Why Is It Just So Difficult? Barriers to ‘Just Culture’ in the Real World

This article is a reproduction of an article published in HindSight magazine issue 35 in September 2023 (all issues available…

Who Are We to Judge? From Work-as-Done to Work-as-Judged

This article is a reproduction of the Editorial published in HindSight magazine issue 35 in September 2023 (all issues…

Work and How to Survive It: Lesson 2. Understand Variation Inside Your Organisation

In this sporadic series of posts, I share a few insights, as they might apply to work and organisations, from ‘Life and How To Survive It’ and ‘Families and How to Survive Them’, by psychotherapist (late) Robin Skynner and comedian John Cleese.

Work and How to Survive It: Lesson 1. Understand ‘How Work Goes’

In this sporadic series of posts, Icshare a few insights, as they might apply to work and organisations, from ‘Life and How To Survive It’ and ‘Families and How to Survive Them’, by psychotherapist (late) Robin Skynner and comedian John Cleese.

Bonding and Bridging at the Philosophical Breakfast Club

On 26 April 2018, I presented at the ‘Philosophical Breakfast Club’ (@philosophicalBC) conference on High Performing Teams (#PBCHPT2018). It was a remarkable conference bringing together healthcare professionals, psychologists, sports scientists, athletes, managers, human factors/ergonomics specialists, military officers and specialists, and others, My first conversation while having tea before the conference was with a spinal surgeon and bomb disposal expert. Throughout the conference I had many other fascinating conversations with people from a diverse range of backgrounds.

This leads me to the focus of my talk: collaboration at the interfaces, and what happens between teams, groups, professions, layers of management, organisations…  In this post, I summarise the talk, slide by slide, with tweet-sized explanations.

Just Culture: Who Are We Really Afraid Of?

When we think about just culture, we usually think about accidents and incidents, associated ‘honest…

Occupational Overuse Syndrome – Human Error Variant (OOS-HEV)

Occupational Overuse Syndrome – Human Error Variant (OOS-HEV) is a condition involving the overuse of the…

The Safety-fication of Everything

Some time ago, I noticed the safety-fication of everything. I noticed that otherwise fairly ordinary words…

Déformation Professionnelle: How Profession Distorts Perspective

So, what do you do? If you work in a health and safety role, there…