Many organizations, associations, and standards are going through disruptive change and innovation. We believe this is occurring in quality and even ISO 9001:2015.
So, what is disruptive innovation? Wikipedia defines ‘disruptive innovation’ as: Continue reading
Whoever of my generation remembers The Bee Gees’ Words song cannot but quiver with pleasurable memories or else.
Having introduced the issue, I intend to develop it further, in crossword puzzles: yes, the game that we all know and that we either love or hate. Continue reading
INTRODUCTION
I was supposed to be in Boston presenting at “The Disaster Conferences” 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
In a previous posting (#51, posted on June 13, 2014), I discussed product reliability, reliability engineering, and reliability management. But this Holy Trinity of reliability does not operate in a vacuum. To create a sustainable reliability program within an organization requires an understanding of its culture as well as its structure. Continue reading
We live in a world of fast continual change. Are you able to accept these changes and use them to improve your life? How about your family’s life? How about your organization at work?
What is a PARADIGM? It is a pattern. Examples include driving to work the same way each day. Making toast, taking a shower, brushing your teeth and other processes the same over and over again. There is an excellent video on Paradigms titled, “THE BUSINESS OF PARADIGMS” by Joel Arthur Barker. I suggest that you obtain a copy and view it several times. Show it to your family and employees as it will make them challenge all that they do and look for ways to improve on the tasks that they do every day. Be sure to tell them to discuss their change ideas with you before they actually go forward as this could cause major problems and Risks. Let’s look at a few new paradigms. Continue reading