by Holly Lane | Feb 17, 2025 | Uncategorised, ISO 14001
Sustainability what is it, and is it just a fad? In my experience “Sustainability” as a phrase started to appear in tenders and business journals 6 or 7 years ago. Initially, I thought it was just a new phrase to describe environmental management and reducing the...
by PsyphaDeejay | Jun 24, 2020 | ISO 9001, ISO 9001:2015, Quality Management System, Uncategorised
ISO management system standards have been impacting on the UK business community for over 25 years. However, there remains an air of mystery around even the common standards like ISO 9001. Hence the question and the title of this blog. Google tells us that there are...
by PsyphaDeejay | Apr 29, 2020 | General, Uncategorised
What does it mean to be ISO certified? Quite simply, an approved independent body has audited your quality/safety/environment/other management systems. They comply with the requirements of an international standard. You are issued with a certificate to confirm this....
by PsyphaDeejay | Apr 1, 2020 | Uncategorised, ISO 27001
Many organisations see ISO 27001 implementation as probably difficult, slow and expensive. Sadly, some ISO Consultants are quite happy for this illusion to remain. The clock ticks, the documents get bigger, and the fees roll in, as I’ve discussed here (where I also...
by PsyphaDeejay | Mar 4, 2020 | Uncategorised, ISO Consulting
The Cult of “Sales Judo” There Is A Better Way This writer was in corporate sales for many years, and has suffered many hours of “death by PowerPoint” at the hands of highly-paid “sales training coaches”, some of which would have made excellent religious...