I have contributed 15 e-learning units to the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA)‘s Accountify platform over the last year or so and was surprised to see that there has been 1992 total students, which I take to be enrolment numbers into my 15 units collectively. This averages 133 participants for each e-learning unit. The … Read more
In my close to three decades of corporate career, I have worked with many different people across all levels of the organization. From the most junior staff to C-suite and even Board Members who were in very distinguished careers in their respective fields. One of the things I have observed is that meritocracy only goes … Read more
Many of us who are or were in the profession of internal audit typically supported the work of the Audit Committee (AC) in our respective roles whether as a member of the IA team or the Head or Director of Internal Audit. This including working with, for and under an Audit Committee Chairperson as well … Read more
As a former Head of Internal Audit with decades of experience doing, managing and leading internal audits, I have come across my fair share of idiots and idiocy in my career. At times, auditees sees internal auditors as idiots. Similarly, there were times when as the Internal Audit Head I also saw auditees doing idiotic … Read more
One of the lessons I learnt from my two years (plus) secondment to the National Institute of Early Childhood Development (NIEC) from 1998 to 2000 when I was building up my team as the Head of Finance & Administration from three staff to ten staff was to hold many one-to-one conversations with each of the … Read more
I am a fan of Japanese anime (or Japanese animation) and one of the more memorable anime series that I found interesting was, “Solo Leveling“. It is based on the South Korean web novel by Chugong. The key plot behind “Solo Leveling” is that the main character keeps “leveling-up” or in the language of those … Read more
Has anyone experienced having your job designation change five times in five years and all along you are still working for the same employer? I was with my previous employer for 15 odd years and the last 5 years were the most interesting but demanding years as well. I was not a job hopper. I … Read more
Most accountants I have met in my career have walked the conventional route. They typically studied Principles of Accounts or were from the Science Stream of Junior Colleges or studied accountancy diploma from the local polytechnics. I have so far only met a few who had an A-Level humanities background where I studied Literature and … Read more