TapRooT® Changing the Way the World Solves Problems

Patient Safety . . . How to Improve with Advanced Root Cause Analysis

Patient Safety . . . medical errors are the third-leading cause of death in the USA just behind Cancer and heart disease. With an estimated 400,000 of us experiencing PREVENTABLE harm. If you are passionate about patient safety, join us for this episode. We discuss how we can help lower these errors and also discuss a great success story that should be an inspiration to all in the medical field that these events can be used as opportunities for improvement thereby reducing the probability th...

How to Schedule On-Site TapRooT® Training to Make Your Folks Root Cause Analysis Experts

Michelle Wishoun and Ken Reed discuss our various on-site course options to help you determine the best TapRooT® training for your employees.

Getting Your Employees Trained in Using Equifactor®

Ken Reed and Michelle Wishoun discuss Equifactor® training options for your employees. For more information about how the TapRooT® process can help your organization visit http://taproot.com To sign up for one of our courses visit http://taproot.com/courses

Stopping Human Error

Welcome to this edition of TapRooT® TV about stopping human error?   In this edition we discuss book 10 in the TapRooT® Book Series: Stopping Human Error.   This book, and the course based on the book, is a great place to learn about the human factors research that has been applied in the field to improve human reliability.    Managers often think that if people would just try harder, concentrate, think before they act, and be more careful, then accidents wouldn’t happen. If you think t...

Lives Saved and Performance Improved

Root Cause Analysis with TapRooT® has saved many lives. Listen to what some clients have told Mark Paradies. TapRooT® has also helped companies go from losing money from to making money. We are honored to have helped clients with both. Our client success stories give us the drive to do what we do at System Improvements. To find out how to improve your program please visit our website and learn about what TapRooT® can do for you: www.TapRooT.com To find out about what courses we have ...

Learn Equipment Troubleshooting using TapRooT® Even Faster!

TapRooT®'s Equifactor® Equipment Troubleshooting is now even faster to learn with the new 2 Day Course. Ken and Benna discuss recent changes to Equifactor® Book and training! To see where we will have our next 2 Day TapRooT®/Equifactor® Course go to: https://store.taproot.com/2-day

A New Way to Find Causal Factors

Tim Diggs discusses a new way to find causal factors when you are doing TapRooT® Root Cause Analysis. He and Alex Paradies have been working on a webinar that will come out on April 29. Tim gives us a sneak peak into what you can expect with our new way to find causal factors.

The NEW TapRooT® App . . . Demonstrated at the recent TapRooT® Global Summit

Join us as Dan Verlinde does a live demonstration of the new TapRooT® at that can help you collect information for your investigations. It contains some other great resources as well.

TapRooT® TV - Normalization of Deviation

Join us as Mark describes the "Normalization of Deviation" and whether one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch. Here is a link to Mark's blog article about this topic https://www.taproot.com/normalization-of-deviation-can-one-bad-apple-spoil-the-whole-bunch/ For more information about how the TapRooT® process can help your organization visit http://taproot.com To sign up for one of our courses visit http://taproot.com/courses

Root Cause Analysis Success

Mark Paradies shares some Root Cause Analysis success stories during the 2020 Global TapRooT® Summit. For more information about how the TapRooT® process can help your organization visit http://taproot.com To sign up for one of our courses visit http://taproot.com/courses

TapRooT® TV - Will Discipline and Criminalization Stop Accidents

Benna and Marcus discuss the impact of Discipline and Criminalization in trying to stop accidents. For more information about how the TapRooT® process can help your organization visit http://taproot.com To sign up for one of our courses visit http://taproot.com/courses

“Fast” Root Cause Analysis: Brainstorming, 5-Whys and Fishbone Diagrams

Benna and Ken discuss why "fast" is not a suggested speed when conducting a root cause analysis. Link to Barb's article https://www.taproot.com/a-look-at-3-popular-quick-idea-based-root-cause-analysis-techniques-5-whys-fishbone-diagrams-and-brainstorming/ For more information about how the TapRooT® process can help your organization visit http://taproot.com To sign up for one of our courses visit http://taproot.com/courses

