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Does Zero Dark Thirty Really Defend Torture?
Early accounts of Zero Dark Thirty, Kathryn Bigelow's upcoming film about the hunt for Osama bin Laden, are calling the movie a defense of abusive interrogations. Over the weekend The New York Times' Frank Bruni wrote that it "presents the kind of torture that Cheney advocated—but that President Obama ended—as something of an information-extracting necessity, repellent but fruitful." That column set off still more commentary, as Glenn Greenwald, treating Bruni's description as accurate, complained that the picture "propagandizes the public to favorably view clear war crimes by the US government, based on pure falsehoods."
But what if Bruni's description isn't accurate after all? Writing in Wired, Spencer Ackerman argues that Bigelow
presents a graphic depiction of what declassified CIA documents indicate the torture program really was...."Uncooperative" detainees are held down by large men and doused through a towel with water until they spew it up. (There's no "boarding" in this "waterboarding.") Helpless detainees are shown with rheumy eyes, desperate for the torture to stop, while their captors promise them nourishment and keep their promises by forcing Ensure down their throats through a funnel. Amar al-Baluchi, mocked for defecating on himself, is stripped and forced to wear a dog collar while Dan rides him, to alert the detainee to his helplessness.
These are not "enhanced interrogation techniques," as apologists for the abuse have called it. There is little interrogation presented in Zero Dark Thirty. There is a shouted question, followed by brutality. At one point, "Maya," a stand-in for the dedicated CIA agents who actually succeeded at hunting bin Laden, points out that one abused detainee couldn't possibly have the information the agents are demanding of him. The closest the movie comes to presenting a case for the utility of torture is by presenting the name of a key bin Laden courier, Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti, as resulting from an interrogation not shown on screen. But—spoiler alert—the CIA ultimately comes to learn that it misunderstood the context of who that courier was and what he actually looked like. All that happens over five years after the torture program initiated. Meanwhile, the real intelligence work begins when a CIA agent bribes a Kuwaiti with a yellow Lamborghini for the phone number of the courier's mother, and through extensive surveillance, like a police procedural, the manhunt rolls to its climax. If this is the case for the utility of torture, it's a weak case—nested within a strong case for the inhumanity of it.
Since I haven't seen Zero Dark Thirty, I'll refrain from weighing in on whether Bruni or Ackerman has described it more truthfully. I will note that three decades ago Bigelow was working for the radical journal Semiotext(e) and playing a part in Lizzie Borden's guerrilla-feminist science-fiction film Born in Flames (which ends as Zero Dark Thirty begins, with an explosion at the World Trade Center). I know better than to assume that Bigelow still holds any of those political commitments today. But I wouldn't go into one of her movies assuming I'll see an apologia for empire, either.
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I'm just going to come right out say it: I simply don't give a fucking crap that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed got water poured on his nose, I never have, and I never will either. Why is this bastard still alive by the way?
Of course you don't, scumbag. Go rattle your saber and stroke your bloodthirst boner elsewhere.
As long as the right people are doing it to the right people, it's fine. The right people will be in charge forever, right?
It's called a WARBONER, you fucking idiot.
Is "bloodboner" redundant?
Actually, I think we have a new type of boner, which should please you of all people immensely. TORTUREBONER.
That's my band's name, you fucking copyright infringing prick. You'll be hearing from my lawyer.
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Wouldn't that be trademark infringement?
Fuck you, Zeb. I'll patent your ass so fast your head will spin.
Well, without a partner nearby to release it, every boner is torture after all.
Isn't TORTUREBONER just BDSM and/or a Japanese punk band?
Just like how how people don't care about drones, assassination, indefinite detention, etc, as long as they're told that the targets are terrorist. The whole point of rights and civil liberties is that the must be respected for everyone. A government that ignores them for scumbags is inevitably going to ignore them when it comes to the innocent as well
See, I give a shit about torture. As a teacher at the AFA once told me: "I don't support torture. The intel you get from torture is too unreliable. I do support the threat of torture."
And, yeah, I don't mind if they drag his buddy off into the next room, shoot a gun off in the air, and then come back and say, "The next one goes in you."
But actual torture is going to produce shit intel, as well as violate every principle we stand for.
The death penalty, otoh, is okay in my book. As its currently administered, maybe not, but no one will ever convince me that it is immoral to kill the John Wayne Gacys of this world.
But actual torture is going to produce shit intel
If this is true, then water on the nose can't be real torture, because it gave us great intel that eventually led right to Osama's bedroom.
You're a scumbag. Truly. Enjoy being a shitty human being.
That's false. It's even in the movie that the torture didn't lead to Bin Laden.
And, yeah, I don't mind if they drag his buddy off into the next room, shoot a gun off in the air, and then come back and say, "The next one goes in you."
You realize that is torture, under many definitions being bandied around, yes?
What always bothered me about 24 was not that Jack Bauer tortured people. I could see that he was getting results. What bothered me is that every time he had to face an inquiry about his tactics, he always acted with hostility at the very idea that people would be troubled by his actions.
This leads me to my viewpoint on torture. Even if it got you positive results, you should still be willing to face the consequences (no matter how unpleasant) for your actions.
Second thing that bothered me about 24: Kim Bauer's stupidity in seasons 1 and 2.
I agree, and Kim is one of the worst characters ever created.
Yeah, but look at her.
Hm? What? You say something?
She has been redeeming herself on Happy Endings however.
...he always acted with hostility at the very idea that people would be troubled by his actions.
He's Jack fucking Bauer, you a-hole. You probably don't think he should have cut Tony Siragusa's head off at the beginning of Season 2, either.
That's about what I think about it. If you really believe that you can get information that will save many lives or something equally good from torturing someone, then do it and accept the consequences if you are such a selfless defender of free people.
Yeah. It's a contradictory character trait. On the one hand, he's torturing people for the selfless notion of "the greater good." But, when he's forced to answer for his actions, he gets angry at the system for even questioning his actions, which seems a little selfish.
I agree with that. The problem with saying torture is okay in some circumstances is that everyone thinks their circumstance is the most important thing in the world. So you very quickly go from waterboarding KSM to torturing some cab driver in Kanduhar.
The article goes from apologia for torture to apologia for empire. Is there no torture in non-aligned states/kingdoms/satrapies? Or is torture only an accoutrement of empire? Doe torture bring about empires? And if we actually ahd anything resembling an actual, you know, empire, why aren't we siphoning every last ounce of oil out of Iraq? And why do we have a freaking budget deficit with all the tribute we should be collecting?
I thought the same thing. The word "empire" like NEOCON should be retired from the political lexicon. Both words have been raped beyond all recognition.
I have to agree. Although I think we should have a much less active foreign policy and a much smaller military, "empire" is really not the right word for what the US does now in the world. Maybe "globalized cronyism" would work.
International world power. What we do is no different that what every other major power in history has done. We just whine more about it and try to do it more humanly often to the detriment of our interests.
So if we're like every other world power in history, then how are we not an empire?
