#42 – ISO 9001:2015 AUDITABILITY – GREG HUTCHINS

Greg Hutchins pixI’m working on ISO 9001:2015 FAQ Book, which is part of our Future of Quality: Risk® series of books.

Our conclusion is that the new ISO revision is going to be a shocker to many companies, consultants, and certification bodies.  So, let’s look at some of the critical questions perplexing the larger certification bodies about the ISO 9001:2015 auditability. Continue reading

#41 – HOW TO MAKE SMARTER DECISIONS – GREG HUTCHINS

Greg Hutchins pixDid we get it all wrong?  Wow!  This could break our business model.  Let me explain:

We developed Certified Enterprise Risk Manager® and all of our risk IP based on a simple fact.  We live in VUCA time (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity).  We based our business business model on providing:

#41 – CYBER SECURITY IS NOW JOB #1 – NIST CYBER SECURITY FRAMEWORK – GREG HUTCHINS

Thirty years ago Ford Motor Company had a tag line in all its advertising:

Quality is Job #1!

Great tagline.  Now we believe that everyone’s new tagline is:

Cyber Security is Job #1!

Greg Hutchins pixThe US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has just finalized its much expected cyber security risk management framework.

President Obama directed NIST to develop a risk management   framework to secure infrastructure vital to the US and for that matter’s any country’s critical infrastructure such as banking, electrical power grid, water, and transportation. Continue reading

#37 – ISO 9001:2015 NEW TAG LINE: ‘RISK BASED THINKING’ – GREG HUTCHINS

Greg Hutchins pixISO tackles ISO 9001 (2015) risk with a new tag line:

‘Risk based thinking.’

Not bad!  The new ISO 9001 tag line is similar to ours.  Q+E CERM tagline is Risk Based Problem Solving and Risk Based Decision Making.

ISO is coming to terms with risk and quality.  ISO recognizes that all ISO 9001 stakeholders are NOT ready for risk.  Many countries voted down the Committee Draft, while two-thirds or so approved it. Hence, ‘risk based thinking.’ Continue reading

CERM Risk Insights #34

Hello Readers:

This year, 2013, was huge for risk and risk management.  ISO is adopting risk in most of its standards.  This is occurring with most national standards.  Global events such as comets, global warming, natural disasters, and political events are increasing in complexity and ferocity.  VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity) is the new normal.
Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) is evolving into a discipline.  Organizations and associations are adopting ERM and are even rebranding themselves as ERM organizations.  ERM is being incorporated into statute, rules, standards and guidelines in more than 23 sectors. Continue reading