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Drawing on over 30 years of professional experience navigating complexity at the intersection of leadership, integrity, and resilience, I offer strategic insights, sharp reflections, and actionable impulses. This blog does not concern itself with trends. It is about identifying what truly matters when the sea gets tougher, decisions become challenging and the stakes are high, and when silence is not an option. For leaders who value integrity, clarity and transparency over noise and impact over vague intention.
Back to the roots – economic crime and non-compliance
A German proverb sums up in a nutshell what is reluctantly heard in connection with economic crime and non-compliance: „Where there’s planning, there’s chipping. It could also be said that „the end cures the means“. How do these two colloquial proverbs behave in the context of the life cycle of white-collar crime?
Cheeky badgers, false vipers and thieving magpies
Again and again I am asked why I do what I do. Clear as day. The topic „integrity“ has occupied me since childhood. In very different forms. Integrity is one of my most important values. My „why“.
Protect your business and your data from «online fraud»
No, Fraud does not stop at the online world either. The preventive measures in the sense of hurdles must be drawn up by yourself. How? Simple and inexpensive! One of my esteemed customers is the reason why I am taking up this topic today.
Writing blockade under investigative time pressure?
The clock’s ticking. Against us. At least that’s how it feels for the team when it comes to reporting in an investigation. Why are you talking about the report before we even investigated the subject? Quite simply: because I have the goal in mind.
Cross-generation teams with foresight
„How long do you intend to work in your law firm?“ I asked this question a colleague, just over 55 – belonging to the so-called Baby Boomers. No idea, no plan. The answer was astonishing. Especially because I just listened to the wonderful experience of her last 3-month sabbatical.
Let’s use the uncanny potential – Fraud Awareness Week 2019
Uncanny? Only for those who still don’t care about integrity. Potential? For those who are even more convinced after last week that sensitization is the most effective form of prevention. Each individual can contribute to this. And that is why it is so important to me!
Fraud Examiner – Profession? Vocation!
There is this question, which comes up again and again and especially in the last weeks when the workshops, trainings and speeches about non-compliance, crisis, white-collar crime have become more frequent in my calendar: What does a fraud examiner exactly o?
Alibi: Code of conduct
We call it code of conduct (CoC) – this meaningful paper (or file in this day and age of digitalisation), which is intended to regulate our actions and give us security in this regard.
Why regular writing makes you more successful
Success suits you well. Everyone. Especially if you are concerned about topics such as cyber attacks, fraud, white-collar crime, compliance violations, money laundering, reputation, IT security, sanctions or similar taboo and crisis topics. For your company or your customers.
The 5 phases of the FraudAidKit™ framework
Are you also a big fan of relevant and straightforward applicable tools? If so, then this practical example from one or our clients could support you during your daily work of managing risks.
How savvy is your compliance program? Part 2
The updated release of the DOJs “evaluation of Corporate Compliance Program” JM 9-28.800 can be seen as a great tool. In our last published article we started with the introduction of the DOJs release focusing on the overview. Now, we go into the details of the key risk areas.
How savvy is your compliance program? Part 1
The updated release of the DOJs “evaluation of Corporate Compliance Program” can be seen as a reminder. In a good way – because a lot of Corporate Compliance Program implementation goals are currently postponed due to the actual.
Desasters – the perfect storm
But only perfect for fraudsters and not for the individuals and the entire economy. The vulnerability of each is abused and does not yet have reached the peak. Being absorbed with the disaster itself leaves us putting fraud to the bottom of our priorities.
Myth no. 1: Crisis communication cannot be practiced enough
You know the experiment where one person starts with a sentence and whispers into the neighbour’s ear and the neighbour passes on what he has heard until this has passed through the circle of umpteen participants? What comes out?
Crisis Modus behaviour: How adaptors win
While writing these paragraphs, we are in the middle (in my opinion rather at the beginning!) of the worldwide pandemic of COVID19. Countries are in different stages of their lockdown and the supporting measurements. The Economy is shot down and the economic price will be paid over the next decades.
There is no vaccination to the risks of cyber, fraud and non-compliance
Board of directors are not only responsible for overseeing management strategy, but also for their risks management which is significant in these fast-evolving times – especially under the actual circumstances of the global crisis. The Pharma industry works for a vaccination against COVID-19 and immunity tests. All great. For cyber-, non-compliance and fraud-risks there will never be a vaccination. Nor are we immune to these risks.
Beyond crisis: The overseen (fraud) vulnerability
We humans open to manipulation. The higher the pressure – internal or external, the greater the diversity and the bigger the impact of the various biases. It would be naïve to believe that the current COVID-19 pandemic will not cause any damage in this respect.
Cyber Security meets Human factor – Technology is not responsible for everything!
Our vulnerability is more evident across the board than decades before. In recent years, it has only affected the “others”. Now it affects us all. The solution lies within human beings. As it usually does. Even an effective culture for enterprise-wide cyber security cannot be created with technology alone.
