Compendium of Nancy Leveson: STAMP, STPA, CAST and Systems Thinking

Although I don’t often mention or post about Leveson’s work, she’s probably been the most influential thinker on my approach after Barry Turner. So here is a mini-compendium covering some of Leveson’s work. Feel free to shout a coffee if you’d like to support the growth of my site: Check out my YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@safe_as_pod?si=sZmhFw3gB3ubXjzK… Continue reading Compendium of Nancy Leveson: STAMP, STPA, CAST and Systems Thinking

Resilience terminology and a visualisation of resilience/robustness in practice

This may interest people. It covers concepts of resilient performance within seaports. It’s a bit random (seaports), but otherwise gives a handy overview of resilience terms and applications. The first two images are just basic definitions. Extracts: ·        Image 3 represents resilience elements during disruptions – from pre-disruption, to the disruption, then post-disruption. ·        During pre-disruption, the… Continue reading Resilience terminology and a visualisation of resilience/robustness in practice

Fantasy planning: The gap between systems of safety and safety of systems

Not sure if I ever properly shared this – but this was my first conference paper released back in 2018. It’s a HIGHLY condensed version of a much larger paper I wrote, and hope to publish one day. It covers a range of topics around symbolic safety, false assurance, ‘fantasy planning’, and catastrophic accidents which… Continue reading Fantasy planning: The gap between systems of safety and safety of systems