The argument about “Hard skills vs soft skills” and which one is more important or more necessary is as old as “Are great leaders born or developed”. Both sides have compiled convincing arguments, but throughout the thirty plus years, I’ve been serving personal and professional leaders, I’ve come to realize…
Over the past years, we have been warned from numerous studies about potential job displacement due to ‘automation’ – namely the combination of robotics, artificial intelligence, and other technologies. Even though there is a great challenge in applying machines to tasks that require flexibility, judgment and common sense, the technological…
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With over two hundred diseases spread through the food chain, it’s clear that safe, sustainable food production is one of our greatest challenges. Globalization of the food trade further complicates food safety and the new edition of ISO 22000 on food safety management systems presents a timely response. Food safety…
Books are real treasures of knowledge which spur imagination, ideas, and innovation. Do you ever wonder why buying someone a book is always a great gift? Because it is a valued and long-lasting gift! Reading enables individuals to create new perspectives and concepts from those outside of their daily routines…
Every day, thousands of lives are lost due to work accidents or fatal diseases linked to work activities. These are deaths that could and should have been prevented, and must be in the future. ISO 45001 aims to help organizations do just that. Here, Kristian Glaesel and Charles Corrie tell…
How many times have you heard the phrase “There’s an app for that.”? The truth is that there is an app for almost everything and in one way or another; these apps are making our everyday lives easier. In the near future, apps are expected to become a regular and essential…
This article is a result of the efforts of the Supply Chain and Business Continuity Working Group of Club de la Continuité d’Activité (www.clubpca.eu), an association of risk management and business continuity professionals established in 2007. In 2015, 500 risk managers and experts from 40 countries participated in the Top…
The Answer Starts With You! You are a role model to someone. The expression “tone at the top” is true. The example leaders demonstrate is often believed to be a requirement employees must follow. No matter what is written in policy handbooks or said aloud, the traits leaders demonstrate, others…
Facebook’s privacy issues have been at the forefront of public discussion over how the political data firm Cambridge Analytica gained access to personal information of approximately 87 million Facebook users worldwide (initially reported 50 million). Facebook has come under intense scrutiny, and the outcry over data privacy has been so…
