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Disruption, innovation and strategic quality
Dave Smith, Chair, CQI Council, reflects on the CQI’s 2025 Council meeting. Bringing together elected CQI members and external stakeholders, the Council discussed the impact of global disruption, the role of quality in innovation and the challenges of positioning quality management as a strategic force for organisations and economies.

Bridging quality management and Lean construction principles
Lean construction specialist and civil engineer Reynald Miasis examines how quality management and Lean construction principles align to reduce waste and improve quality.

A sustainable and circular view of production
Christopher Chinapoo CQP FCQI, a committee member of the CQI’s Deming special interest group, examines how Deming’s System of Profound Knowledge provides a lens that is critical when designing for sustainable production.

Organisational factors reducing quality standards
Associate auditor S Sowrirajan, Accountable Manager at Lakshmi Machine Works in India, examines the factors that can have an impact on quality standards in an organisation.

Embracing disruption: the future of quality in a competitive, sustainable world
Spotlighting our Quality Live 2025 theme, dreamers and disruptors, Susan Samaroo CQP MCQI shares perspectives on harnessing the disruptive power of quality and the critical need for sustainability and quality integration.

Thinking differently: mitigating quality compromises
To kick-start our World Quality Week 2025 blog series, Chief Executive Vince Desmond offers perspectives on the importance of thinking differently and innovatively to deliver the value of quality management.


Take a risk to mitigate climate change
Could a structured risk assessment help organisations achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals while mitigating climate change, asks Zoi Kontodimou, Chair of the CQI’s Sustainability special interest group.

Getting fired up about quality
Chief Executive Vince Desmond discusses critical success factors, from quality skills to advocating for quality management, that must be included in the UK government's industrial strategy.

Influencing standards for the benefit of quality
As part of a series shining a spotlight on some of the many volunteer roles at the CQI, Kate Armitage CQP MCQI discusses her role as a member of the CQI Standards Coordination Committee.