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#129 – ELIMINATING BIASES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO SAFETY ISSUES – DAVID PATRISHKOFF

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David PAs stated in our CERM article 127, highly effective safety initiatives are not a short list of “Do’s” and “Don’ts” but include a complex mix of integrated and interacting best safety practices as shown in Figure 1. In this article, we will focus on one of the 7 critical ingredients of an effective Cascading Safety Management System: The Elimination of Biased Thinking and Mental Blocks highlighted with the arrow in Figure 1. Continue reading →

#127 – CASCADING THREATS TO HOSPITAL PATIENT SAFETY – DAVID PATRISHKOFF

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David PGoing to a hospital to get healthier should not be a life-threatening activity. Yet, various research accounts (The Institute of Medicine) state that around 100,000 Americans die annually from preventable hospital errors. Patient Safety America estimates the number of deaths to be between 210,000 and 440,000 a year. Whatever the real number may be, the fact is the cascading threats that create preventable hospital deaths are invisible, underestimated and can build up slowly and silently over time. Continue reading →

#125 – HOW TO CORRECT A FAILING LEAN SIX SIGMA PROGRAM – DAVID PATRISHKOFF

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David PWe are living in a time of great disruption and uncertainty. Every organization is facing great risks. Some of these risks are visible and many others are hidden. So, it’s crucial that every company develops and implements tools to identify, mitigate and transform risks into dramatic improvements and even disruptive innovations. Continue reading →

#124 – AN ANGEL IN DISTRESS – DAVID PATRISHKOFF

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David PThis is the second CERM Insights article in a series about the application of Cascade Effect Thinking and tools to mitigate risks and transform them into dramatic improvements and even disruptive innovations for small, mid-sized and very large organizations.

More than a million ISO certified companies will have to integrate risk management with a risk assessment.  We detail a case study how this can be done using quality risk tools.  Four of 40 possible cascading risk assessment and management tools are demonstrated in this case study: Gamified Process Risk Mapping, New Process Wish List, Cascading Risk Map & the Future State Process Map. Continue reading →

#123 – CASCADE EFFECT THINKING – DISRUPTIVE PARADIGM SHIFTING – DAVID PARISHKOFF

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David PIf Knowledge is Power, then understanding the cascading factors that shape our destiny can potentially offer Disruptive Knowledge and Decisive Power. Cascade Effect Thinking (CET) is a new paradigm that dynamically discovers the truth about interacting threats and opportunities in unique, analytical and gamified ways. Continue reading →