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The Real Test of Asset Management Culture Is What Happens When the Data Disagrees With Experience

The Real Test of Asset Management Culture Is What Happens When the Data Disagrees With Experience

by Martin Kerr | | Culture & Behaviour, Data & Information, Decision-Making & Risk, Frontline & Operations

The organisation creates a culture where either the system or seniority becomes unquestionable. When people are unable or unwilling to challenge data, professional judgement, or established assumptions, they can suppress conflicting evidence rather than investigate...
Information Should Have a Lifecycle Just Like a Physical Asset

Information Should Have a Lifecycle Just Like a Physical Asset

by Martin Kerr | | Asset Management, Data & Information, Leadership & Governance

Information continues to exist without clear ownership, maintenance or assurance long after its reliability has deteriorated. Because the information remains visible in corporate systems, decision-makers may assume it is current and authoritative, creating the...
Data Governance Is Really Behavioural Governance

Data Governance Is Really Behavioural Governance

by Martin Kerr | | Asset Management, Culture & Behaviour, Data & Information, Leadership & Governance

The organisation creates sophisticated data governance structures without changing the behaviours that determine data quality. Poor information practices then become institutionalised inside apparently compliant processes, giving decision-makers confidence in...
Your EAM System Didn’t Fail The Organisation Never Changed Around It

Your EAM System Didn’t Fail The Organisation Never Changed Around It

by Martin Kerr | | Asset Management, Culture & Behaviour, Data & Information, Organisational Change Management, Transformation & Capability

The organisation invests heavily in technology but continues to operate through old behaviours, processes, and decision structures. The EAM system then becomes an expensive recording tool rather than an Asset Management capability, while expected improvements in...
The Spreadsheet Isn’t the Problem It’s Telling You Something About Your Organisation

The Spreadsheet Isn’t the Problem It’s Telling You Something About Your Organisation

by Martin Kerr | | Asset Management, Culture & Behaviour, Data & Information, Decision-Making & Risk, Frontline & Operations

The organisation removes the workaround without understanding the operational need that created it. In doing so, it can unknowingly remove an informal control, information source or decision mechanism that employees have developed to compensate for a weakness in the...
Your Asset Data Isn’t the Problem Your Organisation Doesn’t Trust It

Your Asset Data Isn’t the Problem Your Organisation Doesn’t Trust It

by Martin Kerr | | Asset Management, Culture & Behaviour, Data & Information, Leadership & Governance

The organisation begins making decisions outside its governed information environment. When people stop trusting formal asset information, they replace it with local spreadsheets, personal experience and informal sources, creating multiple versions of the truth and...
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