Risk management. It’s a hot topic right now. There are 1.3 billion (that’s 1,330,000,000) entries on risk management that appear in a simple Google search. Risk can …read more
7 tips for choosing the Right Consultant
As I sit here watching the British Conservatives announce their next leader, I got to thinking, how do you know you are choosing the right person for …read more
5 tips for negotiations
Summer time is now officially ended in Australia. Over the summer, I had some time to reflect on what summer means. For me, it means holidays, sun, sand, …read more
Your Guide to Reading Standards and Finding Loop Holes
The laboratory shall, if relevant, to the extent necessary, maintain records of competence to read standards. Understood? Deciphering these kinds of phrases in standards is not easy. Learning …read more
Solving the NATA Accreditation maze with a little help from your friends
Finally achieving “the holy grail” of NATA accreditation might be your resolution for 2018. Problem is, you don’t know where to start. You might have even started down …read more
ISO 17025:2017 transitions made easy
ISO 17025:2017. You can see it looming ahead of you. You vaguely know that there’s some change you have to grapple with. Or you might have already …read more
Preparing for your NATA audit: Tips to help you show off how good you are
When you have done hundreds of NATA audits, you get to know what the issues are that get laboratories stuck. One question a NATA auditor asks is, what …read more
Designing your Lab to be Future-Ready!
In my work, I come across lots of laboratories wanting to improve the space in which they work. Let’s face it, improvement is not just about documents! …read more
3 more ways to make your management system work for you
In my last article, I talked about how you can take steps to simplify your management system. But as a true systems expert, I like to deal with …read more
3 easy steps to making your management system work for you
Many organisations have a quality (or environment, or safety) management system. If you’re in one of these organisations, then I bet you’ve sometimes felt like the “system” rules …read more