The word empire has some negative connotations. Can't apply negative connotations to the military. John may hate cops, but he'll suck any soldier dick he can get his lips around.
Because not every world power was an empire. Most of them were during the age of imperialism. But so what? They were still world powers before they started colonizing.
Until we start taking over shit and declaring it colonies or permanent vessels, we are not an empire.
Well, John, we have basically done that in the past. How do you think we acquired Hawaii?
How do you think we acquired Hawaii?
Or California? On second thought, Mexico can have it back.
Well, John, we have basically done that in the past. How do you think we acquired Hawaii?
Sure. And you could say we were in some sense an "empire" in 1908. In 2012? Not so much.
Are you claiming we don't have permanent vassals?
Are you claiming we don't have permanent vassals?
Puerto Ricardo? No, that's not it. Fuck.
We are not an empire, more like meddling assholes who get all whiny about having that pointed out.
And why do we have a freaking budget deficit with all the tribute we should be collecting?
This empire pays for its conquests with money borrowed from future taxpayers instead of the spoils of the conquered.
Remember, our government is here to help. And help it does. Real hard. Good and hard. Over and over. Deep and hard. Helping is good. Helping is real good. Oh yeah.
That is completely fucking retarded. This empire is an empire by not taking anything from anyone and turning countries over to local rule. Yeah, that makes sense.
Once again, can you stop raping the poor word? Hasn't it had enough?
...the kind of torture that Cheney advocated—but that President Obama ended...
Extraordinary rendition has ended? No? Obama didn't end torture - he outsourced it.
Of course Obama ended torture, right after he closed Gitmo.
It was a rider on the Patriot Act Repeal bill.
And that policy change was put into effect years before Obama took office. His bootlickers are human toe jam. The fucking worst that mankind has to offer.
Twice the excuses of the other team's bootlickers plus all of the depravity.
Beat me to, Baked One.
It is a rather charitable assumption that when the people who used to "torture" say they aren't any more, well, that must mean they aren't, amirite?
The problem with this movie is that Bin Laden died in December 2001 from kidney disease.
Wouldn't it be a kick if it turned out that it wasn't bin Laden that they shot, and that's why they dumped the body at sea?
The more I think about it . . . .
Seriously, they had bad intel (hardly the first time), mount a raid into a civilian neighborhood of a (nominal) ally, kill a bunch of people, and then find out, oopsie, wrong guy.
What are they going to do? Admit it? No. Cover it up, and you can't cover it up until you get rid of the evidence.
There's no way just airplane fuel can melt steel.
I know, I know, I'm just saying its more plausible than most conspiracy theories, because it starts with the assumption that the conspirators are bumbling idiots, rather than evil masterminds.
This is probably the most believable explanation as to why we had to dunmp the body over-board so fast.
I don't believe it's the truth, however, because there is absolutely no evidence that this administration has ever had the planning or forethought to do anything so remotely competent.
There were supposedly several women in the house. Where are they?
Torture is morally justifiable in situations such as the ticking time bomb scenario. Discuss.
As long as it's not an innocent party, I generally lean that way, yeah. It's the only exception I can think of though. I don't see it as being much different from killing someone to save lives. I wouldn't kill someone who didn't do anything, but if someone part of a plan to kill people had to die to avert it? I'd kill them. I'd torture them too if I thought it did anything.


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An outstanding work. Mel Gibson's masterpiece. Not for those with anxiety over violent displays, however. Aggression-phobics will find it distasteful. Explores the essence of human personality without the overlay of artificial, culturally-imposed, refinement. If you realistically accept aggression as an immutable aspect of nature you will be able to appreciate this film as a masterwork. See
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WASHINGTON (AFP) — Green-clad protesters amassed in Los Angeles, New York and at the gates of the White House in Washington on Saturday, an echo of the mass uprisings that continues to convulse Iran.
Protesters expressed their solidarity with their Iran-based counterparts and called on the United States and President Barack Obama to "Stand with Iran," as one placard put it.
Waving placards imploring Obama to "support us, the people," protesters called for the June 12 elections -- which the government claims was won by the incumbent president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -- to be annulled.
Many protestors wore green, a color that has become symbolic of the campaign of Mir Hossein Mousavi, the opposition leader who claims he won the vote.
"Everybody (in Iran) is tired," said a protester named Zohra who was in a crowd of hundreds demonstrating outside the White House. "They want freedom of speech, to pick up their own president."
Another demonstrator, Babek Talebi praised Obama's public handling of the crisis, which has seen the United States condemn violence against protestors, while trying to avoid the appearance of meddling in Iranian affairs.
"We are quite happy with the way the Obama administration has handled this issue until now," said Talebi.
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As a medic and emergency medical technician in the military, she said she fell in love with the health-care field and wanted to continue in it in order to "expand my knowledge; yet, have the opportunity to work and care for more people."
After her two children were in school, she and her husband, Adam, made the decision for her to go back to school to become a registered nurse.
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Pate: I was extremely nervous in the beginning. However, the people here at Lake Wales Medical Center have truly helped me to grow, not only as a new RN but as a person by having an excellent team of people who surround me and help me strive for excellence. Hands down our patients are well-cared for because of the awesome team work that LWMC has within its organization.
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An unexpected reunion took place on this morning's 'Today' show on NBC. Natalie Morales joined up with actress Tiffani Thiessen to take on Willie Geist in a quiz about classic '90s TV shows and was surprised by a special guest from a favorite series of the decade. Check out the clip below!
Dennis Haskins, best known for his role as 'Saved By the Bell' principal 'Mr. Belding', took to the stage just as the game was to begin! The actor recently spoke to TMZ about a possible 'Saved By the Bell' reunion, commenting, "Honestly, the fans still love us and our show so much ... they deserve it!"
Saved By the Bell aired between 1989 and 1993. The series followed the exploits of a group of close friends and their principal at the fictional Bayside High School in Palisades, California. Each season of the series represents a full academic year of high school for the students. The sitcom name is an idiom for being "saved" by a school bell ringing, when a student is unprepared to answer a question asked near the end of a classroom period.
The show stars Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Dustin Diamond, Lark Voorhies, and Dennis Haskins, who appeared in Good Morning, Miss Bliss, as well as Tiffani-Amber Thiessen, Elizabeth Berkley, and Mario Lopez, who joined the cast of Saved by the Bell.The show brought fame to the cast members and launched most of their careers.
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2014 Global TapRooT® Summit Best Practice Tracks: Our Track Leaders Make it Easier to Choose!
Posted: January 27th, 2014 in Best Practice Presentations, Best Practice Presenters, SummitStill undecided about which best practice track to choose?
Our next exciting Summit is just around the corner (April 7 – 11, 2014 in Horseshoe Bay Texas), and our Track Leaders invite you to solve your most pressing issues in 2014 with these special invitations and useful information:
Incident Investigation & Root Cause Analysis: Do you want to increase your incident investigation & root cause analysis skills? Learn advanced topics on this track and take your skills to the next level. (View Ken Reed's video invitation.)
