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FACILITATION
Facilitating Work Process Diagrams: Start with a Checklist
The facilitator’s job is to get the evidence on the table before the argument starts. Start with the checklist. Have everyone write their own version first. Then refine together into a work process diagram on the whiteboard.
Facilitating Causal Factor Timelines: Bring the Texts and Emails
Insist on evidence if you want your RCAs to drive lasting improvements rather than surface-level fixes. Make time-stamped communications required pre-work. Size the window to the scenario. Build the micro-timelines, mark what is recorded and what is recalled, let the record settle the conflicts, and look across events.
Facilitating Reliability Block Diagrams: Follow the Drop
Following the drop keeps a team focused on function instead of geography. Start with the element that has to move through the system to accomplish the mission. In a water system, that is the water drop. In an electrical system, it is the current. In a data system, it is the information packet.
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ASSET MANAGEMENT
ASSET MANAGEMENT
Human Performance: Don’t Stop Your Root Cause Analysis Too Soon
Mid- and senior-level professionals have to insist on specificity and evidence if we want lasting system improvement. The organizations that succeed look past the symptoms and address the causes embedded in their management systems.
How to Communicate Asset Risk Without Overreliance on Heat Maps
The reality is that many risk scores are built on limited data. Asset condition assessments may be incomplete. Failure histories may be inconsistent. Consequence estimates may be based on outdated assumptions
Twenty Reasons Organizations Perform Asset Condition Assessments
Before beginning your next condition assessment, resist the temptation to start with inspection forms, testing equipment, or data collection software. Instead, start with a much simpler question: What decision are we trying to improve?
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT
Why Technical Accuracy Is Not Enough in a Crisis
People in a crisis are not looking for technical detail. They are looking for meaning. They want to know whether they are safe. They want to know whether the situation is under control.
Why Apply Replacement Asset Value (RAV) in Capital Planning
Capital planners need fully burdened replacement estimates. Maintenance leaders need consistent RAV calculations. When organizations frame these concepts correctly, they reduce confusion and improve outcomes.
Three Things You Need to Know About Capital Project Prioritization
Capital project prioritization often breaks down long before the scoring starts. Maturity, human judgment, and organizational capacity ultimately determine whether the process succeeds or frustrates everyone involved.
ENVIRONMENTAL
ENVIRONMENTAL
2026 Atlantic Hurricane Season Ocean Temperatures Peak
The 2026 Atlantic hurricane season continues to be mild. The peak seasonal period has passed and ocean temperatures are dropping. But remember, most damage comes from inland rain and flooding, not the wind impact of a major hurricane. Stay prepared!
What the Hurricane Cone Actually Tells You... and what it doesn't
The cone contains the probable path of the storm but does not show the size of the storm. Hazardous conditions can occur outside the cone.
Is 2026 the Year for AI in Hurricane Forecasting?
Accuracy is uneven and depends heavily on the history a given model was trained on. Some AI models track storms well but forecast intensity poorly, or the reverse. They recognize patterns from the past, so they struggle with storms unlike anything in their training data.
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