The post discusses a short fictional film, ‘The Wrong Kidney’, created to explore the complexities…
Tag: causation
One way to understand the links between unwanted events, conditions and interventions is via causal…
This article is a reproduction of an article published in HindSight magazine issue 35 in September 2023 (all issues available…
‘Human Factors’ (or Ergonomics) is often presented as something that it’s not, or as something…
In this short series, I will highlight seven foes and seven friends of system safety, both for explanation and intervention. Each is a concept, meme, or device used in thinking, language, and intervention (reinforced by more fundamental foes that act as barriers to thinking). They are not the only foes or friends, of course, but they are significant ones that either crop up regularly in discussions and writings about safety, or else – in the case of friends – should do.