The project is in progress and, no matter what stage it is at, the project management team and all other stakeholders will see it from different perspectives. Management is called upon to face reality rather than rely on their forecast of what should be happening or what should have happened.
But when the going gets tough, and the tough get going, others may well have left physically or metaphorically by ‘keeping their head down’ and ‘going with the flow’. Continue reading
As technology continues to impact our lives, workers at every level in today’s ever-changing labor market need to be prepared with skills to adapt and succeed in the workplace.
The problem is, we live in an uncertain world, and because of the high levels of uncertainty we all face, people of all ages and career levels are finding it difficult to know what new skills to learn, what courses to take, and what degrees to get that will provide them with the most opportunity going forward. Uncertainty keeps us stuck in the present. Continue reading
Process audits are highly focused, but their effective techniques are not always understood. Because there is no sanctioned process audit standard, anyone can claim to be doing process audits. Also, the use of process auditing techniques such as tracing is not limited to process audits or process-based management systems. Continue reading
Disrupting ISO 9001:2015
There have been many articles in the past few weeks that provided information about disruption and its effect on the transition that many companies must make to ISO 9001:2015. This must be all wrapped up by September 15, 2018. A recent article in ASQ’s Quality Progress magazine[i] is adding fuel to the fire. Let’s take a look at the recently-released ISO 9004:2018. Continue reading
XONITEK-US and XONITEK-UK recently hosted an Operational Excellence Summit in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. If you have ever been to Amsterdam, you will know there are distinct cultural differences which are quite obvious if you are from New York – even from a pre-Giuliani New York. Continue reading