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Most Facilitators Miss This, And There Is One In Every Group

Greg Padgett and I were chatting four years ago, just before the start of the Beaufort-Jasper Water and Sewer Authority annual board...

Five Ways to More Effectively Facilitate Tree Diagrams

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

Five Ways to More Effectively Facilitate Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (FMEA)

This article discusses five ways to facilitate failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) more effectively by conducting pre-session...

Five Ways to More Effectively Facilitate Root Cause Analysis

This article discusses five ways to facilitate root cause analysis (RCA) more effectively through conducting pre-session exchanges,...

Observed in Practice: 5 Reasons to Prioritize Projects by Ranking Rather Than Multiple Criteria

Multiple criteria approaches for prioritization are based on problem disaggregation. The approach focuses on structured analysis by...

Ask the Experts Revisited: Prioritization from A to Z

Tim Adams and John Rider provided some great insights for prioritization for capital improvements, operations & maintenance, and business...

Facilitation, Soft and Hard

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

People: Dion Trost Supports Reliability & Maintenance Services

Dion Trost returns from Houston to South Carolina. He supports our reliability & maintenance areas of practice, including leading and...

Seven Tips to Improve Your CMMS

Business support software like work management, asset management, capital program management, and billing management is more in common...

Improving Strategic Plans

Most organizations have weak Strategic Plans. It is easy to lose focus if your Mission, Vision, Values, and Strategic Goals fall into...

Fewer Surprises And More Uptime

Root Cause Analysis (RCA) is an essential element in any asset management program because a structured approach provides the best...