Human Error Reduction & Behavior Change: Improve human performance at your facility! This track is full of ideas you can take back and apply immediately. (View Mark Paradies' video invitation).
Safety Improvements and Serious Injury / Fatalities Reduction: If you are a safety professional, you will find a good mix of TapRooT® Root Cause Analysis information as well as general safety info on this track. (View Dave Janney's video invitation.)
Process Quality & Corrective Action Program: Are your corrective actions falling flat? Does your process quality leave something to be desired? Come and share your top concerns and let us help you find solutions. (View Chris Vallee's video invitation.)
Improving Healthcare Quality & Patient Safety: Does your healthcare facility need a reboot when it comes to root cause analysis? Attend this track and learn how to do better sentinel event investigations, and improve the quality of investigations in healthcare. (View Ed Skompski's video invitation.)
Equipment Reliability Improvement and Troubleshooting: Have you heard about our special guest speaker? If you work with equipment, you won't want to miss this track. (Learn more about this track.)
Certified TapRooT® Instructor Track: Calling all Certified Instructors! It's required that you attend the Summit and some additional training once every two years. (View Michelle Wishoun's video invitation.)
Software Track: Do you use the TapRooT® software to conduct your investigations? It doesn't matter if you are a new or seasoned TapRooT® Software user, this track was designed for you. Do you want to know all the updates we've made in the last year? Do you want all the tips and tricks for using the TapRooT® Software for SnapChart®s, trending, reports, and communicating/tracking corrective actions? (View Ed Skompski's video invitation.)
Special Topics: Consider the Special Topics Track as an "extra" topics list you can choose from to replace a topic on your track that may not apply to what you do or to replace a topic you've already studied in depth. If you are bringing your spouse this year, he or she may also find some interesting topics here. (Learn more about this track.)
Best Practices in Equipment Reliability Improvement & Troubleshooting
Posted: January 23rd, 2014 in Best Practice Presentations, Best Practice Presenters, Equipment/Equifactor®, SummitLearn Best Practices in Equipment Reliability Improvement & Troubleshooting at the 2014 Global TapRooT® Summit! Join us in Horseshoe Bay, Texas (near Austin) April 9 – 11, 2014 and learn about the business end of equipment reliability and the foundations of Equifactor® from global expert, Heinz Bloch.
The Business End of Equipment Reliability
Reliability engineering efforts often suffer from a fragmented approach. Some companies and facilities repeat consultant-conceived generalities and wonder why they get bogged down in squabbles over definitions and benchmarking numbers. In fact, some could even dispense with the reliability engineering function without seeing a blip in their company's profitability (or lack thereof).
However, other corporations and business entities are far more structured and productive. Their reliability engineering endeavors are well defined and they have budgets and accountability. For them, reliability engineering is never an afterthought. This presentation shows where the two differ. It is short on vague generalities and long on value-adding specifics.
The Foundations of Equifactor
The presenter has authored or co-authored 18 textbooks on reliability improvement topics. His text "Machinery Failure Analysis and Troubleshooting" is now in its 4th Edition. This book contains time-tested methods of identifying root causes of failures which were subsequently melded into the "Equifactor-approach." Equifactor is a straightforward and repeatable method which, for many decades, has kept a select few user companies at the top of Best Practices or Best-of-Class performers. The presenter shares several case histories to illustrate how he successfully used its core approach 30 years ago and still practices it today.
LEARN MORE about the equipment track from track leader, Ken Reed (view video).
MAKE A WEEK OF IT by attending the 2-day equipment Pre-Summit Course in addition to the 3-day Summit (learn details about the 2-day).
REGISTER NOW for the 2014 Global TapRooT® Summit!
Mark Paradies to Speak at the 2014 Global TapRooT® Summit
Posted: December 3rd, 2013 in Best Practice Presentations, Best Practice Presenters, SummitMark Paradies will be a keynote speaker at the 2014 Global TapRooT® Summit.
Mark is President of System Improvements in Knoxville, Tennessee. He is co-author of TapRooT® – Changing the Way the World Solves Problems, a contributor to the Root Cause Analysis Blog and the editor of the Root Cause Network newsletter. He is a member of the IEEE Committee writing a root cause analysis standard for the nuclear industry and is a co-author of the book Guidelines for Investigating Chemical Process Incidents published by the Center for Chemical Process Safety.
Mark earned a Master's Degree in Nuclear Engineering with an emphasis on human factors at the University of Illinois. He was certified by Navsea 08 as an engineer in the Nuclear Navy and is a Certified Professional Ergonomist and a Certified Hazard Control Manager. He is a senior member of the American Society for Quality.
To learn more about the Summit, visit: http://www.taproot.com/taproot-summit
Which Best Practice Track Will Revolutionize Your Efforts in 2014?
Posted: November 21st, 2013 in Best Practice Presentations, Best Practice Presenters, SummitDid you know the Global TapRooT® Summit offers nine best practice tracks that can revolutionize your efforts in 2014? You won't find another conference that offers so many opportunities to learn best practices in incident investigation, root cause analysis, and performance improvement.
The thing that makes the Summit Tracks so revolutionary is the personal attention to the selection of presenters. Behind every informative Best Practice Track is a dedicated Track Leader who has put significant thought into selecting best practice speakers.
Today, I'd like to introduce three of these Best Practice Track Leaders and give you an opportunity to hear what they have to say about their unique tracks.
Ken Reed, Partner, System Improvements has an awesome line-up of advanced sessions in Incident Investigation and Root Cause Analysis. Click on the image below to learn more about Ken's track (two minute video).
Dave Janney, Senior Associate, System Improvements, has included "a good mix of TapRooT® information and safety information" that he thinks you will enjoy on his Serious Injury/Fatalities Reduction Best Practice Track. Click the image below to learn more about Dave's track (three minute video).
Chris Vallee, Senior Associate, System Improvements, lists topics that you can look forward to this year on the Process Quality & Corrective Actions Programs Track. Click the image below to learn more about Chris' track (one minute video)..
So, after viewing the above videos, which Best Practice Tracks or sessions mentioned by the Track Leaders stand out for you? Which track would most likely revolutionize your incident investigation, root cause analysis, and performance improvement efforts in 2014? Leave your thoughts in the comments below.
We hope to see you at the 2014 Global TapRooT® Summit!
Do you know which track you want to attend? Register now!
Edwin G. Foulke Jr. to Speak at the 2014 Global TapRooT® Summit
Posted: November 19th, 2013 in Best Practice Presentations, Best Practice Presenters, SummitWe are looking forward to welcoming Edwin G. Foulke, Jr. as a keynote speaker at the 2014 Global TapRooT® Summit.
