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Culture eats strategy for breakfast: The internal audit “so what?”

Stop treating culture as a compliance exercise. Master the tools needed to translate behavioral norms into strategic insights that boards value.

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Culture eats strategy for breakfast: The internal audit “so what?”

Description

Everyone agrees culture matters.

Boards discuss it. Regulators expect oversight of it. Annual reports celebrate it.

Now, through the Institute of Internal Auditors’s Topical Requirement on Organisational Behaviour, internal audit is formally expected to address it.

But the real question remains: So what?

What does culture actually mean for audit planning, scoping, testing, and reporting? How does the Topical Requirement translate into practical audit work, rather than becoming another compliance exercise?

In this focused and practical webinar, Sandro Boeri connects the Topical Requirement directly to day-to-day audit execution. He shows how culture is not a soft overlay but a behavioural system that directly influences control effectiveness, risk exposure, and strategic success.

Participants will leave with a clear framework for applying the Topical Requirement in a way that strengthens insight, credibility, and board impact.

About the speakers

Sandro Boeri is an internationally recognised voice at the forefront of reshaping the internal audit profession. As a member of the ECIIA Board and President of the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors in the UK and founder of Risk Audit, he is a champion of bold thinking and practical innovation in governance, behavioural risk, and organisational culture.

With over four decades of experience across regulated industries, Sandro challenges conventional, compliance-centric approaches to assurance. Instead, he advocates for a more dynamic, human-centred vision—where auditors and governance professionals act as strategic enablers of sustainable growth, cultural resilience, and purposeful performance.

His work bridges internal audit, behavioural science, and enterprise risk. From embedding culture audits into assurance methodologies, to pioneering the use of AI in internal audit processes, Sandro's voice is shaping the profession's future—one that is as curious, courageous, and collaborative as the challenges it faces.

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