Here’s one of (prob) several upcoming posts about Ivan Pupulidy, PhD and Crista Vesel, MSc’s book ‘Human and Organizational Potential’. This part looks at confirmation bias within investigations and uses the US Forest Service’s then current Investigation Guide: · “Confirmation bias is a tendency to search for information that confirms one’s preconceptions. When discussing confirmation bias… Continue reading Confirmation bias and priming in investigations: ‘Human & Organizational Potential’
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Root-Causal Factors: Uncovering the Hows & Whys of Incidents
This 2016 article from Fred Manuele explores some facets of causality in investigations. It’s based mainly on two key sources: Hollnagel’s 2004 ‘Barriers and accident prevention’ and Dekker’s 2006 ‘Field Guide to Understanding Human Error’. Won’t be much new for most but has some nice arguments from authors like Hollnagel, Dekker and Leveson. First he… Continue reading Root-Causal Factors: Uncovering the Hows & Whys of Incidents
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