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Risk management has for many years focused mostly on identifying possible losses and working out those probabilities. As beneficial as...

Michael Porter was right. You need capabilities to create value which he outlined in his Value Chain Analysis (VCA) from which...

Are you simply complying to regulations or are you building a community of trust? In today’s climate there is much talk about group and...

In our previous blog post we considered the nature of environmental obligations from the perspective of their compliance approach and the...

Recently the province of Ontario experienced a thunderstorm leaving 10 dead and hundreds of thousands without power for several weeks....

An effective program results in changed outcomes. Therefore, for an environmental program to be effective it must perform in such a way...

Many of you will know how important it is to keep your promises. It's a measure of the worth of a person and of an organization. Striving...

– G.K. Chesterton. When I founded Lean Compliance in 2017 I was encouraged to write blog posts to help draw attention to our website....

Evaluating risk is important but handling risk is better. To meet obligations requires contending with threats as well as opportunities....

In a recent article I introduced Promise Theory and its application with respect to compliance. At a high level, Promise Theory puts...

Understanding compliance mindsets using set theory TLDR Those involved with compliance will eventually observe two different mindsets at...

The RACI model has been used to help manage projects successfully. Could it also be used to help manage obligations? In this blog post we...

Many organizations begin meeting compliance obligations using Compliance 1 practices. These are founded on basic capabilities that are...

Registration is now CLOSED Why is this training needed? Over the last decade regulators have started to modernize their programs to...

In this post we will look at the topic of compliance governance which is the act of steering to keep organizations between the lines and...

In response to the Grenfell Tower Fire, the UK government recently introduced new regulations and a new regulator to address shortcomings...

It is unlikely that organizations will be able to meet all their stakeholder obligations without the benefits of engineering. However,...

For those responsible for management systems you have most likely noticed the elevation of continuous improvement and specifically the...

The new year has begun for many in earnest with the year's goals and objectives on the forefront of our minds. How will we achieve these...

Promises might be your super power to help you meet all your obligations, Obligations and promises are tightly connected and hold...

Compliance management systems are used by organizations for the purpose of helping them first achieve and then maintain compliance which...

Many organizations implement their compliance systems in a phased approach by working through each element of a regulation or standard....

As we head into the holiday season, we find ourselves facing another wave of COVID-19 as the Omicron variant spreads across the country...

When it comes to implementing systems, or achieving anything of significant scope, size, or complexity we will at some point be advised...