ai, blockchain and other technologies elevate our responsibility to understand what these tools are telling us.
by alan anderson, cpa
transforming audit for the future
“the only thing we know about the future is that it will be different.” – peter drucker
a big challenge for firms has always been change management. we’re all used to doing our work the way we’ve done it for years. many auditors learned to audit by looking at last year’s workpapers and repeating that approach, but with this year’s numbers. so when i tell groups of auditors that the way we’ve been auditing since the dawn of time will have to change, there’s pushback.
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change is hard. no one wants to change unless that change will bring significant, measurable results. implementing just one or two of the ideas i have discussed in my posts can be uncomfortable and unfamiliar. innovation takes most auditors way outside their comfort zone. but change is also essential, unless we’re all willing to see our profession go the way of the dinosaur.
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