Monthly Archives: June 2012

A Quality System for Sustainable Mining: guest blog from Corrado De Gasperis, CEO Comstock Mining Inc.

In this post Corrado De Gasperis, CEO of Comstock Mining Inc., answers to a query about Standard Operating Procedures and explains how Comstock Mining uses the Decalogue Methodology to build and operate its Quality System. Question: Does Comstock Mining also … Continue reading

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Perfection vs Quality: Eliminating a Toxic Belief

In our last post, we looked at eliminating toxic beliefs that choke organizations. In this post, we focus in on the toxic belief of wanting perfection, and how this relates to the serious business of Quality. Perfection – an unattainable … Continue reading

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Eliminating Toxic Beliefs That Choke Organizations

An excellent article appeared recently entitled ‘5 Toxic Beliefs that Ruin Careers‘. The piece hits on a key issue in life and business, namely how our perceptions affect the way we think and act. In this post, we look at … Continue reading

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Sustainability Is Actually About Survival

Why is it that we bump into the word ‘sustainable’ all over the place now? In this week’s post, Dr. Giovanni Siepe explains how sustainability is, in fact, about survival. Sustainability is a word that we often hear in conversations … Continue reading

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