by Martin Kerr | | Culture & Behaviour, Leadership & Governance, Organisational Change Management
Why Organisational Change Management is essential for sustainable Asset Management maturity One of the most common misconceptions surrounding organisational transformation is that people naturally resist change. In reality, most people do not resist meaningful...
by Martin Kerr | | Asset Management, Decision-Making & Risk, Leadership & Governance
Asset Management Is About Decisions, Not Assets When people hear the term Asset Management, they naturally focus on the assets themselves: roads, railways, water infrastructure, manufacturing equipment, buildings, utilities, or technology. Yet one of the biggest...
by Martin Kerr | | Asset Management, Culture & Behaviour, Leadership & Governance
For many organisations, Asset Management is viewed primarily as a technical discipline. It is associated with maintenance planning, engineering, lifecycle costing, asset information, reliability, and sophisticated management systems. While these technical capabilities...
by Martin Kerr | | ISO & Management Systems, Leadership & Governance, Transformation & Capability
For many organisations, management systems begin with good intentions. A Quality Management System is introduced to improve consistency. A Safety Management System is developed to reduce risk. Environmental, Asset, Information Security, or Business Continuity systems...
by Martin Kerr | | Culture & Behaviour, Leadership & Governance, Organisational Change Management
I want to share a story from one of the most complex projects I’ve ever led. A joint venture for an offshore manufacturing startup in South Asia. On the surface, it was a straightforward goal… Reduce production costs and expand our global footprint. But, as...
by Martin Kerr | | Asset Management, Decision-Making & Risk, Leadership & Governance
Context On any given day, around the world, the business functions of Commercial and Finance quietly tick along. Commercial seeking to get the best outcome from a contract, challenging variations, claiming extensions of time, and sometimes playing bad cop on behalf of...
