Integrated Strategy, Risk & Resilience (ISRR) Toolkit: Phase 4 Templates
Integrated Strategy, Risk & Resilience (ISRR) Toolkit: Phase 4 Templates Phase IV (Monitor, Review, Record and Report) contains specifications for an ISRR dashboard that combines strategy KPIs, risk and resilience metrics, integrated board and committee reporting templates, and an integrated reporting input template that links ISRR to value creation, preservation and erosion. It further includes……...
Enhanced Combined Assurance Framework for South African Organisations – Example Only
This framework provides South African organisations with a comprehensive approach to implementing combined assurance aligned with King V Principle 12. Combined assurance integrates all assurance activities across the three lines model (operational management, risk/compliance oversight, and internal audit) plus external providers, eliminating fragmentation that typically results in 15-25% inadequate risk coverage and 10-15% duplication. The framework comprises six core components: integrated architecture, assurance mapping methodology, governance mechanisms, integrated planning, consolidated reporting, and quality assurance. Implementation follows a phased 12-24 month roadmap across foundation, integration, operationalisation and maturity phases. Research shows organisations with structured implementation achieve 30-40% better coordination, identify emerging themes 40-50% faster, and reduce 20-30% planning overlap. The framework positions combined assurance as a strategic governance capability that enhances board effectiveness, optimises assurance resources, and strengthens stakeholder confidence in organisational integrity.
From Guidance to Action: Exploring Practical Enterprise Risk Management
COSO’s “From Guidance to Action: Exploring Practical Enterprise Risk Management” (2026) focuses on making ERM decision‑useful rather than compliance‑driven. It argues that strategy and risk are inseparable and that ERM should influence real choices, not just generate registers, heat maps and RCSAs. The paper introduces ten ERM operating disciplines, including linking strategy and risk, treating value creation as a required outcome, making risk appetite usable, managing risk as a portfolio, prioritising decisions over documentation, measuring value not activity, and embedding ERM into business rhythms. It emphasises lightweight, decision‑led practices: clear trade‑offs, ranges, triggers and ownership at key decision points. Through personas, case examples and a practitioner “translation guide”, it shows how organisations can apply the COSO ERM Framework under real constraints to provide clearer choices, earlier pivots, fewer surprises and stronger board confidence.
IRMSA Risk Report 2026/27 – UmphakathiVuka
Southern Africa is entering the 2026–2027 period with risk as a defining feature of how we govern, invest and lead, yet the IRMSA Risk Report argues that this moment is also rich with possibility. At the heart of this edition is UmphakathiVuka – Awakening the Forest – a people‑first mindset that positions organisations, sectors, communities and institutions as interconnected trees within a single living ecosystem. The Report shows how governance failures, economic fragility, infrastructure decline, inequality, climate stress, systemic crime, cyber vulnerability, water scarcity and energy insecurity have converged into an interconnected meta‑crisis that shapes every development choice. But it also frames each of the Top 10 Risks as an opportunity pathway, i.e. to rebuild a capable state, unlock inclusive growth, modernise critical infrastructure, invest in climate resilience and digital security, and restore social cohesion through ethical leadership and accountable governance. Through scenarios, sector and regional lenses, and a practical Call to Action grounded in King V and a 5W1H framework, the Report invites leaders to treat risk intelligence as a strategic asset and resilience as a collective national project. The future forest will be shaped less by the shocks we face than by the courage, foresight and collaboration we choose to exercise now.
Episode 1: IRMSA CEO, Yvonne Mothibi – Where Risk meets Reason
Our FIRST Podcast is LIVE! We’re beyond excited to launch this journey with two incredible voices: Dr. Hermie le Roux and Yvonne Mothibi! Get ready for inspiring conversations, fresh insights, and stories that will leave you motivated. Watch now on YouTube Remember to like , subscribe , share !… Registration Required Please select either Subscriber…...