Shaping Your Compliance Future
Pro-activity can be applied at any level within an organization. However, it is primarily the role of management programs achieved by...
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Blog Posts
- 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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- 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 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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- Jan 4, 2020
- 1 min
Proactive Planning
Does your approach to planning adequately address performance and outcome-based obligations?
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- Jan 2, 2020
- 2 min
Risk-based Continuous Improvement
Does your improvement process properly contend with uncertainty and risk? Continuous improvement in the form of Deming's wheel...
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- Dec 12, 2019
- 4 min
Rasmussen's Risk Management Framework
At a fundamental level compliance programs protect the value stream from threats that hinder the creation of value. Each program...
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- Aug 26, 2019
- 1 min
Risk Planning is Not Optional
What I have observed after reviewing risk management programs across diverse industries that include oil & gas, pipeline, medical device,...
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- Apr 13, 2019
- 2 min
Compliance Excellence - A Road Less Traveled
There are many places in business where performance is critical and the drive to excel pushes organizations beyond their current limits...
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- Feb 19, 2019
- 3 min
Two Steps Forward Three Steps Back
I have spent most of my career building information and management systems in support of engineering, compliance, and mission critical...
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- Feb 4, 2019
- 2 min
Problems Are Our Friends
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...
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- Jan 28, 2019
- 1 min
Where to add Proactive Processes
"Proactivity is a process that can be applied to any set of actions through anticipating, planning, and striving to have an impact." ...
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- Jan 20, 2019
- 5 min
Lord of the Risks – The Two Towers: Productivity and Compliance
Those who have been following me might be aware of my presentations on demystifying risk entitled, Lord of The Risks – Defeating the...
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- Oct 18, 2018
- 4 min
Why we need Compliance Excellence
Continuous Improvement (CI) is an essential part of operational excellence to increase the performance of operational processes used in...
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- Oct 4, 2018
- 2 min
If Opportunity Doesn't Knock, Build a Door
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...
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- Aug 24, 2018
- 1 min
Compliance Management Office (CMO) - The office of YES not NO
The role of compliance should be to help organizations ensure that outcomes are achieved through proper governance and the management of...
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- Aug 17, 2018
- 1 min
Why is focusing on non-conformance missing the point?
Focusing on non-conformance is the first level of compliance. This involves meeting the prescriptive part of a regulation or industry...
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- Jun 18, 2018
- 1 min
Continuous Improvement Objectives
Companies of all sizes need: Processes to repeatedly execute steps in the creation of value Systems to ensure the consistent following of...
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- Apr 23, 2018
- 4 min
Proactive GRC
GRC is an acronym used to describe three functions: governance, risk, and compliance. The use of GRC originated from the management...
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- Apr 3, 2018
- 3 min
Bow Ties are Cool and Effective
There might be some who read my posts who are also Doctor Who fans and get the reference to bow ties being cool. However, even if you...
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- Mar 28, 2018
- 2 min
Moving Beyond the Conformance Zone
One of the challenges companies face when addressing compliance is its dynamic nature – compliance is never at rest. Even when you decide...
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- Feb 19, 2018
- 2 min
Compliance – The Road Less Traveled
Compliance can either be a "necessary evil" or a "necessary good". The path you choose will determine: whether you are reactive or...
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