Are You Neglecting Your Compliance Boundary?
When it comes to compliance there is a boundary that exists between what is inside an organization and what is outside. This compliance...
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Blog Posts
- Jun 11, 2020
- 2 min
Two Kinds of Compliance Resiliency
Compliance resiliency is important for organizations to maintain compliance in response to changes to business or business climate. For...
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- May 25, 2020
- 5 min
The Problem with Assessments
Assessments are the fuel that power both step-wise and continuous improvement engines and this is no different when it comes to risk &...
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- May 12, 2020
- 1 min
Compliance Needs A New Mindset
After years under the tutelage of prescriptive rules and audits it is no wonder that the question of what and how to improve compliance...
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- May 5, 2020
- 1 min
Management Previews
When it comes to management-based standards and regulations they almost all include a requirement for Management Review. The purpose of a...
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- May 2, 2020
- 6 min
Outcome-based Specifications
The focus on value-based outcomes has become a dominant approach in the health care sector over the last few decades. It has also made...
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- Apr 30, 2020
- 2 min
Agile Compliance
Organizations of all shapes and sizes utilize systems to ensure that the right work gets done at the right time in the right way. In fact...
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- Apr 23, 2020
- 3 min
Better Compliance Done a Better Way
According to Albert Einstein: Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. And yet, that is...
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- Apr 22, 2020
- 4 min
Are You Auditing What Really Matters?
Audits have been used for many years to confirm the integrity of financial statements and that proper accounting procedures have been...
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- Apr 21, 2020
- 4 min
Problem-solving in Highly-regulated, High-risk Industries
The practice of continuous improvement is gaining traction within an across all industries. It goes by different names such as:...
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- Apr 14, 2020
- 1 min
Pro-activity is the Key to Addressing Risk
To meet all your obligations at the speed of risk you must be proactive which is characterized by focusing more on: Forward Planning over...
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- Apr 2, 2020
- 3 min
The Proactive Certainty Challenge
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- Mar 26, 2020
- 1 min
The Four Cornerstones of Resilience
Erik Hollnagel writes in the book Resilience Engineering (2009) that companies are resilient if they are: able to adjust their...
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- Mar 16, 2020
- 1 min
Gratitude
I was thinking this morning about all the ways that life is able to go on even in the midst and you might say in spite of the corona...
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- Mar 14, 2020
- 1 min
A Hidden and Untapped Reserve
One of the ways we contend with uncertainty is by having reserves. These are additional resources that can be made available to address a...
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- Mar 11, 2020
- 4 min
Maintaining Safe Operations
As COVID-19 continues to spread across the world so do the impacts on personnel as well as operational safety. There are a number of...
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- Mar 11, 2020
- 1 min
Where to Start Being Proactive
In a previous webinar I was asked this question with respect to compliance: Question: What would be the one area of an organization to...
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- Mar 2, 2020
- 1 min
Risk-based SIPOC
Everything happens in the presence of uncertainty so make sure your process plan is a risk-adjusted plan. #riskmanagement
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- Feb 20, 2020
- 3 min
Seeking the Wrong Goal
When it comes to systems the goals we choose greatly affect the outcomes that are obtained. This is particularly true when it comes to...
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- Feb 12, 2020
- 1 min
The Risk and Compliance Problem
The risk and compliance problem: Companies are too reactive. Prescriptive policies, standards and regulations do not adequately protect...
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- Jan 30, 2020
- 3 min
The Dilution of Compliance
Dilution can be defined as "the process or action of making something less strong or valuable." Over the years I have experienced this...
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- Jan 26, 2020
- 2 min
A Measure of Integrity
Organizations and individuals make promises to meet obligations of all kinds. These might be in the form of duties, commitments,...
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- Jan 16, 2020
- 1 min
System Improvement Requires Non-linear Thinking and Actions
Many companies apply linear thinking and steps when attempting to improve their risk and compliance systems. As a result they never reach...
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- Jan 16, 2020
- 4 min
Towards a Systems KAIZEN
LEAN uses the Japanese word KAIZEN (change for the better) to communicate its intent with respect to continuous improvement. KAIZEN is a...
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