Learning from an Accident

Darin Wertz Shares the Lessons from an Accident

Learning from an accident is essential to preventing similar (or worse) problems in the future. At the 2027 Global TapRooT® Summit, Darin Wertz, Director of Pipeline Safety Management and Quality Assurance at Eversource Energy, will share his experience learning from a significant industry incident. Through an honest examination of what happened, why it happened, and how the organization responded, attendees will gain valuable insights into the realities of leading through high-consequence events.

This keynote presentation, Learning from a Major Investigation, will kick off the 2027 Global Summit and remind participants why root cause analysis and performance improvement are essential keys to a company’s performance improvement efforts. The presentation goes beyond the accident itself to explore the human, organizational, and leadership factors that influence outcomes. Darrin will discuss how strong safety culture, effective learning systems, accountability, and meaningful corrective actions can transform a difficult experience into a catalyst for lasting improvement.

Whether you conduct incident investigations, lead operational teams, or champion continuous improvement, you’ll leave with practical takeaways for strengthening your organization’s ability to learn from failure, improve decision-making, and reduce future risk.

More Learning at the Summit

A presentation on learning from an accident or incident is how we start every Global TapRooT® Summit. It is a great way to share lessons learned, set the tone for the rest of the Summit, and remind participants why their work is so critical to their company’s success.

But that is just the start of a great learning experience. The Summit includes four other insightful, inspiring keynote presentations.

There are also six Best Practice Tracks (see below), each with nine breakout sessions featuring best-practice and success-story presentations, roundtable discussions, and practical workshops. See the complete Summit schedule HERE.

We organized the Summit around these tracks to make it easy to register for a topic that you are most interested in. However, when you register, you can decide to choose to attend sessions from any track. Make the Summit a custom learning event by choosing the sessions that will help you solve your company’s greatest challenges.

Another advantage you will discover at the Summit is the networking and benchmarking opportunities. You will meet new valuable professional connections and share experiences with peers, industry experts, and speakers at the Summit.

We have been fine-tuning the Summit to make the networking opportunities second to none. Many Summit participants are surprised by the richness of the experience and how we make meeting new connections fun.

Get More Information

If you are interested in learning more about the 2027 Global TapRooT® Summit being held on April 5-9 at the Margaritaville Resort, Lake Conroe, near Houston, Texas, CLICK HERE. You will find information about:

• Why we organize this learning experience.
• What companies send people to the Summit.
• What prior Summit attendees have to say about their experience,
• The optional pre-Summit Courses.
• The Summit reception.
• Summit registration fees and discounts for bringing a team.
• The Summit ROI Guarantee.
• The Margaritaville Resort.

We are looking forward to meeting you there!