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Cause Mapping I Workshop Review
I recently attended a ThinkReliability training course titled Cause Mapping I: Effective Root Cause Analysis. Having a fair bit of experience with RCA, I was a bit concerned at first that this would...
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How to Set up Excel 2007 Commands for Quick Cause Mapping
To use the most frequently-accessed Excel 2007 functions for cause mapping—such as elbow connectors and object selection—customize the quick access toolbar bar as shown (click for full size):
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Cause Mapping II Workshop Review
I recently attended a ThinkReliability training course titled Cause Mapping II: Facilitiation and Documentation. (I have also reviewed their level 1 workshop on effective RCA.) In both back-to-back...
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Cause Map (RCA) of a Failed Windshield Washing System
Last week I was driving in the typical nasty conditions of Rockies in winter when my windshield got dirty. So I pulled the lever for fluid and got… nothing. I tried again, holding for a few seconds...
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Cause Map Dead End: Plumbing Leak
In December of last year my wife was in the bath when I used the restroom downstairs from her. I looked up and noticed that above the toilet some of the paint had separated at the edge of the wall and...
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Weekend Reading: Staying Motivated, Leading Change
From ThinkReliability: Causemap: Deadly Sawmill Explosion From MindTools: Bridges’ Transition Model: Guiding People Through Change Beckhard and Harris’ Change Equation: Overcoming Resistance to Change...
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Weekend Reading: Gears, Million-Dollar Bolts, and a Little Fun
From Machinery Lubrication: What’s that Smell? Using Odor as an Oil Analysis Tool 7 Steps to Protect Gearboxes from Moisture Minimizing the Impact of Built-in Contamination in Hydraulic Systems From...
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Cause Mapping Reading List
The following references were cited in the manual from one or both of the workshops on Cause Mapping I and the Cause Mapping II. Each reference is linked to Amazon and to the review (if I have reviewed...
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Weekend Reading: Gear Couplings, Bearings, and Evacuations
How to Achieve Gear Coupling Reliability How do you get results? By mastering the basics. MindTools for stress management: minimizing workplace stress, Toffler’s stability zones, and stress diaries...
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Future Perfect Present Empowerment by William Williams
Book Review: Future Perfect Present Empowerment: A Road Map for Survival into the 21st Century by William Williams Due to the near-universal myopia of the genre of books known as “current events” I...
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Cause Mapping the Abilene Paradox (With a Few More Solutions and Resources)
I have written before about the road to abilene, which comes from an article [PDF] referenced in the book Success With the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense. This concept is so important to...
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