#415 – WHEN SHOULD YOU SELF-DISRUPT? – GREG HUTCHINS PE CERM

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When you make the decision to start something new, first figure out the jobs you want to do. Then position yourself to play where no one else is playing.
Whitney Johnson – Writer

When should you self-disrupt? There’s no easy answer. However, it’s about your personal risk appetite. Do you think you need to change or self-disrupt? Is the pain of self-disrupting less than the pain of staying the way or where you are? Self-disruption is difficult. Most of us want to take the path of least resistance (risk averse) and not change. Continue reading

#413 – WHAT’S THE MEANING OF YOUR LIFE? – GREG HUTCHINS PE CERM

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What have you and I been put on this Earth to do?
Steven Pressfield – Author and Historian

Clayton Christiansen, father of contemporary disruption, developed a Harvard Business School (HBS) course addressing the above question. The purpose of the course was to engage very bright people to reflect on their lives and disrupt it intentionally. He saw many successful people were horribly unhappy with divorces and substance abuse. Continue reading

#343 – ISO 9001 CONTEXT AND IN THE REAL WORLD, WHAT DO WE DO? – JOHN MASON

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A classic question for all CEOs and floor sweepers alike.  What the heck do we do and what do we want to do?  In big business there is visioning, missioning, goal setting, target measuring, market analysis, focus groups, policy and much much more, more and more.  In small business, we offer far more than we would like to do, but in order to make ends meet, we take on more and more until we finally burn out or are lucky enough to realise a cash flow that will enable us to niche or focus on what we do and what we want to do.  Continue reading

#224 – SCRM VUCA – GREG HUTCHINS

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Greg-Hutchins-150x150Just think of all the changes occurring in your organization. New regulations. Changing customers with new product preferences. New competitive product offerings. New technologies. New branding. New business platforms. New business models. Compressed lifecycles. Change is no longer gradual. Change is rapid and abrupt. Continue reading

#221 – RISK BASED PROBLEM SOLVING AND DECISION MAKING – GREG HUTCHINS

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0All organizations regardless if they are public or private, for profit or not for profit, large or small face uncertainty.  Uncertainty results in risks.  More organizations will face uncertainty in the design, implementation, and assurance of their Quality Management System (QMS), Environmental Management System (EMS), Information Security Management System (ISMS), and most ISO management systems.  The critical organizational challenge over the next decade is how organizations will address and treat the risks that result from the uncertainty.  ISO 31000:2018 was developed to address this growing uncertainty.   Continue reading