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BlueDragon: the Swiss Army Knife of Problem Solving Systems

BlueDragon Hyper-Integrated Causal Analysis (HCA) was created in the commercial nuclear industry and is rapidly becoming the root cause analysis (RCA) method of choice in the Energy sector. HCA is by far the most advanced and comprehensive problem solving methodology available. It can be used to solve any level of human-centric problems and it can be applied in any industry.

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Organizational Resiliency

BlueDragon Hyper-Integrated Causal Analysis (HCA) was created in the commercial nuclear industry and is rapidly becoming the root cause analysis (RCA) method of choice in the Energy sector. HCA is by far the most advanced and comprehensive problem solving methodology available. It can be used to solve any level of human-centric problems and it can be applied in any industry.

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Bringing the 5-Why’s, Fishbone and Event & Causal Factors Chart Into the 21st Century!

BlueDragon Hyper-Integrated Causal Analysis (HCA) was created in the commercial nuclear industry and is rapidly becoming the root cause analysis (RCA) method of choice in the Energy sector. HCA is by far the most advanced and comprehensive problem solving methodology available. It can be used to solve any level of human-centric problems and it can be applied in any industry.

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Ready, Fire Aim! Establishing a “Just Culture”

Today we pay tribute to the American workforce that built our nation.  It also reminds me of the many instances that my clients have nearly fired workers without properly analyzing the event or situation. In most cases, the work force at the sites that I support is largely comprised of the Trade Unions. I have walked into many cases where the relationships with these Unions ranged from “not the best” to downright “terrible.” when I look back at these instances, it was apparent in every case that the site had not established a “just culture.”

Make Your Industrial Safety Programs More Proactive/Preventive With HCA Rapid Investigations

What is significant about the two examples above is that the root causes for the events could have been identified sooner had the organizations taken a more proactive approach to trend and analyze their “precursor” events (i.e. minor events). What I routinely find when I investigate Industrial Safety events, is that the organizations are largely in a reactive mode.