#54 – ISO GUIDELINES ON RISK MANAGEMENT – UMBERTO TUNESI

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Umberto Tunesi pixReading  ISO Guide 73 (2009) Risk Management Vocabulary, ISO 31000 (2009) Risk Management – Principles and Guidelines and IEC / ISO 31010 (2009) Risk Assessment Techniques is quite an instructive exercise.

All are available on the ISO on-line store and though they aren’t very cheap, as any standard.  Unfortunately, they should preferably be free-of-charge to anybody working in the field.  However with ISO’s Risk Based thinking coming shortly, they’re worth their price.  Purchase them now and be prepared for risk management. Continue reading →

#54 – DESIGNING A QUALITY MANAGEMENT APPROACH FOR CYBERSECURITY – MARK BERNARD

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Mark BernardHow do you use quality management systems (QMS) thinking to design an information systems management system (ISMS)?  There are a lot similarities.  Read on:

IMHO it starts with two sets of security standards, (a) the manufacturer and (b) the organization. Continue reading →

#54 – 10 CSR RISKS THAT COULD KILL YOUR BRAND – KELLY EISENHARDT

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Kelly EisenhardtIn the world of business, companies are beginning to realize that sometimes building new products that we all love means finding faster and cheaper ways to bring them to us.

Often, that means sending design and production to different parts of the world and being far away from the corporate headquarters and factory floors, where a watchful eye can be kept. Continue reading →

#54 – RISK OF LOSING EMPLOYEES IN THE POST RECESSION – ELIZABETH LIONS

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Elizabeth Lions PixAs we cruise through post-recession there is one big concern on employer’s minds: employee retention.

Big companies and small companies are starting to see how the market has turned.  Statistically, Monster job boards reported that 82% of surveyed employees have updated their resumes this year and 59% said they are passively looking for another role.

While compensation is always a factor in retention, it isn’t the end all.  Most of the people I interview are looking for career advancement and flexible work hours.  Sometimes it’s just not practical to throw more money at employees and often that isn’t what’s bugging them anyway. Continue reading →

#54 – REPORT HIGHLIGHTS NEED TO ADDRESS ROOT CAUSE OF R&D – CINDY FAZZI

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Cindy FazziPharmaceutical and biotechnology companies need to address the root cause of their drug development inefficiencies.  Most companies focus their efforts on “enhanced clinical trial designs” that use biomarkers and adopt advanced statistical analyses, but they still need to hone their efforts at streamlining their drug development process, according to a recent report by the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development. Continue reading →