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19/09/2026

A young analyst asked me something last month I still haven't stopped thinking about.

We were reviewing an audit trail. A routine HPLC re-injection, fully justified. She asked:

"𝗜𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗳𝗹𝗮𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀, 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘄𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀?"

Yes. Still check it.

But the question stuck, because it's what our industry is quietly wrestling with.

𝗔𝗟𝗖𝗢𝗔+ was built for a world where a human always generated and reviewed the data. That world has moved on — AI trending, cloud platforms, predictive tools don't just store data now, they interpret it.

That's why 𝗔𝗟𝗖𝗢𝗔++ added Integrity, Robustness, Transparency, Accountability and Reliability. Not bureaucracy — an honest attempt to answer a hard question: how do you hold a system accountable when it's making the judgement calls?

Here's what years with inspectors taught me: 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝘂𝗹𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁. It closed old shortcuts and opened new ones.

When a dashboard says "within limits," do you ask how it decided — or just trust the green tick?

The analysts I trust most still ask "why" when the system says all is fine.

When did your team last challenge a system's output instead of trusting the screen?

18/09/2026

🔍 A difficult inspection can sometimes be one of the most valuable things that happens to a quality system.

Inspections are often approached with anxiety; something to prepare for, survive, and move past.

But the real value comes from what happens after the inspection.

The right questions can expose blind spots, challenge assumptions, and reveal where systems need to become stronger.

The goal shouldn't simply be to pass an inspection.

It should be to learn from it.

Because when organisations are willing to listen, reflect, and improve, even a difficult inspection can become a catalyst for better quality.

🎥 In this short video, Paul shares his perspective on why inspections shouldn't always be feared.

Now we'd like to hear from you:

💬 What's the most valuable lesson you've learned from an inspection?

18/09/2026

Friday reflection. ☕️

This week reminded me that some of the most important work we do isn’t always the work people see.

It’s asking one more question when an answer doesn’t quite make sense.
It’s challenging a CAPA that looks complete on paper but doesn’t address the real problem.
It’s speaking up when staying quiet would be easier.

And sometimes, it’s simply admitting: “We need to look at this again.”

Working in quality has taught me that doing things correctly and doing the right thing aren’t always automatically the same thing.

Procedures matter. Compliance matters. Documentation matters.

But so do judgement, curiosity, and the willingness to challenge what has become “normal.”

As the week closes, that’s probably my biggest reflection:

Good quality isn’t about having all the answers.
It’s about being willing to keep asking better questions.

Have a great weekend, everyone. 🙌

17/09/2026

🔍 5 Whys vs Fishbone:
Which one do inspectors actually expect to see in your CAPA file?

This debate still comes up surprisingly often.

Some teams default to 5 Whys because it's quick and simple.

Others reach straight for a Fishbone diagram because it looks more comprehensive.

But here's the thing:
👉 Inspectors aren't looking for their favourite RCA tool. They're looking for a root cause you can actually defend.

The real question is whether you chose the right approach for the problem.
⚠️ When is 5 Whys too simplistic?
🐟 When does a Fishbone become a diagram full of possibilities but no real evidence?
🔎 And what makes an investigation stand up when an inspector starts asking “Why?”

That's what I'm unpacking today on LinkedIn Live.

We'll look at real RCA weaknesses, common CAPA mistakes, and what separates a meaningful investigation from a documentation exercise.

🎯 If you've ever had an investigation challenged because the root cause wasn't adequately justified, this session is for you.

📅 Join me live today — link in the comments.

16/09/2026

𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗯𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿 just because the system went 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹. 🖥️

Many organisations digitised their records but never digitised their thinking.

Teams still print, sign, scan and re-enter data "just to be safe"
..creating more risk, not less.

𝗔 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗼.

Genuine digital maturity means the system enforces good practice by design, rather than relying on people to remember it.

Key learning points:
🔹 Digital ≠ compliant — configuration and governance decide that
🔹 Audit trails must be reviewed, not just retained
🔹 Metadata is part of the record, not a footnote
🔹 Hybrid systems (paper + electronic) carry the highest DI risk
🔹 Access controls and user permissions are a QA responsibility, not just IT's

If your electronic system still needs a printed copy "for the file": that's worth investigating, not ignoring.

Digital transformation doesn't remove data integrity risk; it relocates it. Systems must be designed, validated, and governed to prevent it before it starts.

11/09/2026

🔍 You can learn a lot about QA independence by watching who answers the difficult questions.

During an inspection, an inspector asked about a deviation that had been closed a little too quickly.

The question was clearly directed at the Head of Quality.

Before QA could answer, the site director jumped in with a confident explanation.

The inspector paused.

Looked directly at the QA representative.

And asked the exact same question again. By name.

That moment said more about QA independence than any organisation chart ever could.