The Lean Process

Join us as Benna and Alex discuss Lean processes to help you with your root cause analysis. For more information about how the TapRooT® process can help your organization visit http://taproot.com To sign up for one of our courses visit http://taproot.com/courses For info on the 2020 Global TapRooT® Summit visit http://taproot.com/summit

Advantages of Using the TapRooT® Hosted Software

Join Benna and Michelle as they discuss the advantages of the TapRooT® Hosted software and how your IT department can benefit from this solution. For more information about how the TapRooT® process can help your organization visit http://taproot.com To sign up for one of our courses visit http://taproot.com/courses For info on the 2020 Global TapRooT® Summit visit http://taproot.com/summit

TapRooT® TV - Equifactor® Example

Join Ken and Benna as they walk you through a demo of how Equifactor® can be used to troubleshoot a centrifugal pump failure. For more information about how the TapRooT® process can help your organization visit http://taproot.com To sign up for one of our courses visit http://taproot.com/courses For info on the 2020 Global TapRooT® Summit visit http://taproot.com/summit

TapRooT® - Summit is almost here!

Benna and Mark provide you a preview of the PreSummit courses available at our upcoming 2020 Global TapRooT® Summit on March 9th - 13th in Horseshoe Bay, TX. For more information about how the TapRooT® process can help your organization visit http://taproot.com To sign up for one of our courses visit http://taproot.com/courses For info on the 2020 Global TapRooT® Summit visit http://taproot.com/summit

TapRooT® TV - Patient Safety Improvement Course

Benna and Marcus discuss the Patient Safety Improvement course at the upcoming 2020 Global TapRooT® Summit. For more information about how the TapRooT® process can help your organization visit http://taproot.com To sign up for one of our courses visit http://taproot.com/courses For info on the 2020 Global TapRooT® Summit visit http://taproot.com/summit

Better Equipment Troubleshooting and Root Cause Analysis

Benna & Ken discuss the upcoming new pre-Summit Equifactor® Course as well as how our on-site courses can be custom-tailored for your company. They also discuss a little more about our 2020 public course schedule. For more information about how the TapRooT® process can help your organization visit http://taproot.com To sign up for one of our courses visit http://taproot.com/courses For info on the 2020 Global TapRooT® Summit visit http://taproot.com/summit

Is Your Root Cause Analysis Evidence-Based?

Benna and Barb talk about why evidence collection is so important. Additionally, they discuss how you collect evidence and add it to your SnapCharT® for use in going through the Root Cause Tree® to make your root cause analysis “evidence-based”. For more information about how the TapRooT® process can help your organization visit http://taproot.com To sign up for one of our courses visit http://taproot.com/courses For info on the 2020 Global TapRooT® Summit visit http://taproot.com/summit

TapRooT® TV - PreSummit Courses

Benna and Ken discuss some of the exciting 2-Day PreSummit courses happening prior to the 2020 Global TapRooT® Summit in Horseshoe Bay, TX in March. For more information about how the TapRooT® process can help your organization visit http://taproot.com To sign up for one of our courses visit http://taproot.com/courses To sign up for the Summit visit: http://taproot.com/summit

TapRooT® TV - Improving Incident Investigations

Benna and Marcus explain the Improving Investigations Track at the 2020 Global TapRooT® Summit and why people should attend. For more information about how the TapRooT® process can help your organization visit http://taproot.com To sign up for one of our courses visit http://taproot.com/courses To register for the Summit visit http://taproot.com/summit

TapRooT® TV - What To Know About the Horseshoe Bay Resort Before Attending the 2020 Summit

Benna and Anne discuss things to know about the Horseshoe Bay Resort in preparation for the 2020 Global TapRooT® Summit. For more information about how the TapRooT® process can help your organization visit http://taproot.com To sign up for one of our courses go to http://taproot.com/courses To sign up for the Summit visit http://taproot.com/summit

TapRooT® TV-Effective Listening Skills Inventory For Investigation Interviews

TapRooT® TV - Building Rapport With Non-Verbal Communication

Barb and Benna discuss non-verbal communications.

