The Visibility Gap
The Visibility Gap, Part 1
Product safety systems were built to detect danger early. The harder question now is whether they can still see clearly enough.
Dispatches
Every newsletter, one browsable body of work.
The Readiness Directive
Are you protected, or just assured?
Insurance can absorb part of the financial impact of a product-liability event. It cannot establish facts, coordinate the first response, preserve evidence or create command when a serious product issue emerges.
EU Product Liability Directive
EU Product Liability Directive Implementation: State of Play -July 2026
the approved Croatia/14 Member States summary
CEO and Board
You Don’t Own the Risk You See. You Own the Risk You Can’t Prove
Executive confidence is not enough. Under the new EU product-liability regime, organisations must be able to reconstruct what they knew, what they decided and why.
Signal Translation
Most companies have product data. Few have product intelligence.
Turning product and regulatory signals into something a board can act on, before harm, claim or regulator arrives.
PLD by Market
UK: the EU Product Liability Directive
For UK manufacturers, proximity to the EU is not protection. This edition reads the gap under the Product Liability Directive.
PLD by Market
India: the EU Product Liability Directive
Readiness under the EU Product Liability Directive as a trust advantage for Indian manufacturers and exporters.
PLD by Market
USA: the EU Product Liability Directive
US product-liability maturity does not equal EU readiness. Reading the gap for manufacturers and importers.