What I Learned From Velocity Barcelona 2014: Reflections on Human Factors, Safety and Webops

I went to Velocity EU 2014 in Barcelona this week – the conference for web operations/WebOps…

If It Weren’t for the Managers…

“If only it weren’t for the managers, the goddamned managers, always getting tangled up in the…

“Are We the Baddies?!” Symbols and Organisational Cultures

Once your own culture becomes invisible to you, you know you have become a victim…

The Principles of Punk Rock at Work

About the time I was born, a new musical genre emerged. Disillusioned with the rock…

Safety Culture Cards Application: Exploring Experiences Using Schein’s Cycle

The safety culture discussion cards are now in use in a number of countries within…

“So You Have an Under-Reporting Problem?” System Barriers to Incident Reporting

The reporting of safety occurrences and safety-relevant issues and conditions is an essential activity in…

Using the Safety Culture Discussion Cards: Tips for SWOT analysis From a User

David Thompson, a Human Factors Specialist from NATS, UK, has provided some feedback on the…

Using the Safety Culture Discussion Cards to Help Understand Textual Data

‘What we call our data are really our own constructions of other people’s constructions of…

Using the Safety Culture Discussion Cards: Tips From a User

I have received some great practical tips (and considerations for the future) from an ATC…

Safety Culture in Your Hands

(This article featured in The Controller – Journal of Air Traffic Control, April 2012.) by…