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Principles, Practices, & Insights


The Most Important Risk Control
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...
Raimund Laqua
2 min read


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...
Raimund Laqua
4 min read


Compliance Now Requires a Design
Safety performance is improved when organizations take a comprehensive and systemic view of their safety efforts. This requires different...
Raimund Laqua
3 min read


What is Management of Change
Change can be a significant source of risk. That is why compliance programs include a risk-based process for managing planned changes....
Raimund Laqua
8 min read


Are you Safe?
It is often when new recruits are hired that although they are trained on the new processes and procedures (which takes time) they will...
Raimund Laqua
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What Is Your MOC Maturity Index?
MOC Maturity Index Change can be (and often is) a significant source of new risk. As a result, many companies have implemented the basics...
Raimund Laqua
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Be Certain About Change
A critical process used in safety, quality, environment, and regulatory programs is the process that manages change. The reason for this...
Raimund Laqua
2 min read


How effective is your compliance program at buying down risk?
Compliance is fundamentally about reducing stakeholder risk: risk to quality, risk to safety, risk to the environment, and ultimately...
Raimund Laqua
2 min read


Managing Risks caused by Cost Reductions
Cost reduction programs while sometimes necessary all too often end up removing value and expose companies to unnecessary risk. Deferring...
Raimund Laqua
2 min read


Risk-Based CAPA?
Many companies are in the midst of adopting changes introduced by ISO 9001:2015. One of the most significant of these, is incorporating...
Raimund Laqua
3 min read


Managing Risk During Lean Improvements
LEAN approaches have been used across many industries for decades with great success. However, there are some industries were using LEAN...
Raimund Laqua
3 min read


What Benefit Does MOC Technology Provide?
Many organizations are required to have a Management of Change (MOC) procedure to manage risks introduced by planned changes to assets,...
Raimund Laqua
2 min read


Using LEAN 5M+E to Discover Probable Causes
A simple yet powerful way to discover causes to process problems is using the LEAN 5M+E (or 6M Six Sigma) analysis technique. This...
Raimund Laqua
2 min read


What Do We Mean By Risk?
Effectively managing risk is essential to every business. To achieve this, companies will typically have several programs to address...
Raimund Laqua
2 min read


Overlooked Benefits of an Effective Management of Change Program
Management of Change (MOC) is part of every effective process and pipeline safety program. Its purpose is to manage risk introduced by...
Raimund Laqua
2 min read


Engineering Lean Enablers - 7 Sources of Waste
Process and pipeline safety programs that manage change will include steps where engineering is required. To various degrees, these...
Raimund Laqua
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The Differences Between Managing Organizational and Asset Changes
Regulated organizations in the process and energy sectors must have a management of change (MOC) process to cover process safety related...
Raimund Laqua
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Does Compliance Hinder Innovation?
Innovation is necessary for growth and often requires that risks are taken. However, a common sentiment is that compliance is getting in...
Raimund Laqua
3 min read


How to Manage Risk during Organizational Changes
Safety regulations and guidelines across North America call out for the need to manage risk due to organizational changes. Ensuring that...
Raimund Laqua
2 min read
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