2-Day Pre-Summit Courses, March 9 – 10, 2020
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The 2-Day TapRooT® Root Cause Analysis Course focuses on the essential TapRooT® techniques needed to investigate a precursor incident. The 5-Step investigation process simplifies TapRooT® to make the investigation efficient yet effective. The training focuses on understanding what happened, identifying Causal Factors, analyzing the Causal Factors using the Root Cause Tree®, and developing effective fixes using the Corrective Action Helper® Module.
Attendees should bring safety incidents or quality issues from their facility for a team exercise. These may be either written reports or they may have knowledge of an incident with no written report. We divide into teams of 2-4 people and have each team analyze a different problem during the course.
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Upon completion of the course, attendees will receive a certificate of completion and a 90-Day Subscription to TapRooT® VI, our dynamic online software that guides you through the TapRooT® process with ease and efficiency.
Register for the TapRooT® Root Cause Analysis Training *and* the 2020 Global TapRooT® Summit (March 9 – 13, 2020).
Register for this 2-day course only (March 9 – 10, 2020).
Do you need to efficiently and effectively find the root causes of equipment failures to improve your facility’s equipment reliability? Imagine the downtime prevented and money saved NOT having repeat equipment failures. If this sounds interesting (and worthwhile), then this completely revised course is for you.
The Equifactor® Techniques are based on the work of noted equipment reliability expert Heinz Bloch.
In two days, you will learn how to use Equifactor® to troubleshoot equipment issues and find out what is leading to failures. Then you will learn to use the TapRooT® System to organize the information you collect, identify the Causal Factors of the failure, and find the fixable root causes of the failure. Finally, you will learn to develop effective fixes to stop future equipment failures.
The tools you will learn include:
The tools can be used by maintenance personnel, equipment reliability specialists, maintenance managers, or investigators who don’t have an extensive understanding of equipment engineering.
In addition, the Equifactor® Techniques can be used to develop proactive equipment performance improvement initiatives and equipment troubleshooting procedures.
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The course materials include the book, Using Equifactor® Troubleshooting Tools and TapRooT® Root Cause Analysis to Improve Equipment Reliability, a TapRooT® Root Cause Tree®, the Root Cause Tree® Dictionary, and the Corrective Action Helper® Guide, a $129 value. The book includes a complete set of Heinz Bloch’s troubleshooting tables.
Upon completion of the course, attendees will receive a certificate of completion and a 90-day subscription to TapRooT® VI Software, our dynamic cloud-based software that computerizes the Equifactor® and TapRooT® Techniques.
Register for the Equifactor® Equipment Troubleshooting and Root Cause Analysis *and* the 2020 Global TapRooT® Summit (March 9 – 13, 2020).
Register for this 2-day course only (March 9 – 10, 2020).
This course includes:
Register for TapRooT® Analyzing and Fixing Safety Culture Issues *and* the 2020 Global TapRooT® Summit (March 9 – 13, 2020).
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In all your HSEQ risk domains and management Systems – are you frustrated that the outcomes of your current risk assessments performed in your organization lack consistency, confidence, reliability, and accuracy?
Do you & your facilitators and participants of the risk assessments have the knowledge & skills to use the most effective RA methods and tools?
Risk & Opportunity Based Thinking ROBT & Risk Assessments RA are now recognized by new versions of ISO 31000 / ISO 45001 / ANSI Z10 / ISO 14001 / ISO 9001 / ANSI Z590.3 as definitely needed in each and every risk-informed decision-making process.
ROBT and RA need to be applied in all aspects of your business without being confused and undermined by subjective beliefs, biases and risk perceptions.
The course has been continually improved. It still covers the core Best Practices that have made facilitation and participation in risk assessments as accurate and reliable as possible. As well, a number of other recent improvements include:•
The presenter is Jim Whiting, an international risk management expert, and long-time TapRooT® Instructor. Jim was a contributory member of the committee that wrote the first international risk management standard ISO 31000:2009 Risk Management – Guidelines, which has now become the USA Standard – ANSI/ASSP/ISO 31000:2018 Risk Management – Guidelines and CAN/CSA/ISO 31000. The course is facilitated in a participative workshop format. Jim brings his risk management and root cause analysis experience and best practices from around the world (Australia/New Zealand, North America, Asia, Africa, and Europe) to this course. If you are interested in advancing the quality of your risk assessments in ALL risk domains, but particularly HSEQ, then attend and profit from this course.
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Register for RISK MANAGEMENT – BEST PRACTICES & ROBT RISK & OPPORTUNITY -BASED THINKING *and* the 2020 Global TapRooT® Summit (March 9 – 13, 2020).
