Regulatory compliance is the minimum standard, not the goal. Genuine good governance means understanding emerging, financial, and operational risk well enough to lead through it. Ovida measures how your leaders handle these governance conversations, reviews them against regulatory requirements and your own standards, and lets them rehearse high-stakes discussions before they happen. The outcome is consistently applied oversight and support, not just compliance on paper, driving sustainable long-term performance.
Survey data shows that people are not inclined to speak up when observing processes not being followed and controls worked around. As a result non compliance is often discovered late or when it is an embedded practice.
of employees observed misconduct, the highest the survey has recorded
of those who did report it experienced retaliation for doing so
countries surveyed, so this is not one market or one culture
Sources: Ethics & Compliance Initiative, Global Business Ethics Survey 2023 (findings summarized by NAVEX)
The policy is clear and the understanding confirmed. So why is it that policy and procedure isn't always followed? Ovida’s role plays identifies the exact points where the conversation and communication goes wrong.
Ovida allows the user to understand, in a cost effective way, how the process, associated risks and controls are their responsibility not that of another department.
Ovida allows every individual to be reached and the organisation to understand if the right conversations and culture is being achieved.
Ovida supports organisations improve risk and compliance outcomes.
Work with Ovida to define communication criteria informed by your policies and relevant frameworks. Use the feedback to support training and professional review. A conversation score does not certify regulatory compliance.
Obligation mapping
Both are ordinary. Both are the moment the control either holds or quietly does not.
A risk manager flags a control breach to a business unit lead who is under pressure to hit quarter-end targets.
Does the leader listen, or minimize it?
Ovida measures how that conversation plays out, benchmarks it against your risk appetite statement and desired risk behaviors. Leaders can then rehearse holding the line, so risk culture shows up in how people actually respond rather than only in a survey.
Under the Financial Accountability Regime, an accountable person has to show the regulator they took reasonable steps. Showing that an incident happened is not enough.
Can they evidence the steps, or only the outcome?
Ovida measures how they raised the issue with their team, reviews it against your accountability obligations and escalation benchmarks. They can then rehearse the conversation before it is needed. The result is a measurable record of practice, improvement and better outcomes.
Ovida helps drive risk understanding and ownership into the front line where it belongs. Always available and measurable conversations with your risk coach for all.
Audit-ready rather than audit-anxiousOvida provides a scalable risk uplift solution for organizations with team and budget constraints. Ovida brings the conversation to life for front line users.
Measured at the scale you operate atThe same obligations scored the same way over time, so you can show a regulator that conduct improved rather than that training was delivered.
Longitudinal proof, not an attestationAn attendance register and multiple choice test shows training was held but not that it was understood and embedded.
Role play scenarios with Ovida, test your understanding of what is expected, get immediate feedback and rerun the situation.
Map your obligations and controls to risks and processes. Let Ovida test and support the application and understanding of what is required.
Ovida provides strong assurance to Boards and regulators that the conversations on the ground reflect the required conduct and understanding for a strong culture.
What Ovida measures, how the scoring is checked, what happens to your data, and the questions people ask about governance, risk & compliance.
Read the FAQsOther places conversations carry consequence
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