data. It’s vital that SMEs and NFPs take proactive action to reduce these cyber risks.
From 1 July 2023, NFPs with an active ABN that self-assess as eligible for income tax exemption (ITE) must lodge an annual self-review to continue to access the ITE.
In the digital world we live in, managing people’s personal information and data has never been more important. Almost half of all cyber-attacks target small-to-medium sized businesses, and half of all data breaches result from cyber-security incidents, so knowing what your legal obligations as a small business are is critical. With the Privacy Legislation Amendment […]
Why is building organisational resilience important for your business? What role do audit and assurance play? Businesses globally are on a path of continuous change, amid extreme political, environmental and catastrophic events. At the same time, the pace of digital transformation continues to increase at record speeds, with more change expected in the next 10 […]
Who are risk and audit? What value would you put on internal audit? Should internal audit expenses be the ‘third line of defence’ in your financial statements? And importantly, how can your organisation maximise the value of internal audit and ensure alignment with risk?
With labour shortages here to stay, effective workforce strategies – based on sound people data – are crucial. Business owners are struggling to find workers, with 85% of Australian businesses reporting staff shortages are preventing operations at full capacity (Australian Financial Review, 3 Feb 2022). Forecasts predict unemployment rates will remain below 5% for the […]
Effective risk management is more important now than ever. It is more than a tick box and needs to continually evolve. Risk has moved more sharply into focus in the organisational psyche. Objective risk analysis and management has changed through the efforts of many professionals, including accountants, and has influenced how we perceive, frame and […]
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