How to align operational objectives with organizational values
When it comes to operations an important goal is to achieve and maintain consistency of work. Standardized work is essential for the...
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Measuring Compliance Effectiveness
Establishing and maintaining compliance is an objective of many organizations. However, many do not measure the effectiveness of their...
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Developing an Environmental Golden Thread - Part 1 (Using a DSM)
In this blog post we walk through the approach developed by Marissa Kephart in collaboration with Lean Compliance to define a golden...
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How to perform Gemba Walks for the Information Factory
LEAN teaches that it is important to go to the Gemba – the scene of the crime, so to speak, before we decide on what to change. This is...
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Operational Rings of Power
To achieve ESG along with other compliance outcomes in the presence of uncertainty, organizations need the help of three rings: 🔸 Ring...
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Not All Rocks Are Obstacles
“Not all those who wander are lost” - Gandalf, LOTR We cannot always know what a thing is without first knowing how it relates to our...
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A Problem with Compliance Standards
When we adopt a standard we find that it inevitably judges what we are currently doing. That is what good standards do. They are a...
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Culture Eats Tools For Breakfast
We have all heard that culture eats strategy for breakfast (Peter Drucker). What we may not have heard is that the same holds true when...
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How To Strengthen Your Ability To Drive Compliance Improvements
In this post we consider a question that we are often asked: "How do we strengthen our ability to drive compliance improvements in our...
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Which Problem Should Compliance Be Solving?
The question that compliance should be asking is not how do we move from spreadsheets to automation but rather how do achieve better...
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A Cure For Compliance Blindness
When life is uncertain we are blind to what may lie ahead. As a result we are more likely to bump into things, fall in a hole, or any...
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The Trouble With Zero
Over the years I have heard many voice their concerns about using zero as a goal or target. This voice seems loudest in the safety...
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Which Organizations Do Compliance Better?
In this blog post we look at answers from two representative companies to the question: What is the status of your compliance? Both...
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Management Systems - Concept of Operations (CONOPS)
To contend with compliance, operational, and technical uncertainty, organizations often adopt management systems standards such as ISO...
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The Key To Making Risk-based Compliance Decisions
When it comes to making compliance decisions many organizations will consider the cost and what they can afford. This will include...
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Is Compliance Asking The Right Question?
Instead of in or out the question should be how close and which direction are we heading. Organizations are periodically asked to attest...
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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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