#160 – HOW PLAYING WITH JIGSAW PUZZLES CAN HELP REDUCE THE RISK OF DEMENTIA – KEITH RIDGEWAY

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Keith ImageWhat did Albert Einstein, Ludwig von Beethoven, Leonardo da Vinci, Marie Curie and George Washington Carver all have in common? They were all extraordinarily tapped into the imaginative and visual power of the right brain.  Playing with jigsaw puzzles daily will tap into the right brain and will could help reduce the risk of dementia. Continue reading

#144 – ARE YOU PLAYING ASSET ROULETTE? – KEITH RIDGEWAY

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Keith ImageDid you know on average around 30% of all organisations do not know what they own, where their assets are located or who is using them; and over 65% of information recorded on asset registers is incomplete, inaccurate or even missing.   What’s more concerning is a number of these assets may not be statutory compliant e.g passenger/good/DDA lifts, fire, gas, pressure asset etc.

How effective is your asset management system and how accurate is your asset register; To find out please answers below the following questions  Continue reading

#143 – ARE YOU BEING MISLEAD OR CONNED? – KEITH RIDGEWAY

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Keith ImageSome weeks ago I wrote an article on all AB (accreditation  bodies) and CB ( certification Bodies) should join up with institutes  to  ensure hard working companies do not get conned by using  ISO management standard consultants  claiming to be experts  and non- UKAS approved certifying companies.

I recently was asked by two companies to carry out independent 2nd party  audits. Continue reading

#142 – ARE YOU A SYSTEMS CONTROLLED AND/OR PEOPLE CONTROLLED ORGANIZATION? – KEITH RIDGEWAY

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Keith ImageAre you a (Systems Controlled & People Driven) or a (People Controlled and People Driven) organisation?

Every day we hear of organisations failure to prevent accidents, environmental incidents, non-conformities, product recalls and at worst a child, adult or an animal was killed. Continue reading

#138 – MITIGATE RISK BY DETERMINING CRITICAL DATUM – KEITH RIDGEWAY

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Keith ImageEvery day we are exposed to all types of hazards, but what really makes these hazards become risks.

For the past 30 years, I’ve been involved in one way or another, investigating the root causes of failure modes be it a system, process, person, plant or product.   During this time I’ve applied different problem-solving tools like “FMEA, 8D, 5Whys, FEA’s, DMAIC etc” in order to find the true root cause of this failure mode.   Only to get frustrated, thinking I had found the root cause, only 3 months later a new failure mode would come to the surface. Continue reading