#72 – LOOKING FOR A CAREER TRANSITION: CONSIDER QUALITY MANAGEMENT – GREG PECKFORD

Greg Peckford - Bio PicHave you ever felt you could accomplish more in your career, or long for a change in direction or to explore a new field? Maybe you’ve felt frustration because you lack the knowledge or skills to excel in a corporate environment or manage a team of professionals?

All of the above scenarios are possible without interfering with your current position, or starting from scratch and spending four plus years and thousands of dollars obtaining a new university degree or college diploma. Continue reading

#70 – WHAT EBOLA IS TEACHING US ABOUT HARD TRENDS – DANIEL BURRUS

BurrusDan_040Deadly and infectious viruses, such as Ebola, are an inevitable and unavoidable fact of nature. In other words, they are examples of a Hard Trend. Whether it is the current Ebola outbreak, or future outbreaks of infectious diseases that have to be cured, they demand new innovations in order to combat them. Continue reading

#70 – ADVENTURES IN NEGLECT – TEAM BUILDING – MALCOLM PEART

Malcom Peart pixNegligence is conduct that falls below the standard of behaviour for the protection of others against unreasonable risk of harm.  From a risk management perspective if one neglects to do something, and allows that something to happen, then risks have been ignored and there has been negligence. Continue reading

#69 – BEYOND PDCA – CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT BEST PRACTICE – GREG CARROLL

GregCarrollEveryone is very familiar with the Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle that is the basis of today’s Good Management Practice.  So what is the difference between Good Management Practice and Best Practice?

ISO, the International Organization for Stadardization, has a comprehensive set of guidelines covering a broad range of good management practices, all of which include a component on Continuous Improvement. Continue reading