Safe As Podcast

E96: Dr Linda Bellamy Part 1: Fatal vs Minor hazards, SIFs & Barrier Failures

Is there a relationship between fatal and minor hazard exposures? Recent SIF research & movements suggest 'NO' - what kills people aren't the same as what hurts them. Bu

E95: Critical Controls & Barriers - Part 4: What do barrier models leave out? A Safety-II critique

A bowtie or critical control register may be useful tools, but they aren't the work.In Part 4 of this series, I unpack what control / barrier models can leave out: e.g. c

E94: Dr Marcin Nazaruk Part 2: HOP, New View, Learning from Daily Work

Today I interview Dr Marcin Nazaruk, who shares his practical experience and research on learning from normal work / daily work, HOP / New View / Safety-II, to improve le

E93: Critical Controls & Barriers & Safeguard | Part 3: Human Factors & Human Performance

How do we set realistic and effective human performance expectations in our barrier approaches?In part 1 we looked at definitions of controls and barriers, whereas in par

E92: Dr Marcin Nazaruk Part 1: HOP, New View, Learning from Daily Work

Today I interview Dr Marcin Nazaruk, who shares his practical experience and research on learning from normal work / daily work, HOP / New View / Safety-II, to improve le

E91: Critical Controls & Barriers & Safeguards | Part 2: From paper to practice (e.g. bow-ties & more)

How do we translate a paper barrier system into one that's functional and verified as effective?Whereas part 1 looked at key definitions of control, barrier, safeguard, s

E90: Dr Guido Carim Jr Part 2

Part 2 of our interview with Dr. Guido Carim Junior, Associate Professor of Aviation, pilot, researcher, and safety scientist. We pick up the conversation with digital ch

E89: Critical Controls, Barriers & Safeguards | Part 1: Definitions & Inconsistencies

Is that a control, barrier, safeguard, support, or verification activity? Is it an object, a human act, a system or just a procedure? Does it actually address the hazardo

E88: Dr Guido Carim Jr Part 1

Interview with Guido part 1

E87: Risk Management vs. Rule Compliance: The False Choice

When you're standing on the front line making an operational call, risk doesn't come with a green or red light. You have to make a binary decision: stop or go.We don't ne

E86: CEO speeches: Talking Our Way to Disaster #DeepWaterHorizon #BP

On April 15, 2010, BP CEO Tony Hayward reassured shareholders that the company was safer and more efficient than ever. Five days later, the Deepwater Horizon disaster hap

E85:When Success Leads to Disaster: Practical Drift & the 1994 Black Hawk Friendly Fire Shootdown

In 1994, two US Air force F15 fighters shot down two friendly US Army Black Hawk helicopters.This event shouldn't have been possible: there were experts, radio communicat

E84: The pitfalls of safety reporting metrics and 'safewashing' our way to disaster

Can our safety reporting and indicators mask signals that organizations are drifting to major accident?This episode unpacks two reports from O'Neill and colleagues lookin

E83: Why Smart Managers Ignore Deadly Warning Signs: Gretley & Moura Mine Disasters

This ep unpacks two articles from Andrew Hopkins, exploring the similarities between the Gretley and Moura mine disasters.Namely, Hopkins argues that a 'culture of denial

E82: Why Good Leaders Make Terrible Decisions (The Science of Bias)

Our mental shortcuts (heuristics) serve us well. They help us navigate a complex, ambiguous world normally safely and efficiently. But in modern organisations, they can

E81: Is Safety Culture a Failed or Useful Concept for Organizations? A review of the Scientific Research

Is 'Safety Culture' a nebulous construct, or even a myth, that obscures more than it reveals? Or is its persistence because it provides a useful vehicle for explaining

E80: Is Your Boss Just "Peacocking"? The Science of Leader Walkarounds

Leadership walkarounds seem simple on paper: get a leader to walk around, talk with some people, and then bounce out with a gleeful smile, and warm hearts.But is it that

E79: AI Makes you Smarter but not Wiser: How AI affects your Cognition

Does using AI make us smarter, or just more confident?This ep covers a recent study on how generative AI affects our "metacognition" - our ability to judge our own perfor

E78: The most effective safety tactics according to science

There are a lot of safety practices in industry. How do we know which are the most effective interventions to use?This systematic review of the evidence assesses the best

E77: Behavior-based safety (BBS) - a balanced review of the science

When I say BBS - what is your initial impression? A big smile and thumbs up, or visible disgust?It certainly divides people. But is that division deserved? What does the