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Richard Brett

Learnings from a long auditing career: Advice for the next generation

Published: 28 Nov 2022

Richard Brett CQP MCQI, Vice Chair of the Audit SIG, recently retired after a long career with GSK, which included almost 20 years working as an auditor. Here, he reviews how auditing practice has changed, and what he learned during his career, and offers some advice for the next generation of auditors.

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World Quality Week 2022 highlights

Published: 25 Nov 2022

World Quality Week 2022 commenced on 7 November. For the second consecutive year, we dedicated a week to focussing on quality’s intrinsic role in doing the right thing the first time, and ensuring that we act with conscience at all times. 

Course code
PT220
Course code
Duration

Minimum of 14 hours

Category Auditing
Level Practitioner
Scheme(s)
Information security

ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Internal Auditor (Information Security Management Systems)

This course aims to provide learners with the knowledge and skills required to perform an internal audit of part of an information security management system based on ISO/IEC 27001 (or equivalent) and report on the effective implementation and maintenance of the management system in accordance with ISO 19011. 

Doing the right thing: Whatever happened to the business process?

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Vince Desmond, the CQI’s CEO, looks at the importance of considering the difference between cost cutting and chasing efficiencies, and how leaders can create a core system so that their organisations can do it right, do it better, and do it right first time.

Building a sustainability conscience

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To celebrate World Quality Week 2022, Chair of the CQI’s Sustainability Special Interest Group, Zoi Kontodimou, discusses the concept of a sustainability conscience.

What role does data play in ensuring quality?

Published: 10 Nov 2022

Poornima Ramaswamy, Chief Transformation Officer of business analytics platform Qlik, outlines the important role played by real-time data in ensuring quality in production.

Applying a quality conscience to safety critical projects

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Costain shapes, creates and delivers pioneering solutions that transform the performance of the infrastructure ecosystem across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. Here, Martin Davies, their Quality Director, Nuclear, shares five key learnings for achieving success through quality, in environments that are heavily regulated.