The Institute of Internal Auditors held its global conference in Boston last week, bringing together more than 3,000 audit, risk and compliance executives to talk about all things related to the field. Good advice abounded, but the best insight I heard came (as it often does) in the form of a wisecrack more wise than the speaker may have understood.
The speaker was Rebecca Rhoads, CIO of Raytheon Corp. She was participating in a panel discussion about executive leadership and decision-making in the future, and off-handedly quipped, “I thank God I lived my teen-aged years in a time before they were discoverable.”
