Where Birds Don't Fly

Since the European bees did not perform well in the tropical climate of Brazil a plan was introduced to breed European honey bees with African honey bees. The goal was to create a bee which was gentle, highly productive and successful in the tropics. However, there was a system failure in the process which caused the creation of a Killer Bee. The Killer Bee was genetic alteration by good intent of creating a super bee. After major airline accidents Corrective Action Plans (CAP) were implemented to satisfy the flying public that flying would be safe again. Some of these improvements were Pilots Flight and Duty Time limitations, Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS), Crew Resource Management (CRM), Flight Deck Bolted Doors, and several other changes to the airline industry.  In preparation of the implementation of a CAP  multiple risk analysis scenarios may be conducted to establish the effectiveness of the hazard mitigation. In addition to a risk analysis of the new process...

A Safety Management System (SMS) and Quality Assurance (QA) are systems that are valuable to manage processes in any organization. That it is called a safety system does not preclude it from being applied as an operational tool in organizations that are not regularly and directly exposed to catastrophic property damages or fatal accidents. A Safety Management System is to manage processes where risks are involved. This could be financial risks, customer service risks, cyber-communication risks, employee retention risks, lawsuit risks, and any other risks affecting the operation of an enterprise. Let's for a moment take SMS and QA into the Land Registry systems. Simplified, the survey monuments establishes the perimeters of a parcel. From the early days of surveys in North America, properties were surveyed into sections, quarter sections and in urban areas into 5 acres lots. Further subdivisions of these 5 acres lots were established by metes and bound...