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 ...

"It's several contributing factors that have led to an environment where there's power fluctuations or power trips or ...

Policymakers should continue to focus not on the so-called "root causes" of crime but on the proximate cause of crime — ...

Note: This is the fourth blog in a series about how our views of truth and reality contribute to some of the problems we experience as individuals and as a society. I don't claim that what I say is ...

The 2023 ECCP re-emphasized the need for both performing a root cause analysis but equally importantly using it to remediate your compliance program. It stated, “a hallmark of a compliance program ...

Some of the most entrenched problems business leaders share with me include turnover, employee engagement, teamwork, project management, customer satisfaction, and conflict management. Leaders often ...

Re “Nearly 20% of San Diego fires ‘likely’ began by homeless encampments, data shows” (March 10): Duh! Having experienced a fire from a homeless encampment, it seems to me that the root cause is not ...

Kiran Karnik writes that air pollution persists because responsibility is shifted and root causes remain unaddressed ...