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Risk Planning is Not Optional
What I have observed after reviewing risk management programs across diverse industries that include oil & gas, pipeline, medical device,...


Process Safety Management for the Digital Factory
With the increases in the number and severity of security breaches, digital factories could benefit from risk-based process safety management to protect against unexpected releases of private data, information, and insights. Process Safety is a combination of engineering and management skills focused on preventing catastrophic accidents, particularly explosions, fires, and toxic releases, associated with the use of chemicals and petroleum products. Process safety practices ha


Why you will never have an effective compliance program
Over the years I have observed that there is one reason that stands above all others as to why compliance programs fail and why they are...


Voluntary Information Sharing
Many of us participate in consumer platforms that collect and use data to improve their products, operations, and ultimately profits....


Safety Is Changing – Are You Ready?
Safety is changing and with it regulations, standards, and strategies. This is particularly the case in the area of people or worker...


Why all the fuss about nothing?
Non-conformance is not a thing, in fact it is actually nothing. Non-conformance is defined by what it is not (negation) against the...


How to Transform Culture
Culture is difficult to define and hard to measure, but without the right one a company cannot succeed. A common definition for culture...


LEAN - Lost in Translation
There are times when leadership sets their gaze on operations in order to better delight their customers, increase margins, or improve operational excellence. This gaze for many companies has translated into a journey of continuous improvement – the playground for LEAN. All across the world companies have embraced LEAN principles and practices in almost every business sector. In many cases, LEAN initiatives have produced remarkable results and for some created a new “way of o


How Structures Create Cultures
Professor Andrew Hopkins shares his insights on how organizational structure, communication, and habitual practices advance safety...


What is Management of Change
Change can be a significant source of risk. That is why compliance programs include a risk-based process for managing planned changes....


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


Governance, Risk and Compliance
GRC is an acronym for: governance, risk, and compliance which originated from the management consulting world to describe processes...


Four Corners of the Obligation Map
4 types of obligations 4 compliance functions 4 purposes 4 measures


Compliance Needs to Operate as a Business
Compliance creates value by building trust when obligations are met and protects against the erosion of value when they are not. To...


Compliance versus Obligation Risks
When it comes to performance-based compliance you need to manage both compliance and obligation risk. Compliance risk are the effects of...


Holes in the System
It is only by anticipating, planning, and acting that prevents risks from becoming a reality.
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