Quality Impact

What does it take to turn a reactive quality function into a trusted global team? Manuel Ancizu who is a Commercial Program Manager for Global Wind Energy Projects based in Spain shares how his team at Siemens Gamesa grew from three people to eleven by putting trust, empowerment, and proactive quality at the centre of every project. He discusses meeting customers before contracts begin, managing remote teams he has never met in person, and conducting drone inspections at sea. This is a sharp, real-world look at leading quality in one of the industry’s most complex environments while building trust across continents without ever meeting face to face.

What if the biggest driver of growth, innovation and market access is the one most organisations overlook? In this episode, Chantal Guay, CEO of the Standards Council of Canada, joins Rashad Issa to explore why standards are far more than certificates on the wall. From unlocking international trade to giving innovators a competitive edge, Chantal explains why boards must treat standardisation as strategy and why today’s systems must evolve faster to keep pace with technology, disruption and global change.

Helen Hardy, CEO of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport UK, shares her journey into leadership, overcoming imposter syndrome, and modernising professional bodies. She explores skills shortages, supply chain disruption, and why governance, standards, and quality management act as stabilisers, helping organisations build resilience, close capability gaps, and future-proof logistics and transport in a rapidly changing world.

Compliance is no longer a lottery. As AI-powered enforcement tightens the net, silos, shortcuts and “we’ll fix it later” mindsets are becoming business-ending risks. Lee Bryan of ARCUS Compliance explains how founders can turn compliance into a strategic advantage, driving growth, protecting consumers, and staying on the shelves.

This podcast is sponsored by Catalyst Consulting.

As AI becomes a digital teammate rather than a tool, quality professionals face a critical shift. Host Rashad Issa is joined by Susannah Clarke, Managing Partner at Process Management International (PMI), and Anthony Richardson, Senior Consultant at PMI, to explore how to work with AI without surrendering judgment, rigour, or accountability. From coaching AI like a colleague to managing bias, variation, and over-reliance, this episode reframes AI as a catalyst for quality professionals.

This podcast is sponsored by Catalyst Consulting.