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To get the most from your TapRooT® VI Software you need to learn how to:
Dan Verlinde, Director of Information Technology and Software Development and Angie Comer, Software Project Manager, will teach an intensive review of the TapRooT® VI Software. Whether you are a System Administrator or a TapRooT® User, you will learn all the capabilities built into this amazing software. Don’t get just 10-20% from your software investment. Learn the full power of your TapRooT® Software!
Course Guarantee: Attend this course then use the knowledge that you’ve gained when you return to your facility. If you aren’t satisfied that the course helps you perform your job better and that the course will save you much more than the cost of the course fee, just return the books, course materials, and/or software and we will refund your entire course fee. It’s that simple. How can we offer such an iron clad, risk free guarantee? We know this course is so good that you won’t want to send your materials back! Please bring your laptop to this course (with wireless capabilities, if possible).
Upon completion of the course, attendees will receive a certificate of completion and a 90-Day Subscription to TapRooT® VI, our dynamic online software that guides you through the TapRooT® process with ease and efficiency.
Register for TapRooT® Software Implementation and Application *and* the 2020 Global TapRooT® Summit (March 9 – 13, 2020).
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The 2-Day What-If & TapRooT® Hazard course is a process hazard analysis course incorporating many of the methodologies used during an incident investigation. The SnapCharT® will be used to map out actions and all the conditions necessary for successful management of change. Using process and instrument drawings, the class will practice using Safeguard analysis to generate the type of thought-provoking questions essential to facilitate a What-If team analysis.
The same process used to develop action items following an incident investigation will be proactively applied. Using the Root Cause Tree® and Root Cause Tree® Dictionary to analyze significant issues, the Corrective Action Helper® Guide will aid in creating an action plan to address potential problems associated with a change in process design.
During the 2-Day What-If course, you will practice the communication skills needed to facilitate a team meeting effectively. The What-If methodology is well-suited for identifying potential hazards when managing change. Incorporating many of the TapRooT® skills proactively in the What-If analysis will keep your incident investigators ready when they need to lead an investigation.
Register for Using “What if” and TapRooT® for Hazard Assessment *and* the 2020 Global TapRooT® Summit (March 9 – 13, 2020).
Register for this 2-day course only (March 9 – 10, 2020).
There is so much to remember during evidence collection … and so much to lose if you are not prepared.
Module 1: Class Introductions and Investigation Skills Inventory
Module 2: Preplanning for Evidence Collection
Module 3: Evidence Collection and the TapRooT® Process
Module 4: Scene Management
Module 5: Initial Site Visit
Module 6: Use TapRooT® Tools to Collect Better Evidence
Module 7: Effective Interviewing for Incident Investigation
Course materials include the book, TapRoot® Evidence Collection and Interviewing Techniques to Sharpen Investigation Skills, a $69.95 value.
Upon completion of the course, attendees will receive a certificate of completion and a 90-Day Subscription to TapRooT® VI, our dynamic online software that guides you through the TapRooT® process with ease and efficiency.
Register for TapRooT® Evidence Collection and Interviewing Techniques to Sharpen Investigation Skills *and* the 2020 Global TapRooT® Summit (March 9 – 13, 2020).
Register for this 2-day course only (March 9 – 10, 2020).
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If any of the above questions received a “Yes!” for an answer, you should attend this course.
Mark Paradies, human factors expert and Board Certified Ergonomist (certificate #85) and Alex Paradies, experienced TapRooT® Instructor and Lean Transformation leader, will help you understand:
Here is the course outline…
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You will leave this course with a clear understanding of methods to improve human performance and a plan to apply those methods at your company to achieve great gains in safety, quality, or operational and maintenance performance (all of which depend on human performance).
Participants will also receive the new book, Stopping Human Error, a $99.95 value, as part of the course materials. in addition, participants will receive a certificate of completion and a 90-day subscription to TapRooT® VI Software, our dynamic cloud-based software that computerizes the Equifactor® and TapRooT® Techniques.
Register for Stopping Human Error *and* the 2020 Global TapRooT® Summit (March 9 – 13, 2020).
Register for this 2-day course only (March 9 – 10, 2020).
How effective are the safeguards and countermeasures you use to minimize errors and risk potential each day? How often do the corrective actions you put in place fail to keep problems from coming back, again and again? Would you like to learn techniques for measuring and improving safeguard and barrier effectiveness?
If you are looking to reduce the potential for daily process errors, and in turn, risk potential, this workshop is for you. If you have attended the TapRooT® 2-day or 5-day course, the workshop concepts and tools will help you write more effective corrective actions to address the root causes that you have identified. The workshop content and exercises will also help you leverage the power of those ‘Needs Improvement’ (NI) root causes that you might have selected.
