Last night I made the mistake of attending a local IT Forum meeting. In addition to the usual cliché ridden talk of establishing a “silicon valley” locally, perceptions and strategies were 20 year out of date and based on requiring government lead. Bureaucracy driven innovation, now that’ll work! Needless to say I left early. That got me thinking about the problem with our field of Governance, Risk and Compliance. Why, with the number of fertile minds that exist in our field, is it still a case of an irresistible force meeting an immovable object. The paradox I believe, like our would-be entrepreneurs above, is one of approach. Continue reading →