Introduction
I was supposed to be in Boston presenting at “The Disaster Conferences” a few years ago on 28 January 2015. Well, the weather just put us out to 19 March 2015 for the now, rescheduled Boston conference. I guess that they are still feeling the effects of this week’s blizzard, now named “Juno”; that left Boston with over 24 inches of snow. Continue reading
It’s taken a long time—but the time has finally come. The release of my book, “State of Readiness”, has arrived.
My project officially started almost two and a half years ago. That was the day I formally sat down and decided to write a book. But it’s beginning can be traced to an article I wrote in 2012 entitled, “The Operational Excellence Manifesto”. It was one of the more significant articles I had written and was the result of a considerable amount of listening, learning, and experiencing. Continue reading
I recently got a question from one of my clients regarding risks associated with non-compliance in Emergency Department concerning two patient identifiers. The risk identified by my client is not uncommon among many healthcare organizations and falls under operational and compliance risk management. In order to comply with the required organizational practices (ROPs), we first need to have a closer look at it. Continue reading
Introduction:
Previously I have introduced Supply Chain Risk Management in 5 Questions (link here). The aim here is to highlight elements of supply chain Risk, Reliability, Resilience and Futureproofing
What does Supply Chain Reliability & Resilience mean?
Supply Chain Reliability is where your supplier or service provider can repeatedly satisfy your purchase requirements. Resilience in very basic terms is how quickly your business can respond to and recover situations or issues (Risks) to the last good part, state, or improved condition, that otherwise could have a real or potential impact on your business operations Continue reading
The intentions of your words of leadership may be hijacked by their impact. Words like I, Me, We and their synonyms can bring people together, drive people with purpose and passion; or they can divide people and demotivate. Knowing the context of these words and how they impact, can define your leadership. Continue reading