In our previous article, we unpacked the draft ISO 9001:2026 changes to Clauses 4–7, covering the strengthened expectations around leadership, planning and organisational support. This second article picks up right where that one left off — the natural next question is: what happens when we move into the "Do, Check, Act" end of the cycle? Here, we'...

Now I want to kick this post of with a caveat. Yes ISO9001 is changing. Yes there are lots of people out there telling you what they thinkk is changing and yes there is a lot of noise.  Here's the thing, they don't actually know for sure! ISO standards get updated on a regular basis and yes ISO9001 is currently coming to the end of that proces...

We have all seen them, pinned to noticeboards inside the company handbooks and, if you're lucky, as part of a presentation at your induction.  Unfortunately, by and large that is the limit most employees have in terms of the involvement with the Occupational Health & Safety Policy which is bizarre as it is the fundamental document of your ...

Almost every organisation you encounter will talk about leadership, how important it is to them and how they lead from the top. Sometimes, when you push a little and peel back the layers a bit, leadership and the commitment to having great leadership is perhaps not as ingrained in the company as they would have you believe. That's what clause 5.1 i...

ISO45001:2018 Clause 4.3 is all about the scope of your Occupational Health & Safety Management System (OHSMS), so which parts of your organisation will be included within your system. Think about it a bit like drawing a box and putting all the parts of your organisation into it that you want to include - there may well be some parts you want t...

I'm going to open with a bit of an inflammatory statement and hope you don't close the page, are you ready…  You are doing risk management wrong, and your business is suffering because of it. For that matter, I bet your whole ISO document structure is wrong! Now, while you calm down a bit here's a question, if I asked you how your risk managem...

 ISO 45001:2018 Clause 4.4 is an interesting one, it's classed as a 'general clause' as it's pretty all encompassing, it says: The organisation shall establish, implement, maintain and continually improve an OH&S management system, including the processes needed and their interactions, in accordance with the requirements of this document I...

There are many myths in the world, ranging from Bigfoot to bumblebee's defying the laws of physics (they don't) and of course the Loch Ness Monster (who is just shy and wants to be left alone). It seems that myths are still very real in the world of work as well. Work-life balance is impossible, remote working is inefficient, workplace conflict can...

If you have read our blog for a while you will know that we hold the annual employee review with great distain, for many reasons it's in effective and does neither side of the equation any real benefit. When it comes time to sit down with the boss to do an employee review session what invariably happens is that, as an employee, you quickly dig out ...

Clause 4.1 of the ISO45001:2018 standard, Understanding the organisation and its context, can cause some trepidation, confusion, hand wringing and general bewilderment for people, I know when I first read it I thought WHAT THE!? but then I read it again (and again) and did some research and thought, actually I see what they are doing here, that's p...