For many years the selection of audit professionals to audit technical areas, industrial categories, NACE codes, IAF codes, etc has relied on the logging of audits to codes and the review of work experience via resumes.
Whilst this process provides a qualification focus it does not standardize the knowledge or even base line technical competence. For those involved in the assessment and certification, management and coordination of auditor to audit, this is the holy grail. Continue reading
It seems that not a day goes by without our reading about someone getting caught in the processes of a system – aggreged not (necessarily) by nefarious intent, but by a process that didn’t take into consideration some set of circumstances. Sometimes, the angst endured is amplified by the subsequent processes initiated in a chain of events.
Take the situation of Dr. David Dao who, on April 9th 2017, was supposed to fly from Chicago to Louisville on United Flight 3411. Continue reading
Heightened Awareness or Reactive, Backwards Looking?
From financial crises to energy catastrophes to earthquakes and threats of terrorism, we hear a lot about events that challenge our ability to identify and manage risk. Unfortunately some of the things that emerge from many of these events are reactive regulatory rules and requirements.
What this means is that businesses and governments need to be even more vigilant in their prosecution of enterprise risk management initiatives. Private and Public Sector operations are complex and becoming more complex as more entrants to the global marketplace compete for fewer and fewer available resources at an ever quickening pace. Continue reading
Leadership is not a position or title within an organization. It is an attitude.
You’ve seen the internet meme’s about the difference between leadership and management. There is a difference and while not everyone is going to be in top management, everyone can (and should) be a leader.
As a reliability professional, you are conveniently looked to for leadership. You are expected to use your knowledge and skill to solve problems. To help teams solve problems. To improve the reliability performance of your system and across your industry. Continue reading
When starting out on the Compliance Management journey, understanding the alphabet soup of acronyms can be confusing. Here we try to explain the terms, what needs to be done, and need for compliance management software in the process.
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