Greg Hutchins

Greg Hutchins is an engineer, certified enterprise risk manager, and the founder of the Certified Enterprise Risk Management Academy, Made in the U.S.A., WorkingIt.com, and Quality + Engineering.

Mon, 04/07/2008 - 22:00
The Future of Everything Is Risk-BasedRisk is becoming our lens for everything from managing, to working, and even going to the store.
Tue, 07/28/2020 - 12:02
My recent epiphany was that the lens for all work and even for everyday living during the next few years will be risk-based. Why do I make this case? In January 2020, my company was selected to participate in the largest pitch fest in the Northwest…
I’ve Seen the Future of Work And I don’t like it
Thu, 09/07/2017 - 12:01
I live in the Northwest of the United States. We are now the small business and startup mecca of the country. Why? San Francisco and Silicon Valley are too expensive. So, folks are moving in droves to Portland and Seattle; one-third of the license…
Must-Know Risk Facts for Quality ProfessionalsIntelligent business decisions result when you calculate probabilities
Tue, 05/14/2013 - 11:22
In Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk (Wiley, 1998), Peter Bernstein says the mastery of risk is the foundation of modern life and is what divides modern from ancient times. By consciously or unconsciously calculating probabilities,…
Where Are the Quality Experts?Not in Toyota’s North American Quality Advisory Panel
Thu, 05/13/2010 - 11:05
Quality Digest Daily recently ran “Safety and Quality Experts Named to Toyota Quality Advisory Panel” as one of their top-read articles.  Good. I had missed it, so I read the article. I noticed was that it wasn’t an article, but a press…
21st Century Leadership—Enterprise Risk ManagementLike quality, risk can be managed to facilitate good decisions.
Mon, 04/19/2010 - 13:15
“I think we now live in an era when many of the concerns in running organizations are being reframed in terms of risk, which suggests that risk professionals are likely to rise to the top.” (Source: “Managing Risk in the New World,” Harvard…
Toyota—Connecting the Dots And still not getting the whole picture
Wed, 03/17/2010 - 07:06
Toyota is in the news daily for its safety-related recalls. It’s sad… no, tragic. How could a company’s quality reputation be diluted so quickly? The pundits are saying that it will take many years to regain its lost quality reputation. For…
The New “Normal” in Supply ManagementWe've moved from just-in-time to just-in-case
Mon, 10/05/2009 - 20:02
One week in May, I spoke on “Risk in the Supply Chain and Other Changes” at the World Conference on Quality and Improvement (WCQI), the Macon, Georgia, ASQ section, and the Atlanta, Georgia, ASQ section. My message was that many business rules…
Cyber SecurityISO 27001 and you
Mon, 04/07/2008 - 22:00
This is the first of a new QualityInsider column that will discuss new practices, processes, tools, and lessons learned in what I think is the future of quality—risk management. I’ll feature quality and other professionals who use quality and risk…
Cyber SecurityISO 27001 and you
Mon, 04/07/2008 - 22:00
This is the first of a new QualityInsider column that will discuss new practices, processes, tools, and lessons learned in what I think is the future of quality—risk management. I’ll feature quality and other professionals who use quality and risk…