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FACILITATION

Make your next facilitated session with technical specials a success! JD Solomon Inc. provides practical solutions. Facilitate with FINESSE!

Six Powerful Solutions for Facilitating Technical Sessions

The Tackle Shop, now at JD Solomon Inc., offers practical tools and guidance to help bridge the communication gap and ensure facilitated sessions are effective.

Operationalizing Strategic Plans is less about catchy external communication and more about getting frontline staff involved. Great facilitation is the key.

Five Essentials for Operationalizing Strategic Plans

There is something tougher and more rigid about a Strategic Plan than most organizations think.

The National Hurricane Center puts its forecast at 5 to 10 percent of Hurricane Erin hitting the US coast. However, the final probability will be 100 percent or zero.

5 Things to Remember When Facilitating an Uncertain Future

Developing useful predictions requires facilitators and participants to understand a handful of key concepts related to predictions, probability, and risks.

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ASSET MANAGEMENT

Reliability earns confidence when things go right. Dependability earns trust when things go wrong. JD Solomon Inc. provides practical solutions for reliability, risk, and asset management.

Reliability Says, “I’ll Perform.” Dependability Says, “You Can Trust Me.”

Reliability earns confidence when things go right. Dependability earns trust when things go wrong. In business, leadership, and life, we praise reliability—consistent performance and results. Reliability builds credibility. It’s measurable, predictable, repeatable. Dependability runs deeper. Dependability says, “You can trust me when it matters most.” Reliability is a system trait; dependability is a human one. You can track reliability in a spreadsheet — uptime, cycle coun

Systems thinking is the foundation for improving reliability and dependability, leading to more effective facility and infrastructure performance. JD Solomon Inc. provides practical solutions.

15 Ways to Improve Reliability and Dependability

Context matters in most things, and especially when evaluating reliability and dependability.

Trend Analysis and Preventive Maintenance (PM) optimization require starting simple and utilizing available resources.

How to Master Trend Analysis and Preventive Maintenance Optimization

Run-to-failure is a cost-effective approach if the risk is low. Remember, it only makes sense if you are intentional in this approach.

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PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

The ability to control costs, stay agile, and use procurement strategically will separate industry leaders from the rest. JD Solomon Inc. provides practical solutions.

Why Smart Engineering & Construction Companies Are Ditching Old Procurement Methods

Shared risk models have been fairly common over the past 5 years in alternative project delivery for managing cost uncertainty while accelerating delivery.

Hurricane Helene's aftermath presents a clear case study of why capital projects can stall before money, permits, and regulatory clarity are aligned.

Why Disaster Recovery Lessons from Hurricane Helene Matter in Capital Project Development

Hurricane Helene's aftermath presents a clear case study of why capital projects can stall before money, permits, and regulatory clarity are aligned.

The FINESSE Fishbone Diagram provides a proven, practical approach that enables busy project managers to become effective communicators.

Why Project Managers Should Communicate with FINESSE

Above all, you build trust, lead with clarity, and make the challenging aspects of projects run more smoothly.

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ENVIRONMENTAL

September is "prime time" for hurricanes. Why has tropical storm activity been off, and what does that mean for October?

Only Two September Hurricane Seasons Have Been This Slow. What's Next?

There have only been two hurricane seasons in the past 125 years that have been as quiet as this one.

The primary purpose of PFAS minimization plans is to prevent contamination from entering public wastewater treatment systems and community water bodies.

Does EPA Endorse PFAS Minimization Plans for Industrial Facilities?

Minimization plans are a preventive approach that EPA supports as part of a broader strategy to protect drinking water sources, reduce exposure risks, and encourage responsible industry practices.