#14 – KEY RISK QUESTIONS FOR ALL ISO REGISTERED COMPANIES – ISO 9001 (2015)@ RISK – GREG HUTCHINS

Greg Hutchins pixThis is huge.  More than 1,100,000 companies world wide will be impacted. But, a lot of questions exist.

The working draft of the ISO 9001 (2015) has been circulating.  It is a paradigm shift and will be a challenge for many registered companies.

As result of several CERM Risk Insights articles, we’ve been asked to address the risk challenges and opportunities in the transition with articles and videos (Vlogs) on Youtube.  We’ll be addressing our hard lessons learned as we moved from a 100% quality consultancy to a 100% risk consultancy.

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#13 – MUST KNOW RISK FACTS FOR QUALITY AND ALL PROFESSIONALS – GREG HUTCHINS

Greg Hutchins pixIn Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk, the author says the mastery of risk is the foundation of modern life and is what divides modern from ancient times.  By consciously or unconsciously calculating probabilities, quality professionals make intelligent decisions about business processes.[i]  First let’s look at a few definitions of risk. Continue reading

#12 – BS WITH COLLEGE – GET BADGED – DIY EDUCATION – MARGAUX/GREG HUTCHINS

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Bio:

Greg Hutchins PE and CERM (503.233.101 & GregH@QualityPlusEngineering.com)  is the founder of:

CERMAcademy.com
800Compete.com
QualityPlusEngineering.com

WorkingIt.com

He is the evangelist behind Future of Quality: Risk®.  He is currently working on the Future of Work and machine learning projects.

He is a frequent speaker and expert on Supply Chain Risk Management and cyber security.  His current books available on all platform are shown below:

#12 – RISK MANAGEMENT: TODAY’S QUALITY MANAGEMENT PARADIGM – GREG HUTCHINS

Greg Hutchins pixThe quality profession has been very successful over the last 15 years.  .  American Society of Quality (ASQ) surged in membership, national prominence, and public policy influence.  Quality and six sigma became synonymous with competitiveness and flawless execution.  More than 1,000,000 companies are registered to ISO 9001.

All of this success came at a significant cost and now begs the question: “What’s the role of a quality professional, when everyone is responsible for the quality of his or her efforts.  Today, there is much soul searching what it means to be a quality professional and even where quality management is going. Continue reading

#11 – VUCA’S IMPACT ON THE QUALITY PROFESSION – GREG HUTCHINS/ADINA SUCIU

Greg Hutchins pixAll companies, big and small, are becoming VUCA-sized.  What do we mean?  Black Swan events – high consequence and low likelihood events – should be relatively rare but seem to be arising more frequently, such as 100-year storms, volcanic eruptions, oil spills, economic meltdowns, and the list goes on.  One thing is crystal clear.  The challenges are eclipsing our managerial, technical, and operational capabilities to address today’s problems.   VUCA is impacting both organizations and people.

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