Why Learn from Everyday Work?

This article is a reproduction of the Editorial published in HindSight magazine issue 31 in December 2020…

Getting a Handle on Three Zones of Performance

Reflections on what distinguishes the three zones of performance in the well-known graph associated with Safety-II.

How To Do Safety-II

Safety-II, its cousin Resilience Engineering (and offshoots such as resilient healthcare), as well as predecessor…

The Real Focus of Safety-II

Safety-II has become a talking point. It is discussed not only among safety professionals, but – perhaps more importantly – among front line practitioners, managers, board members and regulators in a wide array of industries. But what is the real focus of Safety-II?

Mind your Mindset: Safety-I and Safety-II

During the last few years, different ways of thinking about safety have challenged prevailing worldviews…

SAFETY is our Primary Goal!

OVER BLACK WE HEAR THE DULL SOUNDS OF INDUSTRY; A MUFFLED MASS OF MACHINES, GEARS, STEAM.…

Safety-II and Just Culture: Where Now?

When things go wrong, we seem to display a reliable tendency to do one thing:…

What Safety-II Isn’t

Last summer, a White Paper was released on a different way of thinking about safety:…

Safety-II as Disruptive Innovation

The field of safety management has operated within the same paradigm for decades: finding and…

Seven Questions on Safety-II: Ensuring Things Go Right

This post is an article that was published in The Ergonomist: Newsletter of the Institute…