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Like other sectors, health care also requires innovation. Current models are based on a reactive and transactional approach to how health...

The documented organization is at best a rough facsimile for the actual organization. There is always a gap between what is expressed in...

Compliance is often organized into isolated functions that are separate from the production management structure. However, we know that...

Compliance is much more than checking boxes and addressing non-conformance when it is discovered. It is about experiencing the benefits...

When we think about compliance we should also think about the goals we want to achieve. An important distinction we can make is between...

Harvard Business School's Michael E. Porter introduced the concept of a value chain in his book, " Competitive Advantage: Creating and...

It is common nowadays to come across articles that claim that robots and AI will take over people's jobs. Some might even argue that this...

Companies often consider compliance as a "necessary evil" rather than a "necessary good." They sometimes feel they are forced to comply...

It is easy to be sympathetic with those developing digital technologies that are frustrated with the relatively slow adoption of digital...

Collecting evidence is an important aspect in providing assurance of compliance. This evidence often comes in the form of data and plenty...

The answer is yes and you have been for some time. Nudging is broadly used today in many domains including governments to addresses...

Someone once asked the question, "why do cars have brakes?" The answer given was, "so they can go fast!" What brakes do for cars is what...

The Hoshin Kanri method is a popular LEAN approach used to align strategy with outcomes. It uses what is called an X-Matrix that...

"Pipeline process management includes determination of needs throughout the pipeline life-cycle, provision of sufficient human and...

More companies are becoming aware that they are too reactive when it comes to compliance. In my previous blog, I discussed four misuses...

Audits were first adopted by financial institutions to identify and prevent fraud. Their focus was to test the integrity of accounting...