What is the role of adaptive capacities in creating ‘safety’ & navigating uncertainty? This unpacks how aquaculture workers manage variability in their daily safety practices and the connection to organisational safety. PS. Check out my YouTube: https://youtube.com/@safe_as_pod?si=V2dbdmW–WbnhzA9 Shout a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/benhutchinson Background: · “Adaptability is increasingly recognized as vital for safety, challenging traditional views of… Continue reading Resilient adaptive capacities & their role in safe practices
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When operators become designers: microprojects, bricolage, and safety in high-risk systems
Does worker adaptation create safer work? This explored how offshore workers undertake microprojects via bricolage, improvising temporary solutions from available resources when original designs (WAI) don’t meet their needs (WAD). Shared under open access licence. PS. Check out my YouTube: https://youtube.com/@safe_as_pod?si=V2dbdmW–WbnhzA9 Shout a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/benhutchinson Extracts: • Offshore work is “exacerbated by the complexity of… Continue reading When operators become designers: microprojects, bricolage, and safety in high-risk systems
When the interface fails: a patient-safety hazard hidden by the assumption of human error
How does attributions of ‘human error’ create hidden hazards? Interesting article discussing a failure type in intraocular surgery using a cannula and how it’s effectively become hidden. PS. Check out my YouTube and recent Critical Control / barrier vid: https://youtu.be/Ly1mEn_KCLQ?si=yG3yRVOM0r2eyyKI Shout a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/benhutchinson Extracts: · “The way we look for harm shapes what we are… Continue reading When the interface fails: a patient-safety hazard hidden by the assumption of human error
Dr Marcin Nazaruk Part 1: HOP, New View, Learning from Daily Work
Today I chat with Dr Marcin Nazaruk, who shares his practical experience and research on learning from daily work and application on Safety-II and HOP principles to improve learning and risk management. The discussion also explores themes around risk controls, work constraints, risk assessments, and error traps. Check out Part 1 and please help like… Continue reading Dr Marcin Nazaruk Part 1: HOP, New View, Learning from Daily Work
Rethinking learning from incidents in healthcare: a Safety-II model integrating work-as-imagined, work-as-done, and work-as-experienced
Can Safety-II principles expand learning within investigations? This article proposes a Safety-II framed incident review model for healthcare capturing WAI (work-as-imagined), WAD (work-as-done) and WAE (work-as-experienced). Shared under an open access licence. PS. Check out my YouTube and recent Critical Control / barrier vid: https://youtube.com/@safe_as_pod?si=iUaDPJynPemQRZhY Shout a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/benhutchinson Extracts: · “A foundational question remains unresolved:… Continue reading Rethinking learning from incidents in healthcare: a Safety-II model integrating work-as-imagined, work-as-done, and work-as-experienced
Understanding safety under high workload: adaptive behavior and safety-II mechanisms in healthcare
What does Safety-II tell us about workload, adaptations, and error? This study analysed the effects of workload on error and adaptations across >580 days in 6 hospital departments and 924 reported safety events. PS. Check out my YouTube and recent Critical Control / barrier vid: https://youtube.com/@safe_as_pod?si=iUaDPJynPemQRZhY Shout a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/benhutchinson Extracts: · “From a Safety-I perspective,… Continue reading Understanding safety under high workload: adaptive behavior and safety-II mechanisms in healthcare
Part 2 interview Dr Guido Carim Jr on Safety-II, adaptive capacities, procedures & more
Part 2 interview with Dr. Guido Carim Junior, PhD, Associate Professor of Aviation, pilot, researcher, and safety scientist. PS. Check out my YouTube and recent Critical Control / barrier vid: https://youtube.com/@safe_as_pod?si=iUaDPJynPemQRZhY Shout a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/benhutchinson We continue our convo about digital checklists, unpacking the potential role of AI and how so-called ‘smart’ features risk narrowing… Continue reading Part 2 interview Dr Guido Carim Jr on Safety-II, adaptive capacities, procedures & more
Challenges in building resilience engineering (RE) and adaptive capacity: A field study in a chemical plant
Can a complex system effectively navigate risk if it only understands failure in hindsight? This study explores the challenges of building adaptive capacity from a resilience engineering perspective in a chemical plant. On-site observations & interviews were used. PS. Check out my YouTube and recent Critical Control / barrier vid: https://youtube.com/@safe_as_pod?si=iUaDPJynPemQRZhY Shout a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/benhutchinson… Continue reading Challenges in building resilience engineering (RE) and adaptive capacity: A field study in a chemical plant
HOP improves learning and reduces quality deviations – new research
Does HOP improve organisational learning behaviours and reduce quality deviations? It turns out, probably. This Master’s thesis from Chris Mastrangelo studied the effects of HOP principles on learning-behaviours, multi‑year trends in deviations, root‑cause classifications, corrective and preventive actions (CAPAs), and Human Performance Assessment (HPA) maturity assessments. Thesis link in comments. The HOP adoption was also… Continue reading HOP improves learning and reduces quality deviations – new research
Part 1 Dr Guido Carim Jr: Safety-II, rules, workarounds, adaptive capacity, learning & more
Part 1 interview with Dr Guido Carim Junior, an Associate Professor of Aviation, pilot, researcher, and safety scientist. We explore what safety ‘is’ beyond absence of incidents, limitations of procedures in complex environments, and why real-world situations rarely unfold how manuals anticipate. Guido shares insights from aviation research on adaptive capacity, informal learning, crew expertise,… Continue reading Part 1 Dr Guido Carim Jr: Safety-II, rules, workarounds, adaptive capacity, learning & more
