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Food for thoughts
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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.
Track down the lies with the Fraud Triangle
In theory, we know them all – the visualized methods to strategy, governance, governance, processes, risks, compliance, etc..
Success: Do we have to choose?
Do we have the choices? Yes. Do we have to choose? No. But that’s what they wanted to make me believe for more than three decades. Sport or career or family or free time. What upset me about that? The word „or“.
The Hypothesis Work: Strategists’​ Move
It is indispensable – the hypothesis work – in the perception of responsibility. Regardless of whether it is a matter of developing strategies in the professional, sporting or private environment.
Sociograms – the probably most important (?) puzzle stone of an investigation
Facts investigation are carried out in parallel or sequentially in various phases. The sociogram is an important element that facilitates the everyday life of an investigator, examiner, auditor, expert or consultant.
Social Engineering: The (deceitful?) Art of Seduction
We’re still too young for the grandparent scam. We don’t fall for e-mails with strange senders. CEO fraud cannot happen with us. We are only active in the country. The justifications and excuses can be supplemented at will.
Artificial Intelligence: (Digital) Bias – automatically convicted?
We allow ourselves to be influenced in our private and business lives. From stereotypes, prejudices, and discrimination. Consciously and unconsciously. Analog and digital. Does artificial intelligence help us?
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.
