I was in a conversation recently when a colleague used an acronym I had not heard before: FOFO. It stands for “fear of finding out.” He was describing the culture in his organization. Sadly, many internal auditors can relate. They, too, work in environments where leaders prefer not to acknowledge “inconvenient truths.” What is a FOFO Culture? I have long subscribed to the definition of culture as “how things are done around here.” In a FOFO culture, leaders avoid information that ...
