This article is a reproduction of the Editorial published in HindSight magazine issue 34 in…
Tag: safety-II
HindSight is a magazine on human and organisational factors in operations. HindSight magazine is free…
Reflections on what distinguishes the three zones of performance in the well-known graph associated with Safety-II.
Safety-II, its cousin Resilience Engineering (and offshoots such as resilient healthcare), as well as predecessor…
‘Human Factors’ (or Ergonomics) is often presented as something that it’s not, or as something…
Learning Teams, Learning from Communities
In this article, I refer to some of the ideas and writings of asset-based community development to reflect on Learning Teams in health and safety, and small group conversations and action more generally in organisations. I highlight four lessons from ABCD for learning teams and host organisations.
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?
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.
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.
A legendary rivalry: one mountain and two climbers seeking to be the best. We join…