This week’s column is my fifth and final column on root cause analysis tools for managers. In previous weeks I explained root cause analysis in general and three other great analysis tools; The Five ...

A fishbone diagram, also known as the Ishikawa digram after its inventor, is a visual representation of all causes that result in a particular outcome. The final outcome is represented on the far ...

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, a worker died every 96 minutes from a work-related injury in 2022, a 5.7 percent increase over the previous year. Worksite fatalities and incidents ...

Gut feel is no way to determine the root cause of a difficult problem. Bad assumptions can be corrected with the right thinking and right tools. Are you relying on gut feel to diagnose difficult ...