COSO released a new thought paper in October, authored by representatives from Deloitte, titled Risk Assessment in Practice. [Download the paper here.]
This could be a game changer for ERM assessments. The thought paper [that] “provides the latest thinking on risk assessment approaches and techniques that have emerged as the most useful and sustainable for decision-making.”
I’ve been a quality professional for years. I’ve written some of the best selling books on quality. But, over the last 10 years, I’ve noticed that quality professionals are as a engandered species of professionals.
Well remember the quality guru’s that said; “Everyone is responsible for quality.” Well they were prescient. What is the job of the quality professional, when everyone is responsible for quality? Good question. They may be endangered based on the following data points: Continue reading
This is the era of the Moose Lodge associations. If you’ve attended a medical, engineering, quality, or some other association professional meeting or conference lately, what was the median age of folks?
So, what’s a Moose Lodge. If you’re old enough, you’ll remember the Lodges – Elks, Masons, and even Moose. These fraternal lodges were key in our nation’s history. Many of the founders of the United States were Masons. The lodges did a lot of good. They were service organizations in the best sense of the word. They provided support to soldiers coming back from war. They were the social net and social glue in many communities. Continue reading
Quality + Engineering (Q+E), our firm, is a risk engineering firm. OK. Let’s use our formal description of services. We provide Critical Infrastructure Protection: Forensics, Assurance, Analytics(R) engineering services.
When we started the company, there were only a few folks who knew, understood, or even cared about what we do. But, what a difference a ten years make. Now, risk management and more specifically risk engineering is all the rage. Continue reading
From what I’ve seen and heard this week on the coverage of Supreme Court on Obamacare, the essence of the 2012 elections can be summed up in 4 words:
“Who pays – Who gets” Continue reading