This 2021 evidence synthesis study on psychological safety in healthcare may interest people. It: 1. Synthesised existing literature investigating psychological safety in healthcare workers 2. Identified the methods used to assess psychological safety in healthcare workers 3. Reviewed the literature for evidence of consequences of high or low psychological safety (Note. If you’re after the… Continue reading The presence and potential impact of psychological safety in the healthcare setting: an evidence synthesis

This explored the role that different apology types had in rebuilding professional relationships between a leader and team member. Four studies were employed. Providing background: ·       “Professional relationships are a vital part of organizational life, but such relationships are sometimes fraught with negative interpersonal interactions where one party offends the other” ·       Negative transgressions can… Continue reading Repairing damaged professional relationships with leader apologies: An examination of trust and forgiveness

This is an interesting 2010 conference paper, discussing a range of biases in safety management practices, and their possible consequences for safety. Note that this isn’t focused on cognitive biases, but more structural and belief systems. They focus on four themes: 1) beliefs about individual behaviour 2) beliefs about organisations 3) safety models 4) safety… Continue reading Identifying the typical biases and their significance in the current safety management approaches

Here’s one of many articles providing suggestions on improving risk matrices (RMs). Link to full article in comments. Note: A) There’s lots written on this topic (e.g. dozens of such articles and I have a textbook focusing purely on RM design which I’m working out how to summarise); so this article won’t cover every relevant… Continue reading Improving risk matrix design using heatmaps and accessible colors

This study explored the links between complexity (operational, supply chain and market) and change on occupational injuries. They sought to answer the following question using secondary data from global companies listed in the US: ·         Do the absolute level of complexity and changes in the level of complexity exert a negative effect on a company’s… Continue reading Complexity and Change: Antecedents of occupational injuries

This 2015 paper explored the differences between SIFs and no-SIFs – finding the underlying factors to be “measurably different”. Summary posted soon. They drew on data from seven multinational organisations: monthly injury data (fatal and non-fatal), comprehensive narratives for all serious injuries over the past 2 years and a sample of non-SIFs. Key findings: ·        A… Continue reading Fatal vs non-fatal injury types found to be “measurably different”; calls for a ‘new paradigm’ in managing SIFs

Does the type of apology from a leader to a follower matter for rebuilding trust and forgiveness? Yes, according to this new study. Summary next week. This study explored five different apology types in repairing the relationship between leaders and followers, based on a negative transgression from the leader. They hypothesised that the sincere expression… Continue reading Leader apologies to followers – the type of apology influences the rebuilding of trust and forgiveness

This might interest those who design risk matrices. I’m on a matrix binge at the moment. They explored how the colour design in matrices can influence decision-making. NB. I have a few more coming up in the near future on design suggestions/improvements for those interested. Colours are said to be important for various reasons, one… Continue reading Do colored cells in risk matrices affect decision‐making and risk perception? Insights from randomized controlled studies

This was really cool – they compared Large Language Models (LLMs), like ChatGPT to human experts in product risk assessment. Any paper that found something to be “deceptively eloquent” (great term) is worth reading in my view. They compared the assessments of six consumer products, which included FMEA, risk mitigation identification and more; lots of… Continue reading How good are large language models at product risk assessment? [Spoiler: Not very…yet]

This Master’s thesis from Philip Thomas around Risk Matrices (RMs) had some interesting sections around the flaws of risk matrices and offers some ‘partial fixes’ and alternatives for consideration. I covered his conference paper with similar findings a while back if you’re interested (link in comments). Phil argues that “despite the popularity of RMs, neither… Continue reading The Risk of Using Risk Matrices: Master’s thesis from Philip Thomas