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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...
Raimund Laqua
6 min read


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...
Raimund Laqua
2 min read


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...
Raimund Laqua
3 min read


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...
Raimund Laqua
4 min read


Risk Based process Safety During Disruptive Times
The Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) recently published a monograph that provides insights for managing Process Safety during ...
Raimund Laqua
1 min read


Total Safety Management
Many companies will be familiar with the terms Total Quality Management (TQM), or Total Production System (TPS). They began initially to...
Raimund Laqua
3 min read


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 contributes to keeping the value chain safe from various risk including: quality risk, occupational safety risk, security risk, and so on. These programs are socio-technical in nature in that they recognize the interaction between people and technology often across multiple levels of organization. Rasmussen's Risk Management Framework (also known as
Raimund Laqua
4 min read


Process Safety Management for the Digital Factory
With the increases in the number and severity of security breaches, digital factories could benefit from risk-based process safety...
Raimund Laqua
1 min read


How Structures Create Cultures
Professor Andrew Hopkins shares his insights on how organizational structure, communication, and habitual practices advance safety...
Raimund Laqua
1 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


The Two Towers of Safety: Be Safe, Act Safe
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...
Raimund Laqua
3 min read


Regulatory Compliance Not Enough
In a recent decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal they stated that the general duty clause in the Occupational Health and Safety Act,...
Raimund Laqua
2 min read


Tyrannical Compliance
Companies often consider compliance as a "necessary evil" rather than a "necessary good." They sometimes feel they are forced to comply...
Raimund Laqua
4 min read


API RP 1173 – Taking Ownership of Your Obligations
"Pipeline process management includes determination of needs throughout the pipeline life-cycle, provision of sufficient human and...
Raimund Laqua
4 min read


Four Misuses of Audits
Audits were first adopted by financial institutions to identify and prevent fraud. Their focus was to test the integrity of accounting...
Raimund Laqua
4 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


How To Conduct Scoping Interviews to Manage Personnel Changes
Changes to safety-critical positions in regulated industries must follow a process to manage risks associated with transitioning a new...
Raimund Laqua
4 min read


Critical Defeats - Managing the Last Line of Defense
Process safety refers to a systematic approach within industries to prevent and mitigate the occurrence of hazardous incidents and...
Raimund Laqua
3 min read


To Maintain Safety it is Necessary to Properly Transition Safety-Critical Roles
Keeping people, processes, and the environment safe during facility changes is important to most companies and is a central part of every...
Raimund Laqua
2 min read


Can Research into AI Safety Help Improve Overall Safety?
The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to drive autonomous automobiles otherwise known as "self-driving cars" has in recent months...
Raimund Laqua
3 min read


Where is the latest Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)?
Using up to date procedures and safe work practices is essential for maintaining safety of your workforce. Document management systems...
Raimund Laqua
2 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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