According to Albert Einstein: Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. And yet, that is exac...

When discussing compliance you will quickly hear the word audit. In fact, for many, it means the same thing, the compliance function is s...

In recent years many in the compliance industry have observed a shift in regulation from prescriptive to performance and outcome-based de...

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 D...

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

To effectively meet compliance obligations, it is essential to differentiate regulatory and compliance demand according to their designs....

The purpose of a quality program is fundamentally to improve the quality of something. However, with today's focus on quality systems and...

Like other sectors, health care also requires innovation. Current models are based on a reactive and transactional approach to how health...

Harvard Business School's Michael E. Porter introduced the concept of a value chain in his book, "Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sus...

Companies often say that compliance is a "necessary evil." They feel that they are forced to comply with arbitrary rules that have little...

More companies are becoming aware that they are too reactive when it comes to compliance. In my previous blog, I discussed four misuses o...

Audits were first adopted by financial institutions to identify and prevent fraud. Their focus was to test the integrity of accounting pr...

"It is impossible to design a system so perfect that no one needs to be good." – T.S. Eliot Technology is advancing faster and further th...

Risk scores are commonly used to support risk-based decisions and are usually derived from a semi-quantitative analysis of the underlying...

Many companies are in the midst of adopting changes introduced by ISO 9001:2015. One of the most significant of these, is incorporating "...

Recent revisions to compliance standards and regulations have introduced changes to the way we think about and manage risk. You can look ...

Every company currently certified for ISO 9001 will need to re-certify against 9001:2015 by the end of 2018. This transition brings along...

In a world of competing and overlapping compliance demands, siloed departments, and numerous stakeholders the role of an architect is nee...

In a world that values specialists, individual workmanship and personal accountability the LEAN culture can seem foreign, threatening and...

The need to comply with regulations and standards is a necessary part of every business. In fact, companies need to comply with several r...