An Actually Useful Management Review

After a four-month silence, might as well come back with a zombie-themed episode. This time around we take a look at the power of Daily Management, proper alignment, and risk management. Lessons learned from watching bad zombie movies all weekend. Thanks for listening!

This week, we're talking about my personal favorite ISO clause, Competence! The cornerstone of the system and a requirement that helps reduce waste in all sorts of ways, but it can be quite a bear to tackle. Thanks for listening! We're on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/@ColoradoQualitySystemsWe're working on a bunch of simple software to make your systems easier to work with. Reach out to [email protected] for more information! The email address I keep stammering over in the podcast is [email protected]'ve also launched a whole Project Management Toolkit! No subscription, just getting work done. COQMS.com for more. Thanks again!

"What are the Quality Objectives for the organization?" If you've ever asked that question and been met with a "oh quality tries to keep scrap down," response, this episode is for you. This episode, we're discussing what Quality is in an organization. Not just inspection, not just audits, but what Quality means from the moment a customer requirement is received to the moment customer satisfaction can be measured. Check out the updated website http://www.coqms.com for new tools to make your processes a little easier.

Two TV bosses model Quality System leadership better than any others. Michael Scott. Ted Lasso. This week let's chat about the importance of leadership presence for quality results by examining two of the best in show biz.

Let's chat about continual improvement as a behavior. Standards require it, customers expect it, organizations need it, but how does it become less about BIG BOLD CHANGE and more about small changes that have a big impact and bring a team more into the system? Thanks for listening!Check out coqms.com for a link a free QC/QA tool database to help your system get up and running and conduct some analysis!

What would I do with a million dollars? I tell you what I'd do... rebuild a QMS at Initech that could have assured better results and kept Peter, Samir, and Michael engaged and not plotting fraud. I love this movie. Office Space is a great way to examine the worst possible outcome of a system that promotes compliance over continual improvement and more! Thanks for listening!

New year, new objectives! This week, let's talk about basic objectives and how, when written and executed well, your whole organization can improve. Send feedback along to [email protected] and visit us at COQMS.com!Thanks for listening!

The template episode was bad. How do we prevent that from happening again in the future? Through an 8D exercise! It can be funny when the root cause of a problem can be squarely pinned on one person. It's... interesting to be that one person. Thanks for listening!

How do you get the most effective QMS for your business? Make it match your business. This week, we discuss figuring out how to discover the current state, getting people engaged with the QMS, and avoiding templates. But come on over to COQMS.com for some free templates... Thanks for listening!

The management review meeting is a fantastic tool to build leadership engagement, conduct honest assessments of the current state of the organization, and build a culture people want to participate with day after day. Why do they suck so much?This episode, let's talk pitfalls of the meeting format and how to build a meeting that people want to take part in. Thanks for listening!