Aviation is heavily reliant on procedures, but procedures can never replace human adaptivity in all…
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The post discusses a short fictional film, ‘The Wrong Kidney’, created to explore the complexities…
This is a Foreword to Are We Learning From Accidents, by Dr Nippin Anand, published…
This article is a reproduction of an article published in HindSight magazine issue 35 in September 2023 (all issues available…
HindSight Issue 30 on Wellbeing is now online at SKYbrary. You can download the full issue, and individual articles. HindSight magazine is free and published twice a year, reaching tens of thousands of readers in aviation and other sectors worldwide. You will find an introduction to this Issue in this post, along with links to the magazine and the individual articles.
In this short series, I 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.
In this post, I outline seven foes of intervention.
A few weeks ago, I had a chat with Jamey Hampton, Jessica Kerr, John K. Sawers of Greater…
Once your own culture becomes invisible to you, you know you have become a victim…
The safety culture discussion cards are now in use in a number of countries within…