TapRooT® TV - How To Find Root Causes Using the TapRooT® System

Benna and Mark discuss the process of finding root causes using the TapRooT® system. Below are links to a few of the items mentioned today. New Orleans Building Collapse Root Cause Analysis: https://www.taproot.com/root-cause-an... Essential Techniques: https://www.taproot.com/essential-roo... Need 7-Step Process and Building collapse video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8NRh... For more information about how the TapRooT® process can help your organization visit http://taproot.com To ...

TapRooT® TV - Have You Planned Your Improvements for 2020?

Benna & Ken talk about New Year’s resolutions and how everyone should have a plan to improve performance no matter what their job is. They explain why the Summit is such a good place to get improvement ideas and how you can work the ideas you gain into your 2020 improvement plan.

TapRooT® TV - Is Human Error a Root Cause

Benna & Mark talk about the new book and upcoming Pre-Summit course. For additional information visit https://www.taproot.com/root-cause-analysis-tip-is-human-error-a-root-cause/ For more information about how the TapRooT® process can help your organization visit http://taproot.com

TapRooT® TV - Time for Better Corrective Actions?

Benna & Ken talk about Corrective Action Helper®, Hierarchy of Controls - remove hazard/target and using stronger Safeguards. For more information about how the TapRooT® process can help your organization visit http://taproot.com To sign up for one of our courses go to http://taproot.com/courses

TapRooT® TV - Achieving Excellence and Reliability Track

Michelle Wishoun and Ken Reed talk about Ken's Achieving Excellence and Reliability track for the upcoming 2020 Global TapRooT® Summit in Horseshoe Bay, TX. This event runs March 9-13, 2020. Register today: taproot.com/summit

TapRooT® TV - Should we be “Scientific” when finding root causes?

Ken Reed and Benna Hughes discuss the Scientific Method and its merits as a Root Cause Analysis Tool. The talk is inspired by Mark Paradies's article: https://www.taproot.com/scientific-method-and-root-cause-analysis/

TapRooT® TV - 2020 Summit Registration

Benna Hughes and Ken Reed walk you through the attendee registration process for the 2020 Global TapRooT® Summit March 9th - 13th, 2020 in Horseshoe Bay, TX. For more information about how the TapRooT® process can help your organization visit http://taproot.com To sign up for one of our courses go to http://taproot.com/courses

TapRooT® TV - Why You Need to Bring a Team to the 2020 Global TapRooT® Summit

Benna Hughes and Rick Hulse discuss the advantages of bringing a team to the 2020 Global TapRooT® Summit. For more information about how the TapRooT® process can help your organization visit http://taproot.com To sign up for one of our courses go to http://taproot.com/courses

TapRooT® TV - Root Cause Analysis Tools - Let's Compare Them

Benna Hughes and Mark Paradies dicuss various Root Cause Analysis tools and why you should use TapRooT® when conducting an RCA. Here is the blog article that is the inspiration for this video: http://www.taproot.com/root-cause-comparing-common-rca-techniques/

TapRooT® TV - What is the "Work/Life Balance Track" About?

Benna Hughes and Barb Carr discuss Barb's upcoming Work/Life Balance Track" for the 2020 Global TapRooT® Summit. Here is the blog post that Barb mentions during the video: https://www.taproot.com/live-your-core-values-3-steps/ To register for our 2020 Global TapRooT® Summit courses visit http://taproot.com/summit For more information about how the TapRooT® process can help your organization visit http://taproot.com

TapRooT® TV - Conducting Effective Safety Meetings

Benna Hughes and Dave Janney discuss the importance of and steps required to conduct effective safety meetings. For more information about how the TapRooT® process can help your organization visit http://taproot.com To sign up for one of our courses go to http://taproot.com/courses

TapRooT® TV - Certified Instructor Track

Benna Hughes and Michelle Wishoun discuss the Certified Instructor Track at the upcoming 2020 Global TapRooT® Summit in Horseshoe Bay, TX March 9th-13th. For more information about how the TapRooT® process can help your organization visit http://taproot.com To sign up for one of our courses go to http://taproot.com/courses To register for the 2020 Gobal TapRooT® Summit visit http://taproot.com/summit

TapRooT® TV - Guided Root Cause Analysis

Benna Hughes and Mark Paradies discuss the importance of a Guided Root Cause Analysis when investigating an incident.

