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Do we now have a burning platform with respect to reactive compliance? On May 16 2018, a report was published following a review led by...

When it comes to safety there are two schools of thought. The oldest one is focused on behavior and its by-line is, "Act Safe." This is...

Back when I was in high school I had a teacher that would always say, "problems are our friend." At the time I didn't get it, probably...

In response to increasing and often overlapping requirements from standards and regulatory bodies, many companies are looking to...

"Proactivity is a process that can be applied to any set of actions through anticipating, planning, and striving to have an impact." ​...

Those who have been following me might be aware of my presentations on demystifying risk entitled, Lord of The Risks – Defeating the...

Rule # 2 - Take Ownership of All Your Obligations Being proactive with your compliance begins with taking ownership of all your...

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

Increasingly, we have observed that regulatory and standards bodies are expecting companies to use capability maturity models to improve...

Every business operates in the presence of uncertainty. This uncertainty creates the opportunity for risk. Compliance programs buy down...

Obligations come from many sources that include: regulations, standards, policies, mission and value statements, programs, processes, and...

Almost all compliance initiatives depend on management systems to ensure obligations are met. This applies to safety, quality,...

Turtle diagrams are often used to document processes in support of ISO standards and guidelines. However, they tend not to include...

To help you achieve your outcomes we are offering a free copy of our Bow-Tie Analysis PowerPoint template. Our template incorporates...

Ethical and proactive organizations are those that invest in improving their compliance performance and see it as an advantage in...

There is never enough time, knowledge, or resources to contend with all the risks that a company faces. Therefore, they must choose which...

Every plan, business, or endeavour happens in the presence of uncertainty. That is why your value chain needs to operate between the...

If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door – Milton Berle There is ample evidence that employees do not just wait for life to happen to...

Balanced scorecards help companies track performance. In today's marketplace characterized by digital disruption you need to make sure...

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

It is often when new recruits are hired that although they are trained on the new processes and procedures (which takes time) they will...

The role of compliance should be to help organizations ensure that outcomes are achieved through proper governance and the management of...

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

As systems improve we expect that the certainty of meeting objectives increases. Instead, what often happens is that systems become more...