For writing this blog, we conducted a simple survey among partners and colleagues (thanks for your participation!). The questions were conducted as follows: Why did you and your clients adopt the bowtie methodology the first time? Please list the pragmatic reasons and elaborate on corresponding use cases. What do you think is the most useful [...]
Our value added consultancy partner David Hatch (Process Safety Integrity) has exploited over 30 years’ experience in high-hazard process industries to develop an online relational database Process Safety Events which connects historical accidents (unplanned events) to current information and future (planned) events to help duty-holders to learn from previous incidents and act to avoid the [...]
Creative tools to improve safety culture in Healthcare Creating lasting awareness among Healthcare professionals about culture and behavior regarding patient safety In recent years MEDD has developed multiple tools and games aimed for healthcare professionals to gain lasting awareness on their behavior regarding safety and how they influence their own safety and that of others. [...]
On January 16, 2020 Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory announced that it had signed an agreement to acquire CGE Risk Management Solutions B.V.. With that acquisition, CGE Risk became part of Wolters Kluwer’s Environmental, Health & Safety and Operational Risk Management (EHS/ORM) software group, which also includes Enablon and eVision. By combining forces, our group [...]
Successful risk management depends on the quality of your dialogues What if your risk assessments were continuously re-assessed by your teams? And, every voice was heard in the process? And, you had real-time feedback on concerns and uncertainties? And, the project had a strong, shared culture of commitment? Two years ago, we developed the Bowtie [...]
In this new blog series, we will try to address different reasons and motivations why organizations (such as yours) might consider adapting the bowtie methodology as a risk management means. If you think we missed a reason, or you may have another opinion why bowtie should be adopted, you are more than welcome to share [...]
In a previous blog, we have already introduced the guidelines for creating a basic bowtie diagram. Now it is time for you to apply CGE guidelines and the guidelines written in the CCPS/EI book 'Bow Ties in Risk Management' to create a usable bowtie. This concept book introduces how to create a qualified bowtie and [...]
As CGE, we really appreciate universities seeing the value of the bowtie method and practical benefits of BowTieXP. We are proud the barrier based approach is part of study programs that educate the new generation of Risk Managers. The University of Manchester has been successfully doing so with its innovative 'Essential Risk Management for Business' [...]
Learning about risk management by playing games? Yes! Starting this week, we kick off with a brand new blog series in which we will ask guests to blog about their field of expertise. All these experts have designed a game or toolkit to provide fun learning. From now on you can expect a new blog [...]
Welcome to the 13th article in a series. This article will discuss establishing accountabilities and a reporting system so that the critical controls are effectively managed. As mentioned in previous articles, the Critical Control Management (CCM) process includes good practice risk assessment and analysis methods, plus an important greatly improved ingredient; more systematic management. The [...]
