#66 – USE CREATIVITY TO BREATHE NEW LIFE INTO YOUR PRODUCTS – DANIEL BURRUS

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Many of us work in organizations that have been around for many decades.  For example, IBM – a popular employer – is over 100 years old.

Older organizations are great, but they often have a corporate culture that has not changed much over the years.  In addition, their traditional products and services continue to sell well, but the margins are much lower and there is much more competition.  Some people blame stagnation and lower profits on age—that only new and hip things sell these days. Continue reading

#65 – MANAGING 21ST CENTURY ORGANIZATIONS – THE IRM

irm-logoIt quickly became apparent during our work that the environments analysed and the risk management problems they present, display many of the characteristics of complex systems. A complex system, like the weather, is one where even if you know everything there is to know about the system it is not sufficient to predict precisely what will happen, although it is possible to discern a range of outcomes. When simple systems are put under stress they can start displaying many of the attributes of complex systems. Continue reading

#64 – ARE THE FEDS MANDATING ERM? YES. – GREG HUTCHINS

Greg Hutchins pixOffice of Management and Budget (OMB) is requiring US agencies and departments to manage risks at the enterprise level.

Why?

Ebola?  Wars?  Shootings?  Civil unrest?  Global warming?  Droughts?  You name it.  The unexpected is happening – all to often.  The unexpected has become the expected.  Not only in the US – but the world over in government and the private sector. Continue reading

#61 – SALMONELLA IS NOT THE ONLY PROBLEM! – BILL WALKER

I recall a sign over the employee’s entrance door for a company that read, “QUALITY STARTS HERE.”  How about the door that upper management enters every day?

The salmonella news we are hearing about and reading about is for the peanut butter salmonella scare that happened in 2008-09.   There was also a chicken salmonella issue this year.  Go to Voice Search on your cell phone and ask about “Salmonella in peanut butter” and Salmonella in “chicken  Salmonella” and you will be surprised about all the food products that have Salmonella and the very small, if any Federal Inspections that happen. Continue reading