Because inspectors don't necessarily need to ask:

“Is your Quality function independent?”

They can watch it happen in real time.

👀 Who answers first?

🤝 Does QA defer to Operations on quality decisions?

📋 Does the person signing the deviation actually understand the investigation?

🗣️ Can QA challenge senior management without hesitation?

⚠️ What happens when an uncomfortable question lands?

Independence isn't simply a line in the Quality Manual.

It's what happens under pressure.

I've seen experienced QA professionals lose credibility because they allowed someone else to answer for them.

I've also seen QA managers calmly disagree with senior leadership, explain their reasoning, and stand behind a quality decision.

That tells an inspector something too.

Strong QA independence isn't created for inspection day.

It's built long before, through how disagreements are handled, whether Quality can genuinely say “no”, and whether leadership actually wants to hear uncomfortable answers.

🔍 If an inspector walked into your next quality meeting unannounced, would QA still sound independent, or would they look around the room before answering?

10/09/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined our recent LinkedIn Live webinar:

“Root Cause Analysis: Why ‘Human Error’ Is a Red Flag” 🔍

It was great to see the discussion continue in the comments, and I’m grateful for feedback like this from MD Johirul Islam and Marcin D.

Root cause analysis can be difficult, but stopping at “human error” rarely tells us why something actually went wrong.

The real value comes from looking deeper:

Was it the process?
The training?
The workload?
The environment?
Or the system itself?

Thank you also to Aneta Jell for sharing her expertise and helping make this such a valuable discussion.

These conversations are exactly what the Academy of Pharmaceutical Excellence is about — learning from each other and turning difficult quality challenges into better outcomes.

What’s the most common RCA mistake you see in practice? 👇

10/09/2026

⏰ 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆!

🔍 𝗥𝗼𝗼𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝗶𝘀: 𝗪𝗵𝘆 "𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿" 𝗜𝘀 𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝗱 𝗙𝗹𝗮𝗴

If your investigations keep ending at "human error," you're closing the file, not fixing the problem.

Join us today at 2PM GMT as we unpack:
→ Why "human error" is a symptom, not the root cause
→ How systems and processes quietly set people up to fail
→ The better questions to ask when something goes wrong
→ How to build an RCA process that actually prevents recurrence

📍 LinkedIn Live
🕒 2PM GMT — starting soon!

👉 Click "Attend" to get notified, and drop your RCA questions in the comments; we'll be entertaining them.

09/09/2026

🔍 “𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲. 𝗜 𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆.”

An inspector once said this during a facility walkthrough, and it stuck with me.

We'd spent weeks preparing.

The values statement was ready. Leadership had talked about quality. The posters were up.

“Quality Is Everyone's Job.”

The inspector wasn't particularly interested in any of it.

Instead, she asked an operator about a minor deviation from the previous week.

Nothing dramatic. It was still open.

She wanted to know:

📋 How was it documented?

⏱️ How quickly was it escalated?

🗣️ Was the language honest, or did it shift blame?

👷 Was the operator comfortable talking about what happened?

That probably told her more about the site's quality culture than any presentation could.

Because culture doesn't really live in a policy.

It shows up in what people actually do.

A late or vague deviation tells a story.

A CAPA closed without a meaningful effectiveness check tells another.

A change control that nobody properly challenged tells another.

Even the way someone answers an inspector's question can reveal something.

That's why I've become less interested in trying to present quality culture during inspection preparation.

I'd rather look at the evidence it leaves behind.

🔍 Deviations

🔄 CAPAs

📝 Change controls

📚 Training records

💬 Escalations

If those genuinely reflect what's happening on the floor, including the things that haven't gone perfectly, you probably don't need a polished speech about culture.

A strong quality culture doesn't need to look perfect. It needs to be honest enough to find, document, and deal with its imperfections.

💬 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲?

08/09/2026

𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸:

❓ What's the GMP risk hiding inside your metadata?

❓ Are you ready for what's next on the EU regulatory horizon?

❓ Is 'human error' actually where your investigations should start or where they're stopping too soon?

I'm covering all three live this week as part of The PQS Series:

🔹 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗠𝗣 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗡𝗼 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘀 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 — 𝗦𝗲𝗽 𝟴, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 | 2PM GMT

🔹 [𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲𝗱] 𝗘𝗨 𝗚𝗠𝗣 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗼𝗻 - 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝟭 𝗼𝗳 𝟲 — 𝗦𝗲𝗽 𝟵, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 | 2PM GMT

🔹 𝗥𝗼𝗼𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝗶𝘀: 𝗪𝗵𝘆 '𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿' 𝗜𝘀 𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝗱 𝗙𝗹𝗮𝗴— 𝗦𝗲𝗽 𝟭𝟬, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 | 2PM GMT

𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱, built for anyone who wants practical frameworks over theory.

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