He is a partner in the Atlanta office of Fisher & Phillips LLP, where he serves as co-chair of the firm's Workplace Safety and Catastrophe Management Practice Group. Prior to joining Fisher & Phillips, Ed was the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health. Named by President George W. Bush to head OSHA, he served from April 2006 to November 2008. During his tenure at OSHA, workplace injury, illness, and fatality rates dropped to their lowest levels in recorded history. For more than 30 years, Ed has worked in the labor and employment area, focusing on occupational safety and health issues. He also served on the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission in Washington, DC, chairing the Commission from March 1990 to February 1994. In 2010, 2011 and 2012-2013 he was named as one of the "50 Most Influential EHS Leaders" by EHS Today magazine, and in 2008 he was named as one of the "50 Most Influential EHS Leaders" in the United States by Occupational Hazards magazine. Mr. Foulke is recognized as one of the nation's leading authorities on occupational safety and health issues.
Mr. Foulke will present:
"Be Prepared For Sweeping Workplace Safety Changes"
If OSHA has fallen off your radar screen, it is time to put it back on. Over the past several years, OSHA has been changing, and more changes are on the way. Employers in all industries are seeing a continued shift away from the government's past emphasis on cooperative efforts with employers to a more aggressive enforcement approach.
This presentation will briefly review the essential elements of OSHA compliance and an effective workplace safety and health program, with an eye toward preparing for increased civil and criminal enforcement and the growing group of whistleblowers. The presentation will also explain how improved safety can help increase a company's profitability and, when used properly, how safety compliance can be a "profit center" and not another administrative cost.
Learn more about the 2014 Global TapRooT® Summit.
Carl Dixon to Speak at the 2014 Global TapRooT® Summit
Posted: November 5th, 2013 in Best Practice Presentations, Best Practice Presenters, SummitWe are looking forward to welcoming Carl Dixon as a keynote speaker at the 2014 Global TapRooT® Summit, April 7 – 11 in Horseshoe Bay, Texas.
Carl Dixon is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter. More than that, he is an entertainer who has performed for audiences around the world for many years. A presence on stage, screen, radio and print (and now the internet), which he's maintained for over three decades has created a following of people who care about the man and his music.
The career of the good-natured native of Northern Ontario includes his beginnings as lead singer/songwriter of Coney Hatch, lead singer of the Guess Who for eight years, and member of April Wine for four years. A run of album releases with all the above-named bands and his solo work, along with concert appearances around the globe, has made Carl internationally known.
Musically these days Carl either performs a solo acoustic show or tours with his Carl Dixon Band. Speaking appearances are his latest passion, a chance to share his thoughts and experiences in a direct connection to an audience.
In April 2008 Carl's career path was disrupted by a catastrophic car accident in Australia. This left him in coma with terrible injuries and a poor prognosis from the trauma doctors. To general amazement Carl pushed himself toward recovery with a "No weakness, no fear" motto. He overcame the adversity and eventually made a full return to performance and life. This experience and the lessons gained through it form a large component of Carl's speaking presentation.
His book Strange Way to Live is being published, an account of Carl's experiences and impressions of his life and musical adventures to date. The book details the path which led Carl to here and the factors which helped him overcome the accidents' effects.
Residing in the forests and hills of Haliburton, Ontario, "Lucky Dog" Carl has a charmed life with his wife and two daughters.
And to those who enjoyed his performance at the Summit reception in Gatlinburg in 2013 — he has agreed to play an acoustic set for us again in 2014!
Learn more about the Summit: http://www.taproot.com/products-services/summit
Do Employee Health Management Programs Work?
Posted: November 1st, 2013 in Best Practice Presentations, Best Practice Presenters, SummitDr. Rebecca Blessing and Ralph Blessing will be returning to the 2014 Global TapRooT® Summit to share about workplace wellness programs.
Health Management Organizations are making their way into corporate America to help manage rising health care costs. Both employers and employees are affected by these rising costs with loss of work productivity, higher insurance rates and chronic illness that is overwhelming our health care systems. In this session, they will explore the top health issues and examine if employer health management programs in the workplace are a viable option to this spiraling issue.
Dr. Rebecca A. Blessing is a Doctor of Chiropractic. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Nutrition, holds a Master's of Science Degree in Health Psychology and is a Certified Neuromuscular Therapist. For 25 years she has been studying alternative and complementary healing methods. She is a strong advocate for integrating complementary and alternative medicine into main stream medicine.
Analyze and Fix Safety Culture Issues
Posted: November 1st, 2013 in Best Practice Presentations, Best Practice Presenters, SummitOur employees aren't wearing proper PPE, even though we've told them over and over again.
Sound familiar? Wouldn't it be nice if people wanted to follow the rules? Not because they have to but because they want to? How do you turn reluctant compliance into committed behaviors?
Come to the 2-Day PreSummit Course, Analyzing and Fixing Safety Cultures, (April 7 – 8, 2014, Horseshoe Bay, Texas) and learn how to fix safety culture issues like these at your facility.
This course includes:
- A clear definition of safety culture.
- An overview of various safety culture models.
- An organizational culture survey from Human Synergistics International designed to identify your current culture.
- Why it is good business to improve safety culture.
- The relationship between incidents and safety culture.
- The importance of strong safety leadership. What some organizations are doing to strengthen their safety culture.
- What "puzzle pieces" you need to put in place to improve your safety culture.
REGISTER NOW for the Pre-Summit Course and the TapRooT® Global Summit and save $200.
BRING YOUR SPOUSE to a fabulous Horseshoe Bay Resort.
LEARN MORE about our 13 Pre-Summit Courses.
Special 2-Day Equifactor® Equipment Troubleshooting and Root Cause Analysis Course
Posted: October 29th, 2013 in Best Practice Presentations, Best Practice Presenters, SummitDo you have to be TapRooT® trained to benefit from attending the Global TapRooT® Summit? No, anyone seeking to minimize accidents, quality issues, production problems, maintenance headaches and patient safety issues will benefit. But there are two exclusive opportunities to do so and make Summit week the best five days of learning, sharing and networking that you will experience in 2014.
First Opportunity: We recently posted about an opportunity to take our 2-Day TapRooT® Incident Investigation & Root Cause Analysis Course as a Pre-Summit course. If you haven't been TapRooT® trained, this is the perfect time to advance your root cause analysis skills by learning the TapRooT® Essentials to find and fix the root causes of incidents, accidents, quality problems, near-misses, operational errors, hospital sentinel events and other types of problems, and then head right into the 3-day Global Summit to learn more ways to apply what you've learned.
Second Opportunity: Learn TapRooT® Root Cause Analysis PLUS gain equipment troubleshooting skills, by attending the
Special 2-Day TapRooT®/Equifactor® Equipment Troubleshooting & Root Cause Analysis Course
(Learn more.)
What are the benefits of taking this course? Saving time and money!
Save Money
When you register for both a Pre-Summit course and Summit course, you automatically save $200.
Save Time
Even more valuable than that is the time-saving benefit. This is the one time we will offer this course as a 2-day all year — it is a 3-day course when you register for it any other time except as a Pre-Summit course.