TapRooT® TV - Human Performance Track at the 2020 Global TapRooT® Summit

Benna Hughes and Ken Reed discuss the Human Performance Track at the 2020 Global TapRooT® Summit and why you should attend. You can find the Summit brochure mentioned here: https://www.taproot.com/summit/

TapRooT® TV - TapRooT® Enterprise Software Trial Availability

Benna Hughes and Michelle Wishoun discuss our new TapRooT® Enterprise software trial period options. Get started using the Enterprise version of TapRooT® VI today!

2020 Global TapRooT® Summit - Achieving Excellence & Reliability Track

Benna Hughes and Ken Reed discuss the Achieving Excellence & Reliability track at the upcoming 2020 Global TapRooT® Summit. Don't forget to register for the Summit next March 9-13 in Horseshoe Bay, TX Register: https://summit.taproot.com/

TapRooT® TV - Year-End TapRooT® Courses Schedule and 2020 Planning

Benna Hughes and Marcus Miller discuss the importance of planning ahead for TapRooT® training in 2020 as classes fill up quickly. For more information about how the TapRooT® process can help your organization visit http://taproot.com To sign up for one of our courses go to http://taproot.com/courses

TapRooT® TV - Make Your Root Cause Analysis Thorough & Credible

Benna Hughes and Marcus Miller discuss the phases required to create a thorough and credible root cause analysis.

TapRooT® TV - Are You a Root Cause Whisperer?

Benna Hughes and Mark Paradies discuss what it means to be a Root Cause Whisperer and how to improve your root cause "hearing." Mark mentions an article about the TapRooT® Fundamentals that can be found here: https://www.taproot.com/about/root-cause-analysis/

TapRooT® TV - What’s in the book: TapRooT® Evidence Collection and Interviewing Techniques to Sharpen Investigation Skills.

Benna Hughes and Barb Carr discuss Barb's new Evidence Collection book and Barb ends the video with a nice announcement related to the subject. Here is the link on the TapRooT® store to purchase the book: https://www.taproot.com/store/TapRooT-R-book-7.html

TapRooT® TV - How Can the 2020 Summit Help You Improve Safety?

Benna Hughes and Dave Janney discuss the reasons why you should register for the Safety track at the 2020 Global TapRooT® Summit. For more information about how the TapRooT® process can help your organization visit http://taproot.com To sign up for one of our courses go to http://taproot.com/courses

TapRooT® TV - Is Your Root Cause Analysis Simple Enough?

"Are you keeping your root cause analysis simple or making it too simple?" Benna Hughes and Mark Paradies discuss this question, prompted by our blog article: https://www.taproot.com/kiss-and-root-cause-analysis/ For more information about how the TapRooT® process can help your organization visit http://taproot.com To sign up for one of our courses go to http://taproot.com/courses

2020 Global TapRooT® Summit - Why You Can’t Miss It!

For more information about how the TapRooT® process can help your organization visit http://taproot.com To sign up for one of our courses go to http://taproot.com/courses

TapRooT® TV - Midyear Review

Benna Hughes and Ken Reed provide a short summary of some of the items to review ensuring your company's Root Cause Analysis program is where it needs to be midyear.

How Does TapRooT® Fit into Your Strategic Plan and Management System?

Dave and Benna discuss TapRooT® Implementation from leadership to employees to continuous improvement.

TapRooT® TV - The Cost of Quality

For more information about how the TapRooT® process can help your organization visit http://taproot.com To sign up for one of our courses go to http://taproot.com/courses