This workshop also explores the common types of work process and tool design flaws that contribute to human error, including fixes that fail. From a reactive improvement perspective, it gives you a coach and a practice field for learning to write more effective and sustainable corrective and preventive actions. If you want to proactively reduce the potential for errors and failures, this workshop gives you many best practices and assessment tools that can be used to improve safeguard effectiveness and ‘mistake-proof’ your workplace.
All two-day course participants will receive a 180-page, full color, course workbook and a copy of the facilitator’s book, “Error Proof – How to Stop Daily Goofs for Good.”
In this workshop, you will learn how to:
Presenter Bio
Kevin McManus serves as Chief Excellence Officer for Great Systems! and has taught more than 400 courses, over 15 years, as an international contract trainer for the TapRooT® root cause analysis process. During his almost forty years in the business world, Kevin has served as an Industrial Engineer, Training Manager, Production Manager, Plant Manager, and Director of Quality. He holds an undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering and an MBA. Kevin has served as a national Malcolm Baldrige Performance Excellence Award Examiner for twenty years, and he is currently serving a three-year term on the national Baldrige Judge’s Panel. Kevin also writes the monthly performance improvement column for Industrial and Systems Engineer magazine, is an Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering Fellow, and has been a member of IISE for thirty-nine years. His newest book, “The Ultimate Org Ergo Book – How to Build a Better Organization”, will be published in 2020.
Register for Best Practices in Mistake Proofing & Corrective Action Writing *and* the 2020 Global TapRooT® Summit (March 9 – 13, 2020).
Register for this 2-day course only (March 9 – 10, 2020).
Why should you attend TapRooT’s® new Patient Safety Course at our Pre-Summit?
TapRooT® is the only proven, patented method in the world to classify and fix human error. Leveraging TapRooT’s® easy to use root cause analysis framework designed by human factor experts will help you protect your patients, families, staff, and organization. TapRooT® is not only a root cause analysis methodology but also a continuous improvement process recognized by the Joint Commission that eliminates blame and bias through embedded human performance guidance.
In the TapRooT® Patient Safety Course, you will learn investigation best practices, such as Cognitive Interviewing Techniques. You will learn how to gather and organize evidence so it’s easy to identify the Causal Factors of any incident or patient safety event. You will learn how to take each Causal Factor through TapRooT’s® expert framework to find the fixable root causes. And finally, you will learn how to utilize TapRooT’s® Corrective Action Helper to help build effective corrective actions that will prevent reoccurring problems and reduce risk.
TapRooT® should be used both proactively and reactively for the best ROI. Using TapRooT® to analyze audit findings and survey results can help you fix problems before they line up exactly wrong one day and cause actual harm. If a patient safety event does happen, TapRooT® should be used to identify and fix the root causes of the event so it can’t happen again. TapRooT® is a true continuous improvement process.
At the end of the course, you will have a final exercise that allows you to take one of your own patient safety events or near misses through the TapRooT® methodology. You will come away from the 2-Day Course with proficiency in a tool that helps you protect your patients, families, staff, and organization. You will also receive a 90 Day free trial of the TapRooT® software in addition to the standard course materials.
Attend this course, go back to your hospital, and use what you have learned to analyze patient safety events, incidents, near-misses, or quality problems. If you don’t find root causes that you previously would have overlooked and if you and your hospital management don’t agree that the corrective actions that you recommend are much more effective, just return your course materials/software and we will refund the entire course fee.
This is a special course designed to teach the advanced TapRooT® Root Cause Analysis System to people focussed on improving patient safety.
We noticed long ago (1996), that hospitals weren’t finding the root causes of problems causing patient harm. We knew that the TapRooT® System could help. And we started getting leaders to try TapRooT® Root Cause Analysis to improve patient safety.
Fast forward to 2018. We decided to write a book, Improve Patient Safety with TapRooT® Root Cause Analysis, a custom healthcare-oriented Root Cause Tree® Dictionary, and a course to teach the advanced TapRooT® Root Cause Analysis System to healthcare professionals.
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Now, you can attend the first public course with all healthcare-related examples.
Besides saving patient’s lives and preventing harm to the hospital’s staff, what can TapRooT® Root Cause Analysis do for a hospital?
That’s why hospital administrators and their patient safety experts need to attend this course.
Participants will receive the book, Improve Patient Safety with TapRooT® Root Cause Analysis, a $99.95 value, a TapRooT® Root Cause Tree®, a custom healthcare-oriented Root Cause Tree® Dictionary, a Corrective Action Helper Guide, and a 90-Day Subscription to TapRooT® VI, our dynamic online software that guides you through the TapRooT® process with ease and efficiency.
Don’t wait to register. Seats are limited in this course and because it is the first course we’ve offered to the public, it will fill up fast.
Register for Patient safety *and* the 2020 Global TapRooT® Summit (March 9 – 13, 2020).
Register for this 2-day course only (March 9 – 10, 2020).