PreAccident Investigation Podcast

I had a glitch in the first pressing of this podcast.   Here is the whole conversation.  Sorry about the RSS feed and the confusion.   I think this will fix the technical problem. Dr. Scott A. Shappell is a Department Chair and Professor of Human Factors at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Before joining the faculty at Embry-Riddle, Dr. Shappell was a professor of Industrial Engineering at Clemson University. Prior to being on the faculty at Clemson, he was the Human Factors Research Branch Manager at the Civil Aerospace Medical Institute. In addition, Dr. Shappell served over 16 years in the U.S. Navy as an Aerospace Experimental Psychologist. He has published and presented well over 200 papers, books, and presentations in the fields of accident investigation, system safety, spatial disorientation, sustained operations and fatigue. Dr. Shappell received a B.S. in psychology (1983) from Wright State University graduating Summa Cum Laude with honors in psychology and a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of Texas Medical Branch in 1990. Listen to this podcast. Best Safety Podcast, Safety Program, Safety Storytelling, Investigations, Human Performance, Safety Differently, Operational Excellence, Resilience Engineering, Safety and Resilience Incentives Give this a listen. Thanks for listening and tell your friends.  See you in the funny papers, someplace.

Change, even for the better, can often cause discomfort. This little discussion talks about this very idea. Listen to this podcast. Best Safety Podcast, Safety Program, Safety Storytelling, Investigations, Human Performance, Safety Differently, Operational Excellence, Resilience Engineering, Safety and Resilience Incentives Give this a listen. Thanks for listening and tell your friends.  See you in a dentist office someplace.

I use the work capacity like it has meaning that everyone on earth already knows.   I know now that is not true... Here is my definition of the word "Capacity." Remember, Safety is not the absence of an accident, safety is the presence of capacity. Listen to this podcast. Best Safety Podcast, Safety Program, Safety Storytelling, Investigations, Human Performance, Safety Differently, Operational Excellence, Resilience Engineering, Safety and Resilience Incentives Give this a listen. Thanks for listening and tell your friends.  See you at a dictionary someplace.

Nothing is better than a good discussion. We will always have some folks that want to push back on our ideas. That is good. You won't win them all. Listen to this podcast. Best Safety Podcast, Safety Program, Safety Storytelling, Investigations, Human Performance, Safety Differently, Operational Excellence, Resilience Engineering, Safety and Resilience Incentives Give this a listen. Thanks for listening and tell your friends.  See you in boxing ring someplace.

After the final day of the 2018 HOP Conference in Houston, Texas, Several of us were sitting around the kitchen table in our little house chatting about how the conference activities went this year. We liked the time we had together and decided to record this event. You are invited to join us.  Pull up a chair and chat a while. Listen to this podcast. Best Safety Podcast, Safety Program, Safety Storytelling, Investigations, Human Performance, Safety Differently, Operational Excellence, Resilience Engineering, Safety and Resilience Incentives Give this a listen. Thanks for listening and tell your friends.  See you at lunch someplace.

Ty Maxism are sayings that operations people live by in parts far north from here. Never underestimate the power that operational leaders have in understanding the work and the workers - good leaders know thier people. Ty just tends to drop this little nuggets in to the conversation.  I always listen for them. Listen to this podcast. Best Safety Podcast, Safety Program, Safety Storytelling, Investigations, Human Performance, Safety Differently, Operational Excellence, Resilience Engineering, Safety and Resilience Incentives Give this a listen. Thanks for listening and tell your friends.  See you on the slope.

I really struggled to make this podcast.  Not because I didn't have stuff to say (I always seem to have stuff to say) but because I was afraid I would make people angry. I think that is a stupid reason to not do a podcast. I hope this makes people angry - although I softened this message a lot before I posted this message.   We need to let go of our need to blame somebody for not predicting these events and start to really talk about a system prevention to this very unique problem we have in the United States. Our need to blame is getting in the way of our ability to improve. Listen to this podcast. Best Safety Podcast, Safety Program, Safety Storytelling, Investigations, Human Performance, Safety Differently, Operational Excellence, Resilience Engineering, Safety and Resilience Incentives Give this a listen. Thanks for listening and tell your friends.  See you in motion someplace.    

Somehow we have been led to believe that risk is permanant.  That if you do a good enough job in risk identification...you will be come safe. That is wrong. Risk moves like the waves of an ocean.  Risk ebbs and flows. You will love this podcast. Best Safety Podcast, Safety Program, Safety Storytelling, Investigations, Human Performance, