Bowtie turns out to be a very efficient method to understand your risks and manage your barriers in order to support operations. It is an intuitive, scenario-based visualization of reality. As with all models, it must be said that “all models are wrong, but some are useful” (George E. P. Box, 1976), since it is [...]
“I don’t like to use bowtie for my incidents, it feels too simplistic. I much prefer 5-why or Root Cause Analysis” is something we hear once in a blue moon when we are at conferences. This irks us as it is similar to someone saying “I don’t like cheese, I much prefer chalk”. Some, often [...]
January 16, 2020 – Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory announces today that it has signed an agreement to acquire CGE Risk Management Solutions B.V. (CGE), a leading provider of risk management software, including the industry-standard BowTieXP solution. The acquisition will extend Wolters Kluwer’s presence in the growing operational risk management software market. CGE Risk Management [...]
Welcome to article 10. This article continues to discuss the Critical Control Management (CCM) process using the structure outlined in the ICMM CCM guide (2015) with additions based on experience related to CCM initiatives in major mining companies. Article 9 dealt with critical control (CC) selection (step 4) and measurability issues with control acts. This [...]
We are working on a new feature for BowTieServer: the barrier performance review module. This is a new feature for our BowTieServer clients that need to review not just the bowtie as a whole, but also each independent barrier and track its evolution through the years. Check out this 2-minute vlog to learn more and [...]
As humans, we’ve come a long way. We went from being hunters/gatherers into becoming settlers, expanding communities into villages and thereafter cities. We innovated, evolved. For the past few centuries, the developments have made significant, technically driven leaps, better described as revolutions rather than gradual growth. In the late 18th century the industrial revolution (Industry [...]
Bowtie training is available in many forms and now also through gamification. One of our partners, Euricério Filho from QSMS-PRO TREINAMENTOS, is launching a new program called: Exodus The Bowtie Experience. This program allows you to learn all about the bowtie method and tool, through gamification. Exodus The Bowtie Experience Exodus is an eight-hour immersive [...]
Guest blog by Capt. Claudio Cacares Peters from Continuous Safety When your operations are not aligned with a clear safety policy; the ROI and your reputation will probably soon be eroded and lives are at risk as well. That is what is happening right now to one of the biggest aircraft manufacturers, lives were lost [...]
In October, partner TECSA S.r.l. did a presentation on "Managing Fire Risk and Fire Safety of Assets using Bowtie: A ISO 31000 Coherent and Risk-based Framework", at the SFPE 19 Annual Conference in Phoenix Arizona. Missed the presentation? Get the summary here.
One year ago the domestic flight Lion Air Flight 610 crashed into the Java Sea thirteen minutes after takeoff, killing all 189 people aboard. The final investigation report was published on the 25th of October 2019. The media were keen on having their most pressing question answered: Was it the aircraft, was it the airline [...]
