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Ep 13: Do near misses increase risky decision making?
Season 1 Episode 13
Conventional wisdom suggests investigating and circulating knowledge of near misses. These 'free lessons', so it goes, are supposed to help us learn …
1 year, 2 months ago
Ep 12: Human performance in barrier/critical control systems
Season 1 Episode 12
How do you consider the role of people within your barrier or critical control system - threat or adaptable strength?
What are some fallacies of human…
1 year, 2 months ago
Ep 11: The fault in our stats (incident measures)
Season 1 Episode 11
Are our use of reported injury measures, like TRIFR or LTIFR, 'good enough' representations, or beset with foundational statistical flaws?
Today's rep…
1 year, 2 months ago
Ep 10: Are safety myths holding us back?
Season 1 Episode 10
Are our safety myths--like most accidents being the result of human error--holding back genuine improvement within safety?
Can myths like these actual…
1 year, 2 months ago
Ep 9: How certified systems & auditing mask psychosocial issues
Season 1 Episode 9
We design, implement and certify our safety systems with best intentions. We hope these systems help us to identify and address workplace hazards.
How…
1 year, 2 months ago
Ep 8: The harm in zero harm
Season 1 Episode 8
Is Zero Harm a laudable approach or a misdirection--an illusion--associated with higher fatality rates?
This episode dives into the paper from: Sherra…
1 year, 2 months ago
Ep 7: How investigations blind us to control effectiveness
Season 1 Episode 7
Are our investigations blinded to the functioning and effectiveness of risk controls?
Are our current approaches, and mental models about how safety …
1 year, 2 months ago
Ep 6: Audit Masquerade - How audits provide comfort rather than treatment for serious safety problems
Season 1 Episode 6
Are audits effective checks and verifications of our risk control systems?
Are they diving deep into the functionality and effectiveness of systems an…
1 year, 3 months ago
Ep 5: What you find in investigations isn't what you fix
Season 1 Episode 5
Conventional logic suggests that we fix the gaps that we find in investigations. But is this the case?
Is the investigation process more a socially co…
1 year, 3 months ago
Ep 4: The links between fatal and non-fatal accidents based on >23k incidents
Season 1 Episode 4
Is there a connection between fatal and non-fatal accidents, or is it a fallacy to focus on the minor potential events with the hope of managing the …
1 year, 3 months ago