An Aviation High-Reliability Idea

Do You Need to Achieve High Reliability?
If you need high reliability, you should learn lessons from other high-reliability companies and industries. We had that in mind when we developed the High-Reliability Best Practices Track for the 2025 Global TapRooT® Summit in Knoxville, Tennessee, from October 1 to 3. And that’s why we have a session about an aviation high-reliability best practice.
Read on for more information about that session and all the sessions in the High-Reliability Best Practices Track.
Aviation Best Practice: Training Beyond the Mistake

Operators are trained to do things the right way. But what if they make a mistake? That’s where training beyond the mistake becomes essential.
Have you considered what training is needed “beyond the mistake?” Erika Armstrong, the “Chick in the Cockpit,” will share her ideas and answer your questions about this topic. Don’t miss the session! Join us and learn from an industry expert.
To improve future performance and achieve high reliability, you should consider attending this session and the whole High-Reliability Best Practices Track! Read on for information about the entire High-Reliability Best Practices Track.
Real-World Experience & Lessons Learned at the Summit
I’m Mark Paradies, president of System Improvements, organizing the High-Reliability Best Practices Track at the 2025 Global TapRooT® Summit.

My background includes high-reliability operations in the Nuclear Navy, observations of high-reliability organizations, and connections with people with real high-reliability experience. I used that experience and those connections to develop this track.
What are the sessions/topics we scheduled for this track? Here’s a list:
- Sharing Ideas to Achieve High Reliability/Performance Roundtable
- Training Beyond the Mistake
- Root Cause Analysis for High-Performance Organizations
- Fatigue and Human Error
- Admiral Rickover’s Original High-Reliability Organization
- Procedure Writing and Use for High Reliability
- Mistakes By Design
- Lions, Tigers, and Bears, OH MY! Don’t Fear the Equifactor®
- Peer Reviews & Inspections to Achieve High Compliance Panel Discussion
Click on the links above for more information about each session. I will share the details about one of the sessions in this article.

The people above are the speakers who will share their experiences and lessons learned in the High-Reliability Organization Best Practices Track.
More Summit Information
Five Keynote Speakers
There is more to the Summit than just the sessions in a best practice track. First, there are five outstanding Keynote Speakers at the Summit. You will hear from these experts about their life experiences and how they can help you achieve world-class performance at your company.

The Keynote Speakers are another reason to be at the 2025 Global TapRooT® Summit. What else should make attending the Summit high on your priorities for 2025? Read on…
Networking
One thing we have always emphasized at the Global TapRooT® Summit is meeting people, networking, and benchmarking your programs with others. We start this at the opening session and continue it throughout the Summit.

We have learned to make networking fun. Many say the Summit is worth attending just because of the new people you meet (adding to your network). The Summit includes sessions for sharing best practices with industry leaders. Plus, you get to meet the inspiring keynote speakers. This makes the experience very valuable for someone interested in building a network of people interested in performance improvement.
Pre-Summit Courses
This year, 11 pre-Summit Courses will be held on September 29-30 to help you learn even more ways to make your company’s performance world-class.

What are the courses you can pick from to attend?
- Auditing & Proactive Improvement Using TapRooT® RCA
- Analyzing and Adjusting Safety Culture
- 2-Day Advanced Communications/Presentations Skills
- TapRooT® Advanced Case Study Workshop
- Interviewing & Evidence Collection
- 2-Day Developing an Incident Command System
- The Best Ways to Use Data to Improve Performance
- 2-Day TapRooT® Root Cause Analysis Training
- 2-Day Equifactor® Equipment Troubleshooting & TapRooT® Root Cause Analysis
- Stopping Human Error
- TapRooT® Software Training
Click on the link above to learn more about a course that interests you. Register for a pre-Summit Course and the Summit and SAVE $300 OFF the course fee.
If you plan to attend the High-Realiability Organization Best Practices Track, I recommend attending either the Stopping Human Error Course or the Analyzing and Adjusting Safety Culture Course as a compliment to the information and best practices shared in the track.
Bring a Team

One way to get even more value from the Summit is to bring a team.
Face it. You can’t do everything yourself. You need a team to help your company achieve world-class performance. The Summit is an excellent place for your team to learn new ways to improve performance.
Having your team attend the Summit will help your team develop a game plan and a roadmap to achieve excellence. You can align the company’s improvement efforts and return to work motivated to put what you have learned to work.
Plus, when you bring a team, you will get discounts on courses and the Summit. The maximum discount is $900 OFF the combine course and Summit fee per attendee. See the discounts available below…

SUMMIT GUARANTEE
If you have any doubt about how worthwhile the Summit will be, let us remove all doubt with this 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.
That should make you feel comfortable about your decision to attend the 2025 Global TapRooT® Summit.
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