Baseball coaches and facilitators often share the common problem of developing an agenda. And if one meaning of facilitation is to make...

Root cause analysis (RCA) is a collective term that describes a wide range of approaches, tools, and techniques used to uncover the...

Facilitating public workshops and comment sessions are typically conducted by public-sector organizations. These sessions are intended to...

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,"...

Two years ago, updating your master plan was a good idea because the world was getting back to normal and to position your organization...

New project managers and young professionals often struggle with the concept of risk appetite and how it impacts decision making. The...

Probability Distributions The probability density function (PDF) is applied to continuous random variables, whereas the probability...

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Asset management for facilities and infrastructure has fallen into the leadership realm of gearheads and data managers. The result is...

Three of the essential things to know about capital project prioritization are: The selected approach should consistent with the maturity...

JD Solomon serves as a co-author with Dr. Diane Lauritsen for this paper at the 2022 Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting (JASM) in Grand...

The foundations of systems thinking and facilitation apply to business cases because the analysis requires a group to establish the...

The foundations of systems thinking and facilitation apply to capital programs because the analysis requires a group to establish the...

This article discusses five ways to effectively facilitate block diagrams by conducting pre-session exchanges, asking powerful questions,...

SOAP can result in staff time savings of up to 70% compared to traditional methods.

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Think about the greatest risk you have encountered in the past five years. Maybe it was related to physical injury or serious sickness....

RAMS is still on-go for the end of January. Organizers report strong registration numbers, despite COVID cases and usual high...

There is a lot to unpack in the standard definition of facilitation. "A facilitated session is a highly structured meeting in which the...

MPW Board Chair Rick Crosby, former OWASA General Manager Ed Kerwin, NASA's Tim Adams, and JD Solomon will host a half-day workshop on...