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Essentials for a safe on-site audit
Sharjeel Farooq, IRCA Principal Auditor, and Director of Advanced Certifications Pvt Limited in Pakistan, shares his experience and advice on how to hold a safe on-site audit during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Serious skills shortage in quality management: Act now
For some time now, quality leaders have been worried about the growing skills deficit in our profession. So when the CQI and our corporate partners got together at a recent event, everyone agreed on the need for action.

ISO/IEC TS 27022:2021 – Information technology – Guidance on information security management system processes
Richard Green, CQP FCQI, Managing Director of Kingsford Consultancy Services, UK, outlines the newest guidance on information security implementation and operation.

Bouncing forward in the wheel of life: how to face disruption and create balance
Eva Provedel, Leadership Coach and Trainer at Go Mind in Motion Limited, and author of two recent books on resilience, explains the importance of a positive mindset and balance on quality of life.

Applying Appreciative Inquiry in ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems Auditing
Jessen Yeoh, CQP, MCQI, IRCA QMS/EMS/OHS Principal Auditor, Principal Advisor, P Excel Advisory Pty Ltd, explains the benefits of the Appreciative Inquiry approach in auditing.

The High Level Structure is dead. Long life to the Harmonised Approach?
Horacio Martirena, a CQI technical assessor, IRCA Lead Auditor and Independent Consultant in management systems, outlines the development of the Harmonised Approach and the issues it addresses, and what it needs to resolve.

Innovation, standards and the battle for global competitiveness
The UK Quality Infrastructure (UKQI) - an alliance of four institutions which oversees standardisation, testing, measurement, certification and accreditation in the UK, has stepped up its response to Industry 4.0. Why?

Preventing infectious disease hazards with ISO 45006
Richard Green provides an overview of the draft version of ISO 45006. The new Occupational health and safety management standard, that will provide organisations with guidelines for preventing and managing infectious disease hazards.

Resilience at the heart of the nation’s defence
Lisa Taylor, CQP MCQI, Corporate Quality Manager at Dstl, explains how the organisation's resilience planning meant it was able to pivot quickly to remote working and continue to support government and its existing customers in the UK’s response to Covid-19.

CQI Sponsored Standards Regime review
At the end of 2020, the CQI and IRCA undertook a review of sponsored standards activity.