July 9, 2025 | Mark Paradies

Time is Flying By – What is Your Improvement Progress in 2025?

Scientific Fact About Time

Did you know that the older you get, the faster time flies? Science has discovered that older brains perceive time differently than younger brains. Younger brains might see time as creeping by while older brains see the same timeframe fly by.

I will turn 70 this year and time is flying by…

Check Improvement Plans – Measure Results

June has come and gone. 2025 is more than halfway complete. How are your 2025 improvement plans progressing?

Now is a great time to review your plans and your improvement progress in 2025.

For example:

Have you shared lessons learned across your company?
Have you completed or scheduled the root cause analysis and incident investigation training that your people need?
Have you implemented your RCA software updates? Have you connected your TapRooT® Software to your information management system (quality management system or HSE management system)?
Have some people moved on to other jobs or companies, and do you need to train their replacements?
Are there new skills that your folks need? Have you figured out what training to send them to?
Have you started planning your improvement initiative for 2026 and are you getting the budget in place?

At System Improvements, our instructors have attended advanced training and conferences to keep their skills updated. Plus, we have:

Completed our first TapRooT® Software update of 2025 and are getting close to finishing our second update of the year (with emphasis on lessons learned).
Arranged the 2025 Global TapRooT® Summit scheduled for October 1-3 (including the Keynote Speakers). The Summit will be held in Knoxville, Tennessee at the Knoxville Convention Center.
Revised several of our courses, including the 2-Day TapRooT® Root Cause Analysis Course, the 3-Day Virtual TapRooT® Root Cause Analysis Course, the 5-Day TapRooT® Advanced Root Cause Analysis Team Leader Course, the 2-Day Effective Interviewing and Evidence Collection Course, 2-Day Advanced Case Study Workshop, and the Stopping Human Error Course.
We have updated the TapRooT® eLearning Pathways program for online learning and added specific topics (see the selection HERE).
Finished our audits for our second complete year of SOC 2 and GDPR compliance.

That kept everyone busy, especially in a year with a record number of on-site courses at our client’s facilities.

Mid-course Corrections

When you checked your 2025 plans, were there any unexpected results? Things that weren’t progressing on schedule? Initiatives you forgot to start? If so, NOW is the time for “midcourse corrections.” Get things back on track or revise scheduled efforts to account for changes.

Watch this mid-course correction during “catch” from SPACEX…

Now for your midcourse corrections …

What do you need to do? For example, if you didn’t get your on-site TapRooT® Training scheduled, call us at 865-539-2139 and get the courses scheduled before the end of 2025. Time flies faster than you think. Training slots will fill up (especially near the end of the year).

Preliminary 2026 Plans

The remainder of 2025 is a great time to plan 2026 improvements.

Where can you get creative, proven improvement ideas? At the 2025 Global TapRooT® Summit being held on October 1-3 in Knoxville, Tennessee.

How can the Summit help you get new improvement ideas? The Summit has the best cross-profession, cross-industry networking I have ever seen. And that’s a great way to get new ideas to help you implement improvements.

What kind of best practice sharing is scheduled for the 2025 Global TapRooT® Summit? See the nine sessions in each of the eight Best Practice Tracks. The eight tracks are…

CLICK HERE for details about the eight Best Practice Tracks and nine sessions in each track. See the complete Summit schedule HERE. Download the Summit Brochure HERE.

When making your improvement plans for 2026, start with the 2025 Global TapRooT® Summit. Also, don’t forget about the 11 pre-Summit Courses being held on September 29-30.

These courses are also fantastic for getting new ideas to improve performance.

And when you register for a pre-Summit Course and the Summit, you SAVE $300 OFF the combined course and Summit registration fee.

Also, consider bringing a team to the Summit. After all, you need help making improvement happen, and a cross-functional team can make progress across the organization. PLUS, you can save up to $900 OFF the combined registration fees when you register your team simultaneously.