Strytex - GRC (governance risk and compliance) business processes

October 1, 2019

Operational GRC: Naming a dangerous, many headed beast

Operational GRC is often overlooked but it is just as important as financial GRC and potentially carries more risk. Operational GRC is accountable to a wide range of local and national regulators, making compliance complicated and challenging. There is no standardised position or team within an organisation to oversee operational GRC and take ownership of […]

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October 4, 2018

Compliance administration is a three legged stool and if it breaks, it can destroy your business

After decades of working with our clients to improve compliance administration, we’ve realised compliance administration is a three legged stool. Everybody hates it; no-one wants to own it and you need all three legs and the seat for it to work…….and if it’s broken or when it breaks, it can be a very painful experience, […]

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February 28, 2018

Compliance rules: Tips on where to find them.

I’ve had a few people contact me about my articles Two easy steps to begin to take control of your red tape The next 5 steps to take back control of your red tape asking I’m responsible for reporting on compliance and I’m not comfortable we are tracking everything we should be. What should we […]

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July 17, 2017

Maintenance schedules and regulations need to go the way of the dinosaur

Because of IoT, many maintenance schedules will soon go the way of the dinosaur. So what happens to the thousands of national and international standards and regulations that define maintenance schedules? The inevitable rise of Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) Up front costs for CBM have been seen as too expensive but the explosion of IoT […]

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May 16, 2017

A Decison Tree for SWMS, JSAs and SWPs

Last week I wrote an article “Can we please get SWMS, JSAs, SWPs etc under control?” Rather than just griping, I’ve put together a decision tree that may provide some help for when to use a SWMS (Safe Work Method Statement) and when to use a JSA (Job Safety Analysis) or a SWP (Safe Work […]

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May 10, 2017

Can we please get SWMS, JSAs, SWPs etc under control?

I’ve just stumbled across a couple of websites selling template Safe Work Method Statements (SWMS) for activities like carpet cleaning, hand tools etc. and it is driving me crazy. In Australia, SWMS are only required for certain categories of High Risk Construction work (HRCW). If the task is not one of a defined list of […]

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February 8, 2017

A great tip to reduce risk of the unknown – True Negative statements

“False positives” are bad but “True negatives” can remove a lot of guesswork One of our clients recently ran an audit for Hazardous Materials Report for all their managed properties and they discovered a number of buildings have no Hazardous Materials report. They now have to try to work out if these buildings are missing […]

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January 30, 2017

The cost of company director’s ignorance – Practical tips to assess your exposure

Interesting article in The Age this morning. “The cost of small business company directors’ ignorance. You may be risking your entire wealth if you’re a company director for a friend or family member.” Directors can be held personally liable for breaches of duties as a director and under legislation relating to workplace health and safety […]

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January 25, 2017

The next 5 steps to take back control of your red tape

Trying to work out the compliance rules often looks like a dark and forbidding forest that no one wants to enter. This article will help make it look less scary. The earlier article provided the first two easy steps to breaking the flood of paperwork into more manageable wavelets. This article provides a framework to […]

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January 17, 2017

Two easy steps to begin to take control of your red tape

Red tape creates a flood of paperwork and it just keeps on knocking you down because these documents keep on expiring and need to be kept up to date. This article gives you the first two steps to get your head above water. The next article gives you 4 easy steps to keep your head […]

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