Facilitating public workshops and comment sessions are typically conducted by public-sector organizations. These sessions are intended to...

The Chance of Rain Most people do not understand what the chance of rain means. Some believe it means it will rain "30% of the day,"...

Facilitators seldom have the opportunity to use four formats with the same board of directors for four consecutive years. Blame it on...

Probability Distributions The probability density function (PDF) is applied to continuous random variables, whereas the probability...

The stakes are high. The problem is difficult. We search for the facilitation approach that rises to the level of the problem. Not so...

Greg Padgett and I were chatting four years ago, just before the start of the Beaufort-Jasper Water and Sewer Authority annual board...

JD Solomon serves as a co-author with Dr. Diane Lauritsen for this paper at the 2022 Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting (JASM) in Grand...

These are seven helpful tips about project risk from the Day 2 presenters at the online 2022 Safran Project Risk Conference. From Samuel...

This article discusses five ways to effectively facilitate block diagrams by conducting pre-session exchanges, asking powerful questions,...

This article discusses five ways to facilitate failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) more effectively by conducting pre-session...

We had met at the same place, at the same time, and in the same format every month for the past six months. The team still had eight...

I knew not to ask the question. I was almost certain I had heard the exchange correctly. I asked anyway, "Jim, I am not sure I understood...

The international Reliability and Maintainability Symposium (RAMS) is a regular forum for the full-day version of the Communicating to...

Think about the three best-facilitated sessions you have ever attended. I will bet the facilitator used some type of activity that you...

I knew it was going to be a long week when my co-facilitator asked the group, “So, what happens when a submersible pump fails.” Their...

JD Solomon becomes a regular contributor for Accendo Reliability in mid-January. Solomon’s articles will be part of a new subject matter...

RAMS is still on-go for the end of January. Organizers report strong registration numbers, despite COVID cases and usual high...

MPW Board Chair Rick Crosby, former OWASA General Manager Ed Kerwin, NASA's Tim Adams, and JD Solomon will host a half-day workshop on...

Emerging compounds are much like illicit drugs – manufacturers are continually creating new “designer” versions to make our lives a...

JD Solomon will provide his 8-hour workshop at the 68th International Reliability and Maintainability Symposium (RAMS) in Tuscon,...