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SH285: When Skill Alone Isn't Enough: The Resilient Performance Model
Diving operations rarely fail because people lack skill; they fail when skilled individuals are not supported by the systems around them. The Resilie…
11 hours ago
SH284: LEODSI and PETTEOT: A Systems Approach for Understanding How Diving Really Works
When something goes wrong in diving, people often ask “who made the mistake?”, but that question usually oversimplifies what really happened and stop…
3 days, 11 hours ago
SH283: You're Accountable. You're Responsible. You're It!
This piece explores how diving incidents are often misunderstood by focusing too quickly on blame rather than learning. It explains the important dif…
1 week ago
SH282: Isolation Amplifies Drift: When Remote Operations Make Small Deviations Invisible
This blog by Michael John Snow explores how small equipment issues on a remote expedition vessel can gradually become accepted as “normal,” not becau…
1 week, 3 days ago
SH281: HMS Scylla Wreck Penetration Tragedy: Two Perspectives on Learning
This episode looks at the 2021 wreck diving tragedy on HMS Scylla, where three experienced divers entered the wreck and only one survived. It first e…
2 weeks ago
SH280: This Could Happen to Any Dive Operator: What We Can Really Learn From The Perth Diving Academy Incident
This episode explores the serious incident in which two divers were accidentally left behind by a dive boat near Rottnest Island while diving with Pe…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
SH279: The Tower Was Already Full of Holes
This episode looks at how diving incidents are often explained by blaming the last person involved, much like blaming the person who pulls the final …
3 weeks ago
SH278: Be Curious, Not Judgemental
This episode looks at how quick judgement, especially online, can block learning and make diving less safe. Using a real example of an adaptive scuba…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
SH277: You are entering water with known problems, and don't kid yourself that it's any different.
This episode explores why people often go diving even when something feels “off,” and how risk usually starts before anyone gets in the water. It exp…
4 weeks ago
SH276: If there are no silver bullets, build capacity to fail safely
This episode explores what real safety improvement in diving could look like if we stop copying other industries and start designing for the reality …
1 month ago