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Assurance is not an activity that compliance does or something that can be inspected into a business. It is an outcome that is created when stakeholders have confidence that an organization is meeting all its obligations today and will continue to be meet them in the future. This confidence is necessary for assurance and ultimately for trust to exist. Assurance is an OUTCOME not an ACTIVITY That's why confidence levels are an important measure of success for all risk & compli

Change can be and often is a significant source of risk for organizations. That's why managing risk resulting from change is one of the...

When it comes to compliance there is a boundary that exists between what is inside an organization and what is outside. This compliance...

Pro-activity can be applied at any level within an organization. However, it is primarily the role of management programs achieved by...

Companies need effective risk & compliance systems to ensure they stay between the lines during normal operations and even more so during...

Adopting a Safety Management System (SMS) has typically required significant resources, large teams, and expensive technologies and...

System dynamics (SD) according to the System Dynamics Society is a computer aided approach to policy analysis and design. It applies ...

Many of us participate in consumer platforms that collect and use data to improve their products, operations, and ultimately profits....

Culture is difficult to define and hard to measure, but without the right one a company cannot succeed. A common definition for culture...

There are times when leadership sets their gaze on operations in order to better delight their customers, increase margins, or improve operational excellence. This gaze for many companies has translated into a journey of continuous improvement – the playground for LEAN. All across the world companies have embraced LEAN principles and practices in almost every business sector. In many cases, LEAN initiatives have produced remarkable results and for some created a new “way of o

Change can be a significant source of risk. That is why compliance programs include a risk-based process for managing planned changes....

When it comes to playing games where the goal is to have fun “Best Effort” is often applauded and even celebrated. We often hear...

GRC is an acronym for: governance, risk, and compliance which originated from the management consulting world to describe processes...

It is only by anticipating, planning, and acting that prevents risks from becoming a reality.

API RP 1173 provides a framework for companies to evaluate their safety systems and processes to more effectively buy down risk and...

I have spent most of my career building information and management systems in support of engineering, compliance, and mission critical...

Minimal Viable Compliance / Performance Outcomes are the effects of capabilities which means that if you want to advance your outcomes...

In a recent decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal they stated that the general duty clause in the Occupational Health and Safety Act,...

Continuous Improvement (CI) is an essential part of operational excellence to increase the performance of operational processes used in...

"Compliance, in many ways, is about doing the right thing at the right time in the right way. Collecting evidentiary material is an...

The goal of a compliance program is to improve the level of compliance of an organization. This differs from the goal of a compliance...

Focusing on non-conformance is the first level of compliance. This involves meeting the prescriptive part of a regulation or industry...

A compass helps you to stay on course as you head towards your destination provided the world is flat. However, a compass can never...

This is the perfect time of year to evaluate your compliance programs and make adjustments so that you achieve your objectives. However,...