Posts Tagged ‘Assurance’

The Wrong Bullet Holes? Abraham Wald became famous for his work on protecting fighter planes during the Second World War: you may have heard the story. ‘Planes were returning from hostile engagements riddled with bullet holes. The instinctive response was obvious: put more armour around the areas where the damage was greatest.  But Wald saw the […]

As I’m writing this article, the sun is low in the sky and we’re about to embark on at least another month in lockdown. It would be easy to be gloomy about the coming weeks but, in the spirit of continuous improvement, I thought it worthwhile to share the pooled wisdom of my colleagues on […]

Assurance is a vital component of change delivery, and therefore an essential delivery competence, though, all too often, like a visit to the Doctor, it is applied too late. A recurrent theme for us at Partners in Change is that prevention is better, and cheaper, than cure – but you do need to make sure […]