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Pro-activity can be applied at any level within an organization. However, it is primarily the role of management programs achieved by...

Assessments are the fuel that power both step-wise and continuous improvement engines and this is no different when it comes to risk &...

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...

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...

When it comes to contending with risk it is important to have an understanding of the nature of uncertainty – the root cause of risk....

When it comes to systems the goals we choose greatly affect the outcomes that are obtained. This is particularly true when it comes to...

The risk and compliance problem: Companies are too reactive. Prescriptive policies, standards and regulations do not adequately protect...

Dilution can be defined as "the process or action of making something less strong or valuable." Over the years I have experienced this...

Safety performance is improved when organizations take a comprehensive and systemic view of their safety efforts. This requires different...

Many companies run out of time, money, and motivation before results are achieved and outcomes are improved. This is often the case when...

Many companies apply linear thinking and steps when attempting to improve their risk and compliance systems. As a result they never reach...

LEAN uses the Japanese word KAIZEN (change for the better) to communicate its intent with respect to continuous improvement. KAIZEN is a...

Are your systems operational and capable to meet all your performance and outcome-based obligations this year? Companies that take...

Are your risk and compliance controls capable to keep you between lines? The purpose of risk and compliance is to keep companies...

Does your approach to planning adequately address performance and outcome-based obligations?

The causality model chosen to describe a system often leads to specific methods and tools to address uncertainty and risk. This may...

In recent years many in the compliance industry have observed a shift in regulation from prescriptive to performance and outcome-based designs. What we are seeing is only the beginning of a trickle down effect emerging from regulatory reform over the last few decades across regulatory jurisdictions and across the world. During this time an increasing number of regulatory bodies have started to modernized the function of regulation, its processes and practices, and how regulat

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

System dynamics (SD) according to the System Dynamics Society is a computer aided approach to policy analysis and design. It applies ...

Decision makers today are often faced with making decisions that cross multiple dimensions and where uncertainty and risk are present....

The administration problem is primarily that of reducing uncertainty within the organizational system (Organizational Strategy,...

Machines, organizations, and communities include and are themselves part of systems. Systems Thinking Russell L. Ackoff, a pioneer in...

If your company uses an organizational chart it was most likely designed based on the factory model created by Fredrick Taylor who...

When it comes to playing games where the goal is to have fun “Best Effort” is often applauded and even celebrated. We often hear...