JD Solomon
Asset Management: Why Important Differences in Useful Life and Service Life Matter
The purpose of a useful life estimate is to determine how long an asset will remain in useable condition. "Useful life" is not the same...
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- Sep 8
JD Solomon Reappointed to State Environmental Management Commission
North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore has reappointed JD Solomon to a third term on the state's Environmental Management Commission...
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- Jul 29
SessionLab Releases 2023 Facilitation Survey
The 2023 SessionLab survey on facilitation is based on over 1100 responses from facilitators worldwide. Responses came from 93 countries,...
J.D. Solomon
- Jun 12
Five Unique Attributes of the Fresh Book, Facilitating with FINESSE
Facilitating with FINESSE: A Guide to Successful Business Solutions is a practitioner's guide for ten common applications that...
J.D. Solomon
- Apr 3
My Top 5 Tips for Facilitating Large Groups versus Small Groups
Facilitating large groups can be intimidating. As always, successful facilitation starts with doing the basics well. Special attention in...
J.D. Solomon
- Mar 15
Why Embrace Monte Carlo Analysis for New Project Development
Monte Carlo analysis or Monte Carlo simulation is a technique used for forecasting which considers uncertainty and variability. As an...
J.D. Solomon
- Mar 7
Great Facilitation Agendas: What Little League Baseball Taught Me
Baseball coaches and facilitators often share the common problem of developing an agenda. And if one meaning of facilitation is to make...
J.D. Solomon
- Dec 16, 2022
Three Things To Avoid When Performing An Environmental Root Cause Analysis
Root cause analysis (RCA) is a collective term that describes a wide range of approaches, tools, and techniques used to uncover the...
J.D. Solomon
- Nov 29, 2022
How to Improve Facilitation of Public Workshop and Comment Sessions
Facilitating public workshops and comment sessions are typically conducted by public-sector organizations. These sessions are intended to...
J.D. Solomon
- Nov 21, 2022
How to Improve Your Communication of Probability to Senior Management
The Chance of Rain Most people do not understand what the chance of rain means. Some believe it means it will rain "30% of the day,"...
J.D. Solomon
- Nov 18, 2022
Master Plans Are More Important with Persistent Inflation and Looming Recession
Two years ago, updating your master plan was a good idea because the world was getting back to normal and to position your organization...
J.D. Solomon
- Oct 25, 2022
Can Understanding Risk Appetite Help a Project Manager's Career?
New project managers and young professionals often struggle with the concept of risk appetite and how it impacts decision making. The...
J.D. Solomon
- Oct 11, 2022
How to Overcome the Fear of Using the Wrong Probability Distribution
Probability Distributions The probability density function (PDF) is applied to continuous random variables, whereas the probability...
J.D. Solomon
- Oct 4, 2022
Trust Proven Approaches to Produce the Best Facilitated Sessions
The stakes are high. The problem is difficult. We search for the facilitation approach that rises to the level of the problem. Not so...
J.D. Solomon
- Jun 20, 2022
Why Does Your Asset Management Program Lack Asset Values? (and why it matters!)
Asset management for facilities and infrastructure has fallen into the leadership realm of gearheads and data managers. The result is...
J.D. Solomon
- Jun 13, 2022
Three Things You Need to Know About Capital Project Prioritization
Three of the essential things to know about capital project prioritization are: The selected approach should consistent with the maturity...
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- May 14, 2022
Communicating Complex Changes While Dodging Sacred Cows
JD Solomon serves as a co-author with Dr. Diane Lauritsen for this paper at the 2022 Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting (JASM) in Grand...
J.D. Solomon
- Apr 11, 2022
Five Ways to More Effectively Facilitate Business Cases
The foundations of systems thinking and facilitation apply to business cases because the analysis requires a group to establish the...
J.D. Solomon
- Apr 4, 2022
Five Ways to More Effectively Facilitate Capital Program Prioritization
The foundations of systems thinking and facilitation apply to capital programs because the analysis requires a group to establish the...
J.D. Solomon
- Mar 28, 2022
Five Ways to More Effectively Facilitate Block Diagrams
This article discusses five ways to effectively facilitate block diagrams by conducting pre-session exchanges, asking powerful questions,...
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