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Volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous quality

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Continuing our World Quality Week 2025 blog series, Chief Executive Vince Desmond explores the importance of quality management and prioritising agility amid global uncertainty.

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Thinking differently: mitigating quality compromises

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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.

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Growing talent with trailblazer nuclear quality apprenticeships

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To celebrate National Apprenticeship Week 2025, Karine Rackham, Head of Quality, Sellafield Ltd shares insights on the positive impact growing quality talent through apprenticeship schemes has on building skills and future careers in the nuclear industry.

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Working to lead the future

Published: 31 Jan 2025

The CQI’s Nuclear special interest group has its own Nuclear Next Generation group, focused on attracting the next generation of quality professionals into the industry. Learn more about the group, its work, and what it has to offer young nuclear professionals.

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Getting fired up about quality

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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.

Amarjit Kaur Gill CQP MCQI, Global Head of Quality Assurance at BVI Medical Ltd

When quality is crucial

Published: 22 Nov 2024

Amarjit Kaur Gill CQP MCQI outlines why it is vital that companies help every one of their employees to see quality as integral to their role.

Kristian Hill CQP FCQI

Give back, get back

Published: 18 Nov 2024

As part of our series of Q&As with CQI Fellows, Kristian Hill CQP FCQI tells how the process of regrading to Fellow led to professional and personal gains.

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Cultivating a company-wide culture of quality

Published: 15 Nov 2024

In recognition of World Quality Week 2024, Rasoul Aivazi, an international Project Quality Lead and Lead Auditor, reflects on the theme of ‘Quality: From compliance to performance’ and how this can assist in developing a company-wide culture of quality.

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Leading the quality profession with enhanced skills and knowledge

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For World Quality Week 2024, Mike Turner, Head of Profession, CQI, explores the opportunities for quality management practices in today’s rapidly changing world. Quality professionals who develop new skills, knowledge and effective leadership behaviours will leverage influence in their organisations and in responding to global issues.

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Beyond compliance: elevating quality systems to drive performance

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For our World Quality Week 2024 series, Chief Executive Vince Desmond discusses how meeting compliance only is not performing. Investment in quality systems leads to better organisational performance and delivers greater value for customers and wider society.