Reflections on what distinguishes the three zones of performance in the well-known graph associated with Safety-II.
Tag: systems thinking
In this post, I reflect on what I learned since graduating and have found to be most important to practice in the design and improvement of work.
In this post, I describe four roles for the spread of new ideas, and reflect on corresponding ego traps or shadow roles.
All human activity, along with associated emergent problematic situations and opportunities, is embedded in context. The ‘context’ is, however, a a melange of different contexts. An approach that I have found useful is to spend time considering contextual influences (e.g., on decision making, at multiple levels of organisations) on problematic situations or potential solutions, more explicitly.
Understanding and intervention for system performance and human wellbeing is rooted – to some extent – in four kinds of thinking. In this short series, I outline these. This post concerns Systems Thinking.
“Safety is our number 1 priority!” But is it really?
“When you put a limit on a measure, if that measure relates to efficiency, the limit will be used as a target.”
In this post, I outline four common homes for HF/E within organisations, drawing on personal experience in each of the four organisational divisions in different organisations. I conclude with some of the implications of organisational homelessness.
In this short series, I highlight seven foes and seven friends of system safety, both…
In this short series, I highlight seven foes and seven friends of system safety, both…
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