{"id":9542,"date":"2025-04-14T14:22:52","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T20:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aqnetwork.org\/wp\/?p=9542"},"modified":"2025-04-14T14:24:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T20:24:17","slug":"solving-problems-the-1-skill-for-middle-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/aqnetwork.org\/wp\/2025\/04\/14\/solving-problems-the-1-skill-for-middle-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Solving Problems: The #1 Skill for Middle Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<body>\n<p>Presented by Rob De La Espriella<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>May 15, 2025 7:15 \u2013 9:00 am MDT | Zoom<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zoom links will be sent via email prior to the event. The zoom waiting room opens at 7:15, the event will begin at 7:30 am MDT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:<br>&gt;&gt; The high cost of recurring problems in modern operating and manufacturing environments, and why we can\u2019t seem to solve them.<br>&gt;&gt; Introduction to a set of skills needed to solve recurring problems in modern high-tech and regulated environments.<br>&gt;&gt; Introduction to a virtual, integrated, problem-solving framework based on systems theory and enhanced by artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For over four decades, Rob has dedicated his career to fortifying national security, safeguarding our nation\u2019s critical infrastructure, and elevating industry standards. As a Navy nuclear submarine officer, decorated Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspector, and nuclear site quality and security manager, Rob has navigated the world\u2019s most high-stakes environments. His industry-leading expertise in root cause analysis (RCA) stems from his participation on a Deming Prize winning team and decades leading audits, assessments, and RCAs across commercial nuclear plants, the nuclear weapons complex, and the Department of Defense\u2014establishing him as a complex problem-solving thought leader in modern high-tech environments, with insights published in Forbes and peer-reviewed publications.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aqnetwork.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ROB-DLE-00-1.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aqnetwork.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ROB-DLE-00-1.jpeg?resize=640%2C640\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9412\" style=\"width:397px;height:auto\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aqnetwork.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ROB-DLE-00-1.jpeg?w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aqnetwork.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ROB-DLE-00-1.jpeg?resize=300%2C300 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aqnetwork.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ROB-DLE-00-1.jpeg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aqnetwork.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ROB-DLE-00-1.jpeg?resize=768%2C768 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/aqnetwork.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AQN-Seminar-Flyer-May-2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Flyer<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/1323899672559?aff=oddtdtcreator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Registration<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presented by Rob De La Espriella May 15, 2025 7:15 \u2013 9:00 am MDT | Zoom Zoom links will be sent via email prior to the event. The zoom waiting room opens at 7:15, the event will begin at 7:30 am MDT WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:&gt;&gt; The high cost of recurring problems in modern operating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/aqnetwork.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/aqnetwork.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/aqnetwork.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aqnetwork.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aqnetwork.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9542"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/aqnetwork.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9542\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9544,"href":"http:\/\/aqnetwork.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9542\/revisions\/9544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/aqnetwork.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aqnetwork.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aqnetwork.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}