by Martin Kerr | | Asset Management, Culture & Behaviour, Leadership & Governance, Transformation & Capability
Critical operational knowledge becomes disconnected from strategic decision-making. Frontline employees may see emerging asset risks, deterioration patterns, and practical constraints long before they appear in corporate reporting, meaning investment and lifecycle...
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...
by Martin Kerr | | Asset Management, Culture & Behaviour, Decision-Making & Risk, Transformation & Capability
Thousands of seemingly minor operational decisions can progressively alter the organisation’s exposure to cost, risk and performance without ever appearing in formal governance. Individually, these decisions may appear reasonable; collectively, they can create...
by Martin Kerr | | Asset Management, Culture & Behaviour, Leadership & Governance, Transformation & Capability
The organisation develops a false sense of maturity because its frameworks, policies and processes appear complete while actual behaviours remain unchanged. Leadership may believe Asset Management capability is embedded when critical decisions are still being made...
by Martin Kerr | | Asset Management, Maintenance & Reliability, Transformation & Capability
Why the Future of Asset-Intensive Organisations Depends on Learning, Not Just Assets (This article is my personal view and one that I came across as a change practitioner – I hope you get something from it) For decades, Maintenance, Reliability and Asset...
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...
