In this episode we speak with Nick Sanna, founder of the FAIR Institute and President of Safe Security, about using the Factor Analysis of Information model, the only international standard for quantifying and accounting for cybersecurity and operational risks, including pervasive third-party risks as the world witnessed with the CrowdStrike incident. Nick explains how healthcare organisations in particular could be using this at scale to better assess and manage potential cyber incidents, considering the high-profile cyber attacks at United Health and the UK's NHS and, indeed, our current research on risk management in the healthcare sector.

This episode discusses the why, how, and what of incorporating behavioural insights into corporate strategy and risk management. Our guests, David Grosse and Sandro Boeri, two seasoned experts who have been working on how to optimise such crucial information for many years, share their thoughts on how ACCA members can put this into practice.

Attain and its unique Rising Tides ‘game experience’ underline the importance of collaborative learning and how it helps create a connected culture of sharing ideas and innovation. In this episode, Attain’s founder, Klaus Woeste, and its COO, Nick Reed, discuss what that means in today’s volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) world.

Who better to talk about the power of whistleblowing and how our profession tackles the rampant rise of fraud than Emma Parry, a conduct, culture and risk advisor and core member of ACCA’s special interest group on risk culture and Pav Gill, the Wirecard whistle-blower who is now CEO and founder of Confide.

We discuss their experiences and insights into developing effective conduct and culture management information in financial services and the insights that the review undertaken by FMSB members in 2023 provides. In particular, they draw on the many lessons that the research reveals and how these can be applied across industries.

Dr. Mirea Raaijmakers explains how developments in big data analytics and behavioural science are driving modern-day risk management within financial services. Mirea, who was one of the main architects of the Dutch Central Bank's pioneering approach of behaviour & culture supervision, also discusses how supervisors could be more up-close and personal with financial institutions when it comes to understanding the cultural and behavioural influences on performance.

This podcast explains how HMRC Compliance staff will work under the HMRC Charter with taxpayers including their Agents. We’ll be covering what the Compliance Professional Standards, how they link to the HMRC Charter and what taxpayers and agents should expect under each of the standard headings:Getting things rightBeing aware of taxpayers (and agents) situationBeing responsiveTreating taxpayers fairlyLet us know whether you found this podcast interesting and what other topics you would like to hear covered at [email protected]

As both an accountant and a psychologist as well as a member of ACCA's Risk Culture Special Interest Group, David explains how accounting professionals need to recognise the inherent blind-spots of the financial ‘lens’ and how a wider view can help detect leadership risk hot spots.

Hilary Sutcliffe, Director of a London-based not-for-profit organization, SocietyInside, introduces us to the concept of a "Pro-Society" approach to innovation and regulation and explains how this gives stronger incentives for corporations to reverse-engineer innovation from societal demands rather than simply creating innovations in a relentless quest for a home.

We continue our discussion on how accountants are best placed to support small businesses to access funding. Glenn Collins, Head of Technical and Strategic Engagement at ACCA, continues his conversation with Simon Goldie, Director of Advocacy at the Finance & Leasing Association and FLA Board member and Managing Director of SME Finance at Paragon Bank, John Phillipou. This time we focus on the top tips in gaining a swift and successful funding application. Let us know whether you found this podcast interesting and what other topics you would like to hear covered at [email protected]

Dr Roger Miles, a behaviour at risk specialist, talks about the cognitive shifts caused by AI, how accountants play an important role in ‘foraging for the truth’, and why we need to dig deep beyond our limitations of knowledge if we are to make the most of the disruption.