Tag Archives: James Kline Ph.D.

#318 – PAUL GLADIEUX – FUTURE OF WORK – QUALITY – INTERVIEWED BY JAMES KLINE PH.D.

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Paul Gladieux has over 45 years of experience working in the quality profession. In 1991, he founded Global Quality Management Advisors (GQM Advisors). The group provides quality-related services focused on management system design, development, compliance, and certification in a wide range of sectors.  His clients in the energy sector include companies such as: NuScale Power LLC, BWX Technologies, Westinghouse Nuclear AP1000 Program, Terra Power LLC, Worley Energy | Chemicals, U.S. Department of Energy, Westinghouse Nuclear, Vigor Industrials LLC, and Alyeska Pipeline Service Company. Continue reading →

#314 – BOB LEONARD & DAVID ROSS: FUTURE OF WORK – SUSTAINABILITY – INTERVIEWED BY JAMES KLINE PH.D.

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Bob Leonard has a Bachelor of Science degree from Boston University and a Master of Science degree in Technology Marketing from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He has a Futures Foresight Scenario Planning certification from the Futures School and a Climate Risk Management certification from the Global Association of Risk Professionals. He is currently completing the Applied Foresight Activator program at the Futures School. Continue reading →

#314 – WORLD ECONOMIC 2021 FORUM GLOBAL RISK REPORT – JAMES KLINE PH.D.

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The World Economic Forum has conducted a Global Risk Survey since 2006. This is the fifteenth survey. The responses are from 650 members of the World Economic Forum. In the preface to the 2021 Global Risk Report it is noted that: “In 2006, the Global Risks Report sounded the alarm on pandemics and other health-related risks.” (1) With this context in mind, the 2021 risk analysis “centers on the risks and consequences of widening inequalities and societal fragmentation. In some cases, disparities in health outcomes, technology, or workforce opportunities are the direct result of the dynamics the pandemic created.” (2) Continue reading →

#312 – GREG CARROLL: FUTURE OF WORK – ERM – INTERVIEWED BY JAMES KLINE PH.D.

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Greg Carroll has a graduate degree in Operations Research from Swinburne University. He has a certificate in Machine Learning from Stanford University and in Data Science from the University of Michigan. He has over thirty years’ experience in Enterprise Risk Management. He has applied risk management techniques to IT and Artificial Intelligence systems in mission critical environments like the Department of Defense and Victorian Infectious Disease Reference Laboratories. Continue reading →

#309 – INSTITUTE OF INTERNAL AUDITORS PUSHES RISK BASED THINKING – JAMES KLINE PH.D.

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In 2019 Greg Hutchins and I co-authored an article (1) which showed how the finance, accounting and auditing professions are pushing the adoption of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) in the public sector. In a forthcoming article in Quality Digest, I examine the strengthens and weakness of the quality and audit and accounting professions relative to involvement in and promotion of ERM.  In this piece I am going to examine the 2020 Institute of Internal Auditors’ (IIA) update of their Three Lines Model and how it both promotes ERM and positions auditors to take a more active role in ERM implementation. Continue reading →