The outbreak was identified in early November and was declared over by the FDA and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

UChicago Medicine is one of 12 hospitals in the nation with a 26-year, Leapfrog straight-“A” streak and Stephen Weber, MD, said the secret is to never be satisfied. “Whether I’m seeing patients or ...

The Joint Commission has determined the 10 most common causes of sentinel events reported in the first six months of 2013. An organization reporting a sentinel event submits a root cause analysis to ...

Sakichi Toyoda created the "Five Whys" (5Ys) as a method for identifying root causes of errors or problems way back in the early years of Toyota. He claimed that by asking "why?" five times, one could ...

Utilising a range of methods to determine the cause of collisions can help a fleet achieve long-lasting reductions in ...

A few decades ago, simply knowing how your business was performing was a competitive advantage. Before computers, tracking and analyzing, even a handful of business metrics required dozens of people.

To the average American not employed as an industrial engineer or a member of a problem-solving team at some big business, the term “root causes” would have seemed obscure until a few weeks ago. But ...

Few scholars influenced American government in the twentieth century more profoundly than James Q. Wilson. Presidents consulted him for his expertise on everything from crime to drug abuse to ...

A year ago, as part of her role addressing the root causes of migration from Central America, Vice President Kamala Harris announced a Call to Action for businesses and social enterprises to “make new ...

The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. BY Stu Sjouwerman ...

Do you play pool? I sure don’t. But I know enough about the game to use it as a metaphor for the hidden reasons we don’t do what we say we will. The object is to get balls into pockets using a big ...