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Assessing critical infrastructure and facilities is essential for maintaining performance as systems age. Mid-level engineers are...

Deciding what is most important can be difficult. Deciding what is most important as a group is usually difficult and frustrating....

Facilitating technical problems and related assessment tools is difficult because the process is all about data, logic, and application....

Several group effects can arise when teams work through business issues. Synergist organizations work to mitigate poor group dynamics...

People get promoted, change jobs, move, or change teams in other ways. When this happens, new members often join a team, and these...

The mental model CATER will help you recall the five ways to improve any form of team facilitation. CATER does two big things necessary...

American statesmen and founding fathers Thomas Jefferson and John Adams valued effective communication and recognized its importance....

Fist to five is a simple and effective technique for improving team dynamics and gauging consensus. In this simple method, participants...

Water utility regionalization can take various forms, all of which contain elevated levels of complexity and uncertainty. Getting through...

Many frequently cited quotes are attributed to Albert Einstien, including, "Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler."...

Avoid rushing to make a statement: ask simple questions instead to gauge everyone's interpretations and maintain control of the crowd....

We are all called upon weekly (or daily) to explain or defend our work. As technical professionals, video conferences, interfacing with...

Making decisions in situations with high levels of complexity and uncertainty is iterative. The decision maker must understand the...