Quality and safety leadership is changing with trends towards stakeholder capitalism and new demands from The International Organization for Standardization (ISO). ISO standards are now prioritizing management with an emphasis on “management systems,” expanded “stakeholder” constituencies, and a communization of elements (i.e. Annex SL structure). Today’s challenges require a more formal, standards-based management systems approach to a variety of organizational processes, such as risk management, automation, artificial intelligence, internationalization, innovation, supply chain insecurity, profitability, stakeholder expansion, and information security. There’s a growing need for a professional who serves at a higher level in the organization as a “direct report” to top management. This person serves as a bridge between the direct management of quality, safety, environmental, information security, supply chain and other functions, and the strategic functioning of the enterprise.

The free courses IMIS offers help  professionals fill this need. These courses are designed to elevate the skill level, value, and expertise of the quality/safety manager. While completing these free courses, you’ll become a certified quality expert, learning quality management skills in core areas like 9001:2015 standard alignment, ISO auditing (ISO 19011), risk management (ISO 31000), asset management (ISO 55001), sustainability (ISO 9004), customer satisfaction (ISO 10004), and Business Continuity (SO 22301:2019) that can be applied across a variety of standards and in multiple industries.