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Controls without Systems are not Controls
Controls without systems are not controls, they are only processes. In many compliance domains meeting obligations is seen as a controls...


Shingo Model: 3 + 1 Insights to Achieve Organizational Excellence
With compliance in all of its manifestations (safety, security, sustainability, quality, environmental, regulatory, etc.) taking on a...


From Chairs to AI: Defining What Is Artificial Intelligence
“In our world," said Eustace, "a star is a huge ball of flaming gas." Even in your world, my son, that is not what a star is, but only...


Achieving Success in Compliance: Three Key Strategies
A common problem facing organizations in highly regulated, high-risk environments is how to properly govern their operations to ensure...


Top Challenges Facing Compliance Officers
An important role of compliance officers is keeping an organization operating between the lines and ahead of risk. It's unsurprising that...


Mastering Proactivity: A Guide to Achieving Your Goals
Proactivity is a powerful tool that can help you achieve your desired outcomes. Proactivity is more than a mindset or an attitude. It's...


Stopping AI from Lying
Recently, I asked Microsoft’s Copilot to describe "Lean Compliance." I knew that information about Lean Compliance used in current...


For Compliance to Change It Must Raise Its Standard
Compliance in many circles is viewed as a solved problem. Organizations declare their compliance by attestation, verified by internal...


Keep Humans In The Loop
When it comes to AI we must: Keep Humans In The Loop When there is a chance of harm, the decision to proceed is an ethical choice and can...


AI Risks Document-Centric Compliance
For domains where compliance is "document-centric" focused on procedural conformance the use of AI poses significant risk due to...


How to Make Things More Certain
Author's note: In the pursuit of improving anything, we need to explore the edge of our understanding. This is no different when it...


Is your compliance software hindering your effectiveness?
Technology is a pervasive force that significantly influences our lives in various ways, particularly with the widespread integration of...


Hacking Reactivity in Pursuit of Future Goals
Over the last several years I have written, along with others, concerning the need for compliance to be more proactive. This is set...


What Prevents Compliance From Failing?
Jame Clear, author of Atomic Habits, writes: “You do not rise to the level of your goals, You fall to the level of your systems” He is...


One Day or Day 1
Many organizations recognize that meeting all their obligations and staying ahead of risk requires adopting a holistic, proactive, and...


Operational Compliance
The cybernetics law of Inevitable Ethical Inadequacy is simply stated as, “If you don’t specify that you require a secure ethical system,...
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