Root Cause Analysis Is Not Enough – How Latent Cause Analysis Changes Everything
Human Performance and Latent Causes by Robert E. Statham, subject matter expert in Latent Cause Analysis for Human Performance.
Episode notes
Traditional Root Cause Analysis (RCA) often falls short because it stops at surface-level issues—like equipment failure or individual error—and tends to become a blame-focused, checkbox exercise. As a result, organizations see the same problems repeat.
Latent Cause Analysis (LCA) is a more powerful alternative because it examines the underlying systems and human factors that create the conditions for failure.
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