CMMC Begins With Scoping

CMMC Begins With Scoping

Though the timeline for full implementation of Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) 2.0 may shift into 2024, U.S. manufacturers will need to comply with those rules soon enough. CMMC 2.0, announced late in 2021, is not finalized, but a decision on an effective date is in 2023. “Where to begin?” is often the top question….

Managing External Contributors in Workforce Ecosystems

Managing External Contributors in Workforce Ecosystems

Novartis’s workforce includes 110,000 employees and 50,000 contractors and temporary workers. Cisco has 83,000 full-time employees and 50,000-plus contingent workers of various types.1 Both companies rely substantially on a workforce ecosystem that includes many kinds of external contributors, including tens of thousands of individual contractors, to achieve their business outcomes. They are not alone. Our…

Designing New Multi-Sport Facilities to Ensure They Don’t Go to Waste Post-Event

Designing New Multi-Sport Facilities to Ensure They Don’t Go to Waste Post-Event

Communities that are constructing new multi-sport facilities for major events could run the risk of ending up with expensive under-used complexes, but a new study suggests there are several factors that can keep them productive in the long run. Montreal Olympic Stadium Canadian researchers found that factors such as the location and design of the…

Actions the best CEOs are taking in 2023

Actions the best CEOs are taking in 2023

In his 2017 book, Hit Refresh, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella writes that great leaders “recognize the true signal within a lot of noise” and act accordingly. Fast forward to 2023, and the torrent of trends, ideas, and information that leaders now face makes knowing what matters more difficult than ever. It’s against this backdrop that…

A Better Understanding of NFPA 70E: Setting Up an Electrical Safety Program (Part 12 – Program Controls)

A Better Understanding of NFPA 70E: Setting Up an Electrical Safety Program (Part 12 – Program Controls)

  NFPA 70E®, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace® Section 110.5(M)(1) requires auditing of your electrical safety program (ESP) to determine if the ESP continues to comply with current NFPA 70E requirements. Section 110.5(F) requires that the ESP identify the controls by which it is measured and monitored. Electrically safety in the workplace will…