-Today She(at)work goes wise and introspective! I talk to one of my oldest friends (meaning early 1990s!), Laura Compte, who has been an internal auditor and controller for the best part of two decades.

Age 40ish is a good time to reflect on your professional choices...

I guess many of us often go back to the days in which we were studying, cringe at our innocence and celebrate the good old days… Less often, we are brave enough to take a step further and reflect on the rudimentary tools we had at the time to face the adult world. It is humbling to realise how complex it has been to navigate this human jungle.

This podcast is precisely about that! We start with auditing and control as professional fields, we see what the job entails technically and then we move the more subtle aspects of social and emotional intelligence. We’ll find that we must be ready for a shift due to IA and big data, that we must also rely on a lot of qualitative work (visiting branches and talking to people on the ground) and that being selfless and able to manage conflict is essential to a good a job.

Thank you very much Laura for your time! I am sure this chat will be of help to those working in this field!