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SH135: 17 Cognitive Biases which Contribute to Diving Accidents
Cognitive biases and mental shortcuts significantly impact decision-making, especially in high-risk environments like diving, where errors c…
1 year, 5 months ago
SH134: Human Error in Diving: Is it really that simple?
This episode explores the complexities of human error in diving incidents, challenging the oversimplified blame often placed on individuals.…
1 year, 5 months ago
SH133: Blood, Banks and Diving: The value of knowledge, experience and training
This episode dives into the importance of investing in skills and experience to prepare for unexpected challenges in diving and life. Using …
1 year, 5 months ago
SH132: Leadership in Diving? Why is it needed, it is only a sport...
This episode explores the critical role of leadership in diving, drawing on a challenging night dive on the Abu Nuhas reef and lessons from …
1 year, 5 months ago
SH131: With Errors: Aviation Blames The System, The Diving Community Often Blames the Individual
This episode dives into the lessons the diving community can learn from aviation safety practices, using the near-disaster of Air Canada Fli…
1 year, 5 months ago
SH130: The Power of One
In this episode, we explore how authority gradients—the imbalance of power or experience between individuals—can lead to critical mistakes i…
1 year, 5 months ago
SH129: We judge based on outcomes, not on process
In this episode, we dive into the role of social conformity, biases, and decision-making in diving safety. Humans naturally seek group belon…
1 year, 5 months ago
SH128: I am biased...you are biased...we are all biased...!
In this episode, we explore how cognitive biases—mental shortcuts that influence our decisions—affect our actions in complex and dynamic sit…
1 year, 5 months ago
SH127: Can divers learn from the US Forest Service?
This podcast episode explores how the U.S. Forest Service uses structured Learning Reviews to improve safety in high-risk environments by fo…
1 year, 6 months ago
SH126: Why did he make such an obvious mistake...?
In this episode, we dive into the complexities of decision-making in high-risk environments, focusing on why some choices that lead to accid…
1 year, 6 months ago