byLowers & Associates | September 07, 2017

High Reliability Organizations (HROs) are anomalies. They exist in the kind of very complex, fast-evolving environments where you would expect chaos to prevail. But it doesn’t. HROs are able to cope successfully with unexpected conditions. That’s what makes these…

byLowers & Associates | August 23, 2017

What might be the ultimate risk management machine, is called a ‘High Reliability Organization’ (HRO). HRO can be thought of as a very advanced version of continuous quality improvement that extends to the performance of an entire organization. Two…

byLowers & Associates | October 10, 2017

If you are a manager in an organization, especially one that faces a complex, dynamic environment, you should be interested in learning how the principles of the High Reliability Organization (HRO) can help you. Your aim should be to…

byLowers & Associates | October 05, 2017

One of the most common descriptions of the High Reliability Organization (HRO) is that it is “resilient.” Here is how the Oxford English Dictionary defines resilient: The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness. The ability of a substance…

byLowers & Associates | October 12, 2022

Summary Despite the prevalence of organizational fraud and its well-documented costs, businesses both large and small continue to operate without – or fail to review and test – systematic fraud prevention programs, running the risk of avoidable loss and…