Stopping Human Error – Improving Human Performance – Special Events

Two Special Events

1. Stopping Human Error Course on September 29-30

2. 2025 Global TapRooT® Summit – Improving Human Performance Track on October 1-3

Both events are being held in Knoxville, Tennessee, at the Knoxville Convention Center.

Would you like to improve human performance at your facility? Would you like to learn proven ways to help stop human errors?

I’ve had people tell me that it is impossible to stop human errors, but I’ve seen research that stopped a frequently occurring human error (and that will be part of one of the special events).

To learn more about these special events and how they can help you improve human performance and stop human errors, read on…

EVENT 1: Stopping Human Error Course

On September 29-30, just before the Summit, we are holding the 2-Day Stopping Human Error Course. This course is designed for people looking to improve human performance to improve safety, quality, operational excellence, maintenance, or equipment reliability (all of which depend on human performance). The course provides a clear understanding of methods to improve human performance. It helps you develop a custom plan to apply the methods you learn to achieve significant improvement when you return to work.

Alex Paradies, Dr. Emily Pritt, and Mark Paradies will teach the course. Here is the course outline.

Course Outline

Day 1 (8:00 am to 5:00 pm)

• Foundations of Improving Human Performance
• Human Performance – What Should You Expect?
• Three Human Reliability Best Practices
  • Mistake Proofing
  • Resilience
  • Safeguards
• Using TapRooT® Root Cause Analysis for Reactive Problem Analysis
• Human Performance Improvement Technology (Catch Your Own Mistakes)
  •  STAR
  • Questioning Attitude
  • Attention to Detail
  • Time Out
  • Error Traps & Precursors
  • Validate Assumptions
• Work Direction/Finding Error Likely Situations
  • Pre-Job Hazard Analysis
  • Pre-Job Brief
  • Personal Safety Assessment
  • Post-Job Brief
• Training
  • Systematic Approach to Training
• Using Procedures to Improve Human Performance
  • Procedures Best Practices
  • Procedure Use and Adherence
  • Place Keeping

Day 2 (8:00 am to 5:00 pm)

• Communications
  • 3-Way Communication
  • Do Not Disturb Sign
• Management System
  • Conservative Decision Making
  • Stopping Normalization of Deviation
  • MOC
• Quality Control
  • Independent Verification
  • Concurrent Verification
• Human Factors Engineering
  • Best Practices (Spot Bad Practices)
  • Proactive Use of CHAP
• Hazard/Target Elimination or Substitution
  • Improvement Exercise
• What Should You Improve/Which Tools Will Work Best for You?
• Sample Plan
• Present Your Plan (Benchmarking/Feedback)

Seats in this course are limited. Don’t miss this course that is only being held on September 29-30 in Knoxville, Tennessee. CLICK HERE to REGISTER.

EVENT 2: The Improving Human Performance Track at the 2025 Global TapRooT® Summit

The 2025 Global TapRooT® Summit is coming up on October 1-3 in Knoxville (just after the Stopping Human Error Course).

The Summit has eight Best Practice Tracks for sharing best practices, networking, and benchmarking improvement programs. One of those tracks is titled:

Improving Human Performance

What does this track include? Nine different Best Practice Sharing Sessions, including:

But that’s just the start of the learning at the 2025 Global TapRooT® Summit. There are seven other tracks, pre-Summit Courses, Keynote Speakers, and networking and benchmarking to make your participation even more valuable. You can customize your Summit experience by choosing any of the over 40 sessions from any of the eight Best Practice Tracks. What are the eight tracks? They include:

Click on the graphic above for details about the tracks.

People attending the Improving Human Performance Track might choose to customize their experience by participating in the sessions they choose.

CLICK HERE for the complete Summit schedule.

PLUS, when you attend a pre-Summit Course and the Summit, you can SAVE $300 off the course fee. See all the potential discounts below…

Networking and Benchmarking

In the 30+ years we have held the Summit, we have learned how to make networking and benchmarking FUN. You will meet people worldwide who are interested in improving performance. They will be from a variety of companies and professions. They will share their success stories and ask about yours.

For example, these are a few of the people who are presenting their best practices and success stories at the Summit:

• Richard Hoffman, VP of HSEQ at U.S. Well Services
• Cory Wald, SHE&S Manager, Nutrien
• Erika Armstrong, VP at Advanced Aircraft Academy
• Ken Bloch, Process Safety Supervisor at Marathon
• David Medved, Site Compliance Director at Thermo Fisher Scientific
• Vincent Vincek, Human & Organizational Performance & Risk Management at ComEd-Exelon
• Cody Reason, Regional Manager of Process Safety & Mechanical Integrity at Walker Chemical
• Bill Belton, ORCM Safety Director ay Oxy
• David Hulsey, Operations Development Lead at ARLANXEO
• Adam Britton, Director of Workplace Safety at International Flavors & Fragrances
• Justin Clark, Heath & Safety Manager at New Gold
• Jake Locklear, President & CEO at APM (an affiliate of GE Power Services)

Summit participants often comment that the networking and benchmarking are amazing, making it the best part of the Summit.

Keynote Speakers

And the Best Practice Tracks are not the only way you will learn at the Summit. Attendees always rave about our Keynote Speakers and the knowledge and motivation they take home from these presentations. CLICK HERE for details about their presentations.

Imagine The Improvements You Could Make

Imagine the improvements you could initiate when you return from the Stopping Human Error Course and the Global TapRooT® Summit:

• Implementing a custom plan to improve human performance and stop human errors.
• Sharing best practices that you learned by networking.
• Inspiring others with the motivation you bring back from the keynote speakers.

Be assured you will bring back great ideas. We guarantee it…

GUARANTEE

Attend the Global TapRooT® Summit. Go back to work and implement your
roadmap to success. If you don’t save 10 times the cost of the Summit fee,
let us know and return your Summit materials, and we will refund 100%
of the Summit registration fee. This guarantee shows how certain we are
that you will learn valuable best practices to take your team’s
performance—and that of your whole organization—to the next level.

Register Now

Register for an optional pre-Summit Course and the 2025 Global TapRooT® Summit NOW! Just click on the button below to get started.