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Compliance Principles, Practices, & Insights


Compliance is Probabilistic
In my three decades as a compliance engineer, I've watched our profession's obsession with check-boxes undermine effective risk...
Raimund Laqua
2 min read


Why Ethics Makes AI Innovation Better
Ethics in AI is fundamentally an alignment problem between technological capabilities and human values. While discussions often focus on...
Raimund Laqua
2 min read


Engineering Responsibility: A Practitioner's Guide to Meaningful AI Oversight
As a compliance engineer, I've watched AI transform from research curiosity to world-changing technology. What began as exciting progress...
Raimund Laqua
3 min read


Transforming Business Through AI: Key Insights
The business world is changing fast as companies adopt AI technology. At a recent conference that I attended, experts shared valuable...
Raimund Laqua
6 min read


When Rules Are Meant to Be Broken: Tackling Deliberate Non-Compliance
Every organization faces an uncomfortable reality that few discuss openly: some people deliberately circumvent established standards &...
Raimund Laqua
3 min read


Organizational Silos, Root Causes, and the Promise of GRC
A fundamental root cause of organizational dysfunction can be traced to Taylorism and scientific management approaches to organizational...
Raimund Laqua
4 min read


Operational Compliance - Update
The following diagram is a vertical orientation of our Operational Compliance Model updated to better emphasize how bridging the gap...
Raimund Laqua
2 min read


Lean Compliance - A Lamppost in an Uncertain World
After three decades in engineering and compliance, I took a leap of faith to address a critical gap I kept seeing in our industry. Eight...
Raimund Laqua
4 min read


Business Intelligence: Are We Asking the Right Question?
During our Elevate Compliance huddle this week, we explored how to transform data into compliance intelligence. Everyone agrees...
Raimund Laqua
1 min read


Where Does Compliance Belong
Organizations today grapple with numerous compliance requirements: safety, security, sustainability, privacy, quality, environmental,...
Raimund Laqua
2 min read


The Trinity of Trust: Monitoring, Observability, and Explainability in Modern Systems
In today's compliance landscape, organizations face mounting pressure to build reliable systems while meeting an expanding array of...
Raimund Laqua
3 min read


Why Your GRC Efforts Are Failing
When it comes to designing systems, a common mistake is confusing essential properties with essential parts. This fundamental error...
Raimund Laqua
2 min read


AI Risk in High-Consequence Industries: 5 Critical Challenges
The rush to implement artificial intelligence across highly-regulated sectors presents an urgent safety challenge that many organizations...
Raimund Laqua
2 min read


The Easter Egg Hidden in Plain Sight: How We Elevate GRC
Like all great Easter egg hunts, sometimes the most valuable treasures aren’t lost—they’re simply hidden where few think to look. Easter...
Raimund Laqua
2 min read


Why Engineering Matters to AI
As organizations rush to adopt artificial intelligence, one common mistake is treating AI systems like just another IT solution. After...
Raimund Laqua
3 min read


Artificial Intelligence Doesn't Care, You Must!
Artificial intelligence feels no remorse when it discriminates, no concern when it violates privacy, and no accountability when its...
Raimund Laqua
1 min read


Remove Roadblocks Not Guardrails
Are you doing Value Stream Mapping (VSM) wrong? Are you doing Value Stream Mapping wrong? Value Stream Mapping is a powerful tool for...
Raimund Laqua
2 min read


The Cost of AI
Is the collateral damage from AI worth it, and who should decide? When it comes to AI, we appear to be “hell-bent“ towards developing...
Raimund Laqua
2 min read


Risk-based Thinking: A Strategic Approach
Risk-based thinking is a mindset (perception, personas, perspective) to proactively improve the certainty of achieving an outcome...
Raimund Laqua
1 min read


Is Lean Compliance the Same as GRC?
While Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) in IT typically focuses on certified management systems like ISO 27001, SOC 2, and PCI...
Raimund Laqua
1 min read


Engineering Through AI Uncertainty
As artificial intelligence continues to advance, AI engineers face a practical challenge – how to build trustworthy systems when working...
Raimund Laqua
3 min read


The Emergence of AI Engineering
The Emergence of AI Engineering - Can You Hear the Music? In a compelling presentation to the ASQ chapter / KinLin Business school in...
Raimund Laqua
9 min read


Fighting the AI Dragon of Uncertainty
There are those who think that AI is only software. After all, we can reduce AI to a basic Turing machine, digital ones and zeros. There...
Raimund Laqua
2 min read


When did Professional Engineering Become an Obstacle to Innovation?
The Future of Professional Engineering Over the years, I’ve seen a decline in professional engineering, and no more so than in the domain...
Raimund Laqua
2 min read
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