Stop Costly Recurring Problems!
Costly, recurring problems jeopardize lives, impede mission readiness, and waste resources.
BlueDragon is a state-of-the-art, AI-enhanced framework that quickly pinpoints the root causes of complex problems far more rapidly and accurately than traditional methods.
"Harnessing AI and Human Ingenuity to Solve WHAT OTHER METHODS CANNOT"
It’s frustrating when despite your best efforts and countless hours spent on investigations and corrective actions, traditional methods fall short and the same failures keep resurfacing. After BlueDragon training, your teams become anticipatory problem solvers who identify vulnerabilities and strengthen defenses before failures occur.
The Problems
- Outdated, fragmented RCA methods: Traditional RCA tools (5-Whys, fishbone diagrams, etc.) are used in silos, leading to inefficient, shallow investigations that fail to uncover the deep-seated causes of complex problems, wasting time and money.
- Bureaucratic in-house investigations : Internal RCA teams often operate under organizational blind spots (bias) and red tape. The conventional “check-the-box” approach can devolve into finding the right person(s) to blame and cursory fixes that feel safe but leave root causes unresolved.
- Overpriced consulting “armies”: Large consulting firms throw big teams and big budgets at problems, but their approaches tend to be bloated and generic. Clients get lengthy reports and protracted timelines, often without the actionable insight or speed that high-consequence issues demand.
The BlueDragon Difference
- Deeper Truths, Not Superficial Fixes: BlueDragon’s integrated approach finds the deepest causes – including human, cultural, and systemic factors typically overlooked. This means no more band-aid fixes or scapegoating. By attacking problems at their root, BlueDragon ensures lasting solutions (solving issues for good, not just for now).
- Speed and Efficiency in High-Stakes Situations: In environments where “failure is not an option,” lengthy investigations and delays are the enemy. Thanks to a patent-pending, AI-enhanced framework and 30+ years of honed techniques, BlueDragon can crack complex cases in weeks – not months or years. BlueDragon enterprise solutions have a Return on Investment of over 1000%.
- High Return on Investment (ROI): The ultimate payoff is sustained performance excellence, enhanced mission readiness, substantially improved safety records, and significant cost savings from preventing failures before they happen.
TRAINING
Root Cause Analysis Training & Certification
Advance your career or strengthen your team with BlueDragon Root Cause Analysis certification. We offer comprehensive online and in-person training programs tailored to Analyst, Practitioner, and Master Practitioner levels. These courses are designed to equip participants with advanced critical thinking and problem-solving skills, essential for conducting rapid investigations, thorough root cause analyses, and proactive program reviews in complex work environments.
CONSULTING
Mishap/Accident Investigations, Root Cause Analyses, and Risk Assessments
Engage our experienced BlueDragon Master Practitioners to lead or facilitate your organization’s investigations and root cause analyses. We provide personalized coaching and mentoring to your BlueDragon-trained staff. This support ensures effective application of training to real-world challenges, enhancing problem-solving capabilities and contributing to organizational improvement.
ABOUT our CEO
Rob De La Espriella is one of the world’s leading authorities in solving complex human and organizational problems in high stakes environments. He is a former US Navy nuclear submarine officer and pioneering Nuclear Quality Assurance expert. In 2015, Rob revolutionized the industry with the creation of BlueDragon®, a groundbreaking virtual framework that has dramatically updated the status quo for problem-solving.
CHOOSE FROM A FULL RANGE OF TRAINING AND CONSULTING OFFERINGS:
TRAINING
Empower your team with cutting-edge courses designed to build critical thinking, systems thinking and problem-solving expertise, and organizational resilience:
CONSULTING
Leverage our decades of experience solving the most complex, multi-systemic and costly problems in high-stakes operating environments:
BlueDragon has been vetted and used at some of the most technically challenging sites in the world, including the DOE National Laboratories, nuclear weapons manufacturing facilities, commercial nuclear power plants, the US Army and Marine Corps, and enterprise level adopters such as Westinghouse Electric.
Our Clients
BlueDragon has been vetted and is in use at some of the most technically challenging sites in the world, including the DOE National Laboratories, the Nuclear Weapons Complex, and commercial nuclear power plants.
What We Do
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What Our Clients Say
The Hidden Costs of Recurring Problems
We work with our clients to calculate the costs of documenting, screening, analyzing, reporting, correcting and closing the hundreds or thousands of issues each year. Clients in regulated industries with organizations of 3000 or more employees spend millions of dollars in addressing recurring problems, all on overhead.
Consider that for the hundreds or thousands of recurring problems each year, there are not the same number of root causes causing those problems. The benefits of identifying and eliminating the true root causes and preventing the recurrence of even a small percentage of those issues would be quite significant.
- 50% Less time to complete investigations: Our clients report an average of 50% less time to conduct their RCA investigations.
- Reduction of Recurring Issues: When implemented enterprise-wide, the BlueDragon system will lower the frequency and the significance of recurring issues.
- Lower Operating Costs: Investing in BlueDragon training pays off in sustainable solutions that reduce overall operating costs.
- Increased Time on Mission: with the efficiency of the BlueDragon framework, more time is shifted to mission critical tasks.
THE RISKS
Can you afford not to prevent costly recurring problems?
Unless organizations commit the resources to conduct root cause analyses, they will continue to experience recurring events.