Learn the Equifactor® Equipment Troubleshooting Technique for Root Cause Failure Analysis of Equipment Problems. Once you find the real root causes using this systematic process, learn to develop effective fixes that will keep problems from happening again. Check your corrective action effectiveness using the SMARTER technique. Also, learn to find and fix equipment problems proactively BEFORE an accident or incident occurs and to analyze the Safeguards that keep problems from happening or from getting worse once a single Safeguard fails. Learn what to include in effective presentations to management when presenting the results of a root cause analysis. Course participants receive the book, Machinery Failure Analysis and Troubleshooting, the TapRooT® Book, the pocket sized Root Cause Tree® Dictionary, and a laminated Root Cause Tree®.
Are you ready to take your equipment troubleshooting skills to the next level? Then sign up for the Special 2-Day TapRooT®/Equifactor® Equipment Troubleshooting & Root Cause Analysis Pre-Summit Course and the Equipment Reliability Improvement & Troubleshooting track at the TapRooT® Summit.
Register Now or Learn More about the 2014 Global TapRooT® Summit.
How Do You Identify Fatigue-Related Mistakes in the Workplace?
Posted: October 23rd, 2013 in Best Practice Presentations, Best Practice Presenters, SummitFatigue in the workplace is difficult to measure, and it is even more difficult to identify as a causal factor of accidents and injuries. However, fatigue does contribute to human errors including errors in judgment, risk-taking behaviors, clouded decision-making, ability to handle stress and reaction time. At the 2014 Global TapRooT® Summit, we will examine issues of fatigue and human error in more detail. Come and join us on Thursday, April 10 at 2:40 p.m. for:
Fatigue and Human Performance – The Tell-Tale Signs of Fatigue Related Mistakes
Bill Sirois will be leading this informative session He is the Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Circadian Technologies, a leading research, information and consulting firm specializing in reducing the costs, risks and liabilities of shiftwork and extended hours operations. Bill has a chemical engineering and ergonomics background, with more than three decades of operational management and consulting experience in the areas of health, safety, and productivity.
See the Summit Schedule to learn more about the sessions we have lined up on the Human Error Reduction and Behavior Change track in 2014.
REGISTER NOW at: https://www.taproot.com/taproot-summit/register-for-summit
Rocky Bleier to Speak at the 2014 Global TapRooT® Summit
Posted: October 22nd, 2013 in Best Practice Presentations, Best Practice Presenters, SummitWe are looking forward to welcoming Rocky Bleier as a keynote speaker at the 2014 Global TapRooT® Summit, April 7 – 11 in Horseshoe Bay, Texas.
Rocky Bleier's life story–a gripping tale of courage on both the football fields of America and the battlefields of Vietnam–has held audiences in rapt attention for years. Yet, the motivational message behind it, detailing how ordinary people can become extraordinary achievers, defines success in the new American century.
With the same optimism, sense of humor and steadfast determination that were his trademarks as a Pittsburgh Steelers running back, Rocky Bleier takes audiences from his early years through his professional career and talks about the lessons he learned along the way…lessons that we all can benefit from.
Not falling within the ideal of what a running back should look like, Bleier had to run harder and play smarter to be able to stand out. Despite his drive and ability to make the big play, the Pittsburgh Steelers only considered him a late round pick. But before the season ended that first year, he was drafted again–this time by the United States Army. At the height of the Vietnam War, Bleier was thrust into combat early and was seriously wounded when his platoon ran into an ambush. Receiving wounds from both rifle fire and grenade fragments in his legs, he was barely able to walk and his professional football career seemed to have ended before it began.
For more than two years, he drove himself. Little by little he overcame obstacles and fought his way back. He not only made the Pittsburgh Steelers, but also eventually became a starting running back on a team that won four Super Bowls and became the greatest football team of the 20th century.
The hard lessons Rocky Bleier learned early in his life that helped him overcome adversity and reach his goals, have paid off after football. Some of those lessons are seen between the lines in the popular book on his life, Fighting Back , and an ABC-TV movie of the week by the same name.
Rocky is active in the Veteran's Administration–Abraxas, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, the United Way, the Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children; he serves as honorary chairman of the Special Olympics and supports the Civic Light Opera. As a board member of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Rocky helped make possible the erection of a monument in Washington, D.C. to the servicemen and women who died in Vietnam.
Rocky's special qualities have been recognized by colleagues as well as others who have honored him with awards too numerous to list in detail. Among them are the Whizzer White Humanitarian Award, the Vince Lombardi Award and the Most Courageous Athlete of the Decade Award. He has also received awards from the USO and been named one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men in America by the U.S. Jaycees.
Today, Rocky Bleier shares his expertise and insight as the sports anchorman at the NBC affiliate in Pittsburgh, WPXI-TV. He is in demand as a speaker, motivating audiences in a wide variety of organizations, corporations and universities. And several companies, such as Uniroyal Tires, Sports Illustrated, Soloflex, Bradford-White, Swanson Dinners and First Federal Savings of Pittsburgh have benefited from his televised endorsements of their services and products.
Learn more about the Summit: http://www.taproot.com/products-services/summit
How to Register for the 2014 Global TapRooT® Summit
Posted: October 18th, 2013 in Best Practice Presentations, Best Practice Presenters, SummitIt's easy to register for the Summit through our online system. Here are 8 simple steps:
1. Visit our registration page. Note that the best value is to attend the whole week (register for a 2-day Pre-Summit course and the 3-day Summit). You can save additional money by signing up with 2 or more of your co-workers. Enter the number of attendees you are registering in the box.
2. Complete Attendee Information. The second screen asks for general information. What is different about this step this year is that you can register your spouse for $100 on this screen. Note the checkbox just below where you enter your email address. Check it to bring your spouse, and don't forget to add your spouse's name just under the checkbox. It's that easy!
3. Select your 2-day Pre-Summit course. You can find descriptions for each 2-Day Course here.
4. Select a Best Practice Track. You will note all the track names are listed in the left column. You can review and select a best practice track schedule by clicking the button next to the track name. In the image below, the Process Quality and Corrective Action Program track is selected.
5. Make any Modifications. If there is a session on the track you would like to replace with another session (like a session from "Special Topics" including TapRooT® and Medical Advisory Boards), then simply click the gray modify button on the top right of any red best practice session box, and a pop-up will appear with other options. Then, click the button next to the session you want to attend.
6. Choose Special Topics. The next screen lists some special topics giving you another option to modify your schedule. You may have noticed you could do this in the step prior to this, but this is just another opportunity to modify your schedule with topics you may have missed. If you are on the TapRooT® Advisory Board or Medical Advisory Board, you can find the meeting easily on this screen and add it to your schedule.
7. Verify Your Information. Click "Pay Now" or "Invoice Me" to continue. Or, if you need to make changes, click "Make Changes" (These buttons are not shown on the image below, but you'll find them at the bottom of the page when you register.). Be sure to check the box above these buttons to agree to the payment selected.
8. Confirm. On the next screen, you will either enter your payment information and confirm, or, if you chose to be invoiced, you simply confirm.
That's all there is to it! If you need further assistance with registration, please contact us!
Learn more on the Summit website!
2014 Global TapRooT® Summit Keynote Speaker Line-up
Posted: October 17th, 2013 in Best Practice Presentations, Best Practice Presenters, SummitIt's easy to see why TapRooT® Root Cause Analysis Co-Creator Mark Paradies is in this line-up. But how does a football legend, rock star, attorney and comedian fit into the Global TapRooT® Summit?
Click on the images below to find out.
Join us for the 2014 Global TapRooT® Summit, April 7 – 11 in Horseshoe Bay Texas! (Learn more.)
Human Performance Tools & Organizational Factors
Posted: October 16th, 2013 in Best Practice Presentations, Best Practice Presenters, SummitThe more one practices a behavior, the higher the probability that the behavior becomes habit. That's why it's important to provide a workplace environment with the right tools available to increase the ability to develop great habits. Are you using the right tools at your facility? And what's wrong with typical human performance tools?
Mark Paradies, President of System Improvements and co-creator of the TapRooT® System, will guide you through these questions and help you find the most effective tools in the "Human Error Reduction Best Practices" session at the 2014 Global TapRooT® Summit. This session is scheduled for Thursday, April 10 at 1:00 p.m. Learn what's wrong with typical human performance tools.
Frank Verschueren will also be returning to the 2014 TapRooT® Summit to share how TapRooT® covers organizational factors during this session. Frank is the Inspector for Labour and Process Safety for Major Hazards Industries under the (European) Seveso Regulation in Belgium.
Make plans to join us as we share best practices in Human Error Reduction & Behavior Change at the Global TapRooT® Summit, Horseshoe Bay, Texas, April 7 – 11, 2014. Check out more best practices planned on our schedule page.
REGISTER NOW: https://www.taproot.com/taproot-summit/register-for-summit.
Bring Your Spouse to a Horseshoe Bay, Texas Resort next April!
Posted: October 9th, 2013 in Best Practice Presentations, Best Practice Presenters, SummitAt past Summits, attendees have asked if their spouses could attend Summit activities with them. In the past, we have welcomed spouses to the Wednesday night Summit reception, but since the 2014 TapRooT® Summit scheduled for April 7 – 11, 2014 will be held at a AAA Four Diamond Horseshoe Bay Resort, we are opening the entire event to spouse attendance at a price that will fit any household's budget.
Bring your spouses to as much, or as little, of the Summit as they choose for just $100!
That's right — your spouse can register for the Summit for only $100.
This includes Summit breakfast on April 9, 10 and 11, Summit lunch on April 9 and 10, and food and drinks at the Summit reception on the evening of April 9. They may find plenty to do at the resort (including a fitness club and spa, golf, nearby hiking and biking trails, horseback riding, and so much more!) but they are also invited to attend keynote sessions and breakout sessions so they can take valuable information back home as well.
Here are just a few of the breakout sessions that they may enjoy attending:
Character Driven Success with Dr. Beverly Chiodo
Prepare to be inspired! Learn how our character traits drive our performance and what we can do to become more successful in life.
Systems Root Cause Analysis of Intergenerational Issues with Akivah Northern
Learn how to view and solve family problems using root cause analysis.
Interviewing: Decoding Non-Verbal Behavior with Barb Phillips
Understanding body language is a way to know what people are really thinking in spite of what they are saying.
It's an incredible opportunity to enjoy the beautiful Horseshoe Bay sunset with your spouse after a busy day, and also include them in a learning environment that can be a life and career changer.
Mark your calendar for April 9 – 11, 2014 (Pre-Summit Courses will also be held April 7-8) and invite your spouse to attend. Learn more at:
or REGISTER NOW - you can register yourself and your spouse at: https://www.taproot.com/taproot-summit/register-for-summit
Christine Holton Cashen, Keynote Speaker for the 2014 Global TapRooT® Summit
Posted: October 8th, 2013 in Best Practice Presentations, Best Practice Presenters, SummitWe are looking forward to welcoming Christine Holton Cashen as a keynote speaker at the 2014 Global TapRooT® Summit, April 7 – 11 in Horseshoe Bay, Texas.
Christine Cashen delivers a fast–paced, hilarious program with useful content that makes her a sought after speaker worldwide. For more than 10 years, she has jazzed an amazing variety of audiences throughout the United States, Canada, South Africa and Australia. Christine is an authority on sparking innovative ideas to handle conflict, reduce stress and energize employees.
Before hitting the speaking scene, CC was a university admissions officer, corporate trainer and broadcaster. Hey—she even votes. Christine holds a Bachelors Degree in Communication and a Masters Degree in Adult Education. She is a member of the National Speakers Association and is a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP). CSP is an earned designation awarded by the National Speakers Association and the International Federation for Professional Speakers to recognize demonstrated commitment to the speaking profession through proven speaking experience. Fewer than 10% of the speakers on the planet hold this designation.
Christine has been featured as a creativity expert in HOW Designs at Work magazine and is a co-author of the book Mission Possible, Volume Eight. She has also developed the A Dynamic Speaker series of learning resources: Get What You Want With What You've Got DVD, Why Can't Everybody Just Get Along CD and Got Humor Video. Christine resides in Dallas with her husband and their two children.
She will present
Why Brainstorm When You Can Brain El Niño?
Have you run out of ideas? Is your team having a brain drizzle rather than a brainstorm? Discover the tools to weather creative blocks, solve problems and get great ideas in half the time! Learn specific strategies to put the "storm" back into brainstorming. Increase effectiveness and productivity, boost group morale and relieve workplace tension with this program. Get ready to have a brain El Niño!
Learn more about the Summit: http://www.taproot.com/products-services/summit
Register at: https://www.taproot.com/taproot-summit/register-for-summit
Best Practices in Improving Healthcare Quality & Patient Safety
Posted: September 30th, 2013 in Best Practice Presentations, Best Practice Presenters, SummitWe are excited to offer the Improving Healthcare Quality & Patient Safety track at the 2013 Global TapRooT® Summit. Summit Week is scheduled for April 7 – 11, 2013 in Horseshoe Bay, Texas.
Learn how to identify the underlying causes of specific breakdowns in patient care and start planning improvements at your facility. Here are just two of the sessions planned for this track:
High Reliability Industry Lessons Learned for Healthcare: Come and learn how to reduce injury to patients as Kay Gallogly and Gard Clark share high reliability industry lessons learned. Lessons learned will focus on eliminating preventable harm to provides the safest, highest-quality care to every patient.
Reducing Risks in the Pharmacy: Medication errors have the potential to cause serious health problems or death. Christopher Jerry, President and CEO of the Emily Jerry Foundation, will be presenting this informative session on how to reduce these risks. The Emily Jerry Foundation is committed to educating families and lawmakers about Pharmacy Technicians, the need to increase the prerequisite training standards of their profession, and their important role in life or death medical situations across the United States.
LEARN MORE about the track schedule by visiting the Schedule Page and clicking the button next to "Improving Healthcare Quality & Patient Safety" (Visit the Schedule Page now.)
REGISTER NOW at: https://www.taproot.com/taproot-summit/register-for-summit
2014 Global TapRooT® Summit Best Practice Tracks
Posted: September 30th, 2013 in Best Practice Presentations, Best Practice Presenters, SummitOver the past two months, we've featured six of the nine best practice tracks planned for the 2014 Global TapRooT® Summit. Check them out here:
Safety & Serious Injuries / Fatalities Prevention Track (Learn more)
Equipment Reliability & Improvement Track (Learn more)
Human Performance Tools & Organizational Factors Track (Learn more)
Process Quality and Corrective Action Programs Track (Learn more)
TapRooT® Software Track (Learn more)
Improving Healthcare Quality & Patient Safety (Learn more)
And learn more about the 2014 Global TapRooT® Summit on the Summit website.
REGISTER NOW at: https://www.taproot.com/taproot-summit/register-for-summit
Get the Most from Your TapRooT® Software!
Posted: September 25th, 2013 in Best Practice Presentations, Best Practice Presenters, SummitDon't miss the two chances you'll have in 2014 to learn everything you wanted to know about TapRooT® software. Make your job easier by putting our software to work for you at the 2014 Global TapRooT® Summit.
1. TapRooT® Software Best Practice Track
Here are the best practice sessions planned for the TapRooT® Software Track at the 2014 Global TapRooT® Summit, Horseshoe Bay, Texas, April 7 – 11:
Character Driven Success: Prepare to be inspired! Learn how our character traits drive our performance and what we can do to become more successful in life. Popular best practice speaker, Dr. Beverly Chiodo is returning in 2014, and Software Track Leader, Dan Verlinde chose this session so that the TapRooT® Software Users would not miss the chance to hear this dynamic speaker and get their Summit experience off to a great start.
A Beginner's Guide to Investigation Using TapRooT® Single User Software: We all have to start somewhere and the good news is that the software is user-friendly so it won't take you long to progress beyond feeling like a beginner. Join us for this session and increase your knowledge and experience with single user software.
Stump (and Advise) the Software Experts (TapRooT® Development Team): What have you always wanted to know but were afraid to ask? Bring your toughest questions and see if you can stump the software experts!
What's New in the TapRooT® Software: How do you keep up with the newest software developments and continue building on your success? Attend the Summit! The software development team is always at work bringing you enhancements to the software, and Dan Verlinde, Director of Information Technology & Software Development is preparing a session to bring you up-to-speed on the latest and greatest in TapRooT® software.
Metrics and Trending: What gets measured gets done. Don't let your important improvement initiatives be forgotten. Kevin McManus will help you see what's working and what's not so you can set the right priorities with ease.
Expert Facilitation of Investigations Using TapRooT® Single User Software: Brian Tink is planning a session to make your job a whole lot easier. Come and receive software tips that you can implement right away.
How We Implemented TapRooT® Enterprise Software: It helps to hear the experiences of others before making the jump to Enterprise Software. Get a heads up on what to expect from experienced users.
Test Drive the Version 6 Software: Who doesn't love an opportunity to test drive? Get your questions answered and test the software for yourself to find out how will change your work days for the better.
Planning Your Improvements: Is your mind spinning from all of this opportunity? This session will help you sort out and apply this new information and take your facility to the next level!
2. Two-Day Pre-Summit Course: Getting the Most from your TapRooT® Software
To get the most from your TapRooT® Enterprise Software you need an administrator who understands all the built in features. They need to know how to:
- Install the software for best performance.
- Set-up custom fields and lists.
- Link the software to other databases.
- Answer users' common questions.
- Explain the basics of using the software. (Learn more.)
Get the most of your TapRooT® software! Learn more about the 2014 Global TapRooT® Summit by visiting the Summit website.
REGISTER NOW at: https://www.taproot.com/taproot-summit/register-for-summit
Learn Best Practices in Process Quality and Corrective Action Programs at the 2014 Global TapRooT® Summit
Posted: September 18th, 2013 in Best Practice Presentations, Best Practice Presenters, SummitChris Vallee, Senior Associate and TapRooT® Instructor here at System Improvements has organized a fantastic best practice track for everyone interested in Process Quality and Correction Action Programs at the 2014 Global TapRooT® Summit.
Chris is going to talk about Why Exceeding Customer Expectation is Wrong. Other topics he has organized on this track include:
"Metrics and Trending" with Kevin McManus, "The Good, The Bad and the Ugly of Process Silos" with Dave Davis and Tommy Garnett, "Process Quality Best Practices" with Ron Goodwin and Mel Lager, "CAPA Best Practices: Is Your Industry Really That Different?" with Amy Bratkovic and "Using TapRooT® for a Process Improvement" with Jonathan Kennedy and Dennis Osmer.
Learn more about our presenters on the Summit website and make plans to join us is 2014!
REGISTER NOW: https://www.taproot.com/taproot-summit/register-for-summit.
Learn Best Practices in Equipment Reliability
Posted: September 9th, 2013 in Best Practice Presentations, Best Practice Presenters, SummitHow much are equipment problems costing your site?
Many facilities don't know the answer to this important question.
To find out, calculate the cost of unplanned maintenance. Next, add the cost of unexpected downtime. Then, calculate the cost of unhappy customers who had delayed shipments. Finally, add in the cost of any accidents that occurred while repairing unexpected failures.
And don't forget the overtime required to repair failures in the middle of the night!
These failures and their costs don't have to be a part of your facility's future.
You can reduce or eliminate unplanned downtime, achieve world-class equipment reliability, and improve your facility's safety, productivity, and quality by implementing equipment best practices used by industrial leaders worldwide.
Where can you learn these techniques? At the 2014 Global TapRooT® Summit!
Here are just two of the highlights on the Equipment Reliability & Improvement track:
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly: Where is Your Equipment Reliability Program?
If you're ready to evaluate your equipment reliability program, where do you begin? The first step is developing a fresh perspective. Mark Olson will be presenting ideas on how to take an objective look at your reliability program. Come and learn innovative techniques for developing a self-rating system to find out where your facility stands.
Mark Olson is a Reliability Consultant for MFO Services. He is an experienced TapRooT® Instructor and Investigator with an impressive resume of valuable experience including 25 years in the petrochemical industry. Other experience includes facilitating RCFA for safety, environmental and equipment failure incidents, and conducting FMEA to develop equipment reliability improvement strategies; re-engineering a maintenance/reliability business process and providing RCFA facilitation for reliability improvement; and extensive management experience in an industrial setting.
The Business End of Equipment Reliability
Internationally recognized equipment guru, Heinz Bloch, will lead sessions guaranteed to keep people interested in equipment reliability improvement glued to their seats. This two-part session (this topic will be discussed during Best Practice Sessions 4 and 5) about the business end of equipment reliability will show you how to become Best-of-Class in equipment reliability.
Heinz Bloch is a graduate of New Jersey Institute of Technology (BSME, MSME, Cum Laude). After his retirement from Exxon Chemical Central Engineering (in Baytown, TX), he worked as a consulting engineer and author of 17 books.
He is the equipment/reliability editor of Houston-based Hydrocarbon Processing and has published over 460 papers and articles on reliability improvement subjects. For several decades, he has advised industry on maintenance cost reduction and reliability improvement issues and has taught over 500 equipment uptime improvement courses on all six continents.
Don't forget our last best practice in every track provides an opportunity for you to develop a custom plan to implement the new best practices that you have learned at the Summit.
Have questions about the Equipment Reliability Track? Contact track leader, Ken Reed, by phone or through our web form. We hope to see you at the 2014 Global TapRooT® Summit!
REGISTER at: https://www.taproot.com/taproot-summit/register-for-summit.
Get Your RCA PhD at the 2014 Global TapRooT® Summit
Posted: August 15th, 2013 in Best Practice Presentations, Best Practice Presenters, SummitCome and learn best practices at the 2014 TapRooT® Summit – even get your RCA PhD!
Mark Paradies will be presenting "Get Your RCA PhD: Advanced Root Cause Analysis Using TapRooT®" in the Incident Investigation & Root Cause Analysis and Certified TapRooT® Instructor tracks. (If this session is not in your track, you can find it in the session list for Best Practices Session 5 on Thursday at 10:50 a.m. and add it!)
Mark Paradies is President of System Improvements. He is co-author of TapRooT® – Changing the Way the World Solves Problems, a contributor to the Root Cause Analysis Blog and the editor of the Root Cause Network newsletter. He is a member of the IEEE Committee writing a root cause analysis standard for the nuclear industry and is a co-author of the book Guidelines for Investigating Chemical Process Incidents published by the Center for Chemical Process Safety. Mark earned a Master's Degree in Nuclear Engineering with an emphasis on human factors at the University of Illinois. He was certified by Navsea 08 as an engineer in the Nuclear Navy and is a Certified Professional Ergonomist and a Certified Hazard Control Manager. He is a senior member of the American Society for Quality.
And there are other advanced root cause analysis sessions that you won't find offered anywhere else in the world, including Ken Turnbull's session on Advanced Causal Factor Development, (find it in Best Practices Session 1, Wednesday at 10:30 a.m.), and the Investigation Case Studies session, (find it in Best Practices Session 2, Wednesday at 1:00 p.m.).
Make plans now to attend 2014 Global TapRooT® Summit week, April 7 – 11, 2014. Learn more by visiting the Summit website.
REGISTER NOW: https://www.taproot.com/taproot-summit/register-for-summit.
Safety & Serious Injury / Fatalities Prevention Track at the 2014 Global TapRooT® Summit
Posted: August 9th, 2013 in Best Practice Presentations, Best Practice Presenters, SummitCome and learn best practices at the TapRooT® Summit. Dave Janney, track leader for the Safety & Serious Injury / Fatalities Prevention track, gave me a preview of the sessions that are planned for 2014. Don't forget that you can customize and add any best practice session to your schedule even if it is not on the track that you choose:
Using TapRooT® to Prevent Serious Injuries and Fatalities
Dave Janney will present new ideas to revolutionize your fatality/major accident prevention programs and start you down the road to eliminating major accidents. (Find this session listed in Best Practices Session 3, Wednesday at 2:40 p.m.)
Slips, Trips and Falls
Rob Shaw, from the Health and Safety Laboratory in the UK, will be giving a whistlestop tour of the science behind slipping accidents using real world examples to illustrate the causes of this common type of accident and exploring some of the barriers to preventing serious accidents before they happen. (Find this session listed in Best Practices Session 5, Thursday at 10:50 a.m.)
Driving Safety – Culture Leads to Success
Many companies have identified driving/transportation as their highest risk. In fact, the USA Department of Labor reports that 42 percent of workplace fatalities are in the transportation category. Some companies have had success in implementing programs that dramatically reduce this risk WITHOUT alienating drivers, unions, etc. (Find this session listed in Best Practices Session 6, Thursday at 1:00 p.m.)
Bruce Huber, Vice President, Inthinc Technology Solutions, Salt Lake City, Utah, will share how to positively impact behavior AND use technology to establish and maintain a positive safety culture eliminating high-potential and fatal driving related incidents.
Maintenance & Safety Improvement – How They Are Related
Buddy Lee, machinery and reliability expert in Knoxville, Tennessee, and Sanjay Gandhi, COO, Kurrent Technologies Ltd, Nairobi, Kenya, will discuss how maintenance and safety improvement are related, and how using this knowledge will help reduce injuries on the job. (Find this session listed in Best Practices Session 2, Wednesday at 1:00 p.m.)
Learn more about the 2014 Global TapRooT® Summit!
REGISTER NOW at: https://www.taproot.com/taproot-summit/register-for-summit
Check Out the 2014 Global TapRooT® Summit Schedule
Posted: July 25th, 2013 in Best Practice Presentations, Best Practice Presenters, SummitHave you looked at the 2014 Global TapRooT® Summit Schedule lately? All of the keynote speakers have confirmed and you can learn more about them here:
The tentative best schedule for the 2014 Global TapRooT® Summit is also posted on the schedule page. We couldn't wait to share the innovative ideas our first confirmed best practices speakers are bringing to Horseshoe Bay, Texas next year. Here is the schedule:
And here are the confirmed best practice presenters:
We will keep you updated as the few remaining best practice speakers confirm, and as more speakers send in abstracts for their talks, but we wanted to give you time to really think about your schedule when registration opens. There are some tough decisions to make with so many great sessions to choose from.
For more information, visit the Summit website:
or REGISTER NOW at: https://www.taproot.com/taproot-summit/register-for-summit
Detailed Up-Front Machinery Quality Assessments (MQA) — a Key Prerequisite to Reliable Major Machinery
Posted: March 27th, 2013 in Best Practice Presentations, Best Practice Presenters, Equipment/Equifactor®, Root Cause Analysis Tips, SummitHeinz Bloch explained how Best-of-Class companies use MQA on critically important compressors, drivers, and essential process pumps at the 2013 Global TapRooT® Summit. The MQA effort consists of structured and well-defined reviews of vendor experience, drawings, calculations, and other documentation. For highest possible value, MQA is often carried out before purchase orders are issued. Mr. Bloch described three distinct phases of successful MQA tasks.
Heinz Bloch is a graduate of New Jersey Institute of Technology (BSME, MSME, Cum Laude). After his retirement from Exxon Chemical Central Engineering (in Baytown, Texas), he worked as a consulting engineer and author of 17 books. He is the equipment/reliability editor of Houston-based Hydrocarbon Processing and has published over 460 papers and articles on reliability improvement subjects. For several decades, he has advised industry on maintenance cost reduction and reliability improvement issues and has taught over 500 equipment uptime improvement courses on all six continents.
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