Mindmelding
Mindmelding is just another way to gather a large number of ideas by taking advantage of the creative minds of many people. Here's the process:
When mindmelding each person builds on the ideas of others.
- On a piece of scratch paper, each person in the group writes what they consider a major problem.
- Once each person has completed writing the problem statement, they pass it to the person on their right.
- Each person then reads the problem statement they have received from the person to their left. As quickly as they can, they write out what they think might be one solution to the problem, and then pass the paper to the person on their right.
- Step three is repeated as many times as necessary until each person has received their original problem statement with possible solutions listed.
Using these techniques to conduct cause analysis will help you uncover those root causes that contributed to an incident or accident. If you improve the system as a result of your analysis, long term benefits will result. You are now saving or making money for your organization...safety's bottom line.
Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.
6-7. Which problem-solving technique has each person in a group write a problem statement, then pass it around to members who each write a solution statement?
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