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Failure of Assurance Systems
When it comes to meeting obligations the assurance function needs to provide more than just a feeling of confidence. It must provide a...
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Compliance Programs and Systems
What do quality, safety, security, sustainability, environmental, regulatory and ethics programs have in common? All these programs have...
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When The Internet Is The Hazard
We have come along way since the early days of the internet when the world was your oyster and the only risk was the risk of not going...
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A Credible Program Needs A Credible Plan
Complying with regulatory acts is not optional and ignorance of the law is not a defence. A credible compliance program will help...
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Certainty and Compliance
Risk management has for many years focused mostly on identifying possible losses and working out those probabilities. As beneficial as...
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Value Protection - Margin and Compliance
The outcome of the value chain is of course value as seen through the eyes of the customer or more broadly – stakeholders. The value...
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Building a Community of Trust
Are you simply complying to regulations or are you building a community of trust? In today’s climate there is much talk about group and...
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The Nature of Environmental Obligations - Part 2
In our previous blog post we considered the nature of environmental obligations from the perspective of their compliance approach and the...
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The Nature of Environmental Obligations
Recently the province of Ontario experienced a thunderstorm leaving 10 dead and hundreds of thousands without power for several weeks....
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The Environmental Golden Thread
An effective program results in changed outcomes. Therefore, for an environmental program to be effective it must perform in such a way...
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The Heartbeat of Compliance: Keeping Promises
Many of you will know how important it is to keep your promises. It's a measure of the worth of a person and of an organization. Striving...
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If A Thing Is Worth Doing, It Is Worth Doing Badly
– G.K. Chesterton. When I founded Lean Compliance in 2017 I was encouraged to write blog posts to help draw attention to our website....
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Applying DOE Risk Handling Strategies to Obligations
Evaluating risk is important but handling risk is better. To meet obligations requires contending with threats as well as opportunities....
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Considering Promises As Assets
In a recent article I introduced Promise Theory and its application with respect to compliance. At a high level, Promise Theory puts...
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Bounded-set Versus Centred-set Compliance
Understanding compliance mindsets using set theory TLDR Those involved with compliance will eventually observe two different mindsets at...
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Use RAM to Improve Compliance
The RACI model has been used to help manage projects successfully. Could it also be used to help manage obligations? In this blog post we...
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Compliance 1 and 2
Many organizations begin meeting compliance obligations using Compliance 1 practices. These are founded on basic capabilities that are...
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Micro Learning Series - 2022
Registration is now CLOSED Why is this training needed? Over the last decade regulators have started to modernize their programs to...
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How To Steer Towards Greater Effectiveness
In this post we will look at the topic of compliance governance which is the act of steering to keep organizations between the lines and...
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Digital Threads: The Future of Compliance
In response to the Grenfell Tower Fire, the UK government recently introduced new regulations and a new regulator to address shortcomings...
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Why You Need Compliance Engineers
It is unlikely that organizations will be able to meet all their stakeholder obligations without the benefits of engineering. However,...
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Management PDCA - Hero or Zero?
For those responsible for management systems you have most likely noticed the elevation of continuous improvement and specifically the...
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How Do You Fight Uncertainty?
The new year has begun for many in earnest with the year's goals and objectives on the forefront of our minds. How will we achieve these...
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Should Compliance Manage Obligations or Promises?
Promises might be your super power to help you meet all your obligations, Obligations and promises are tightly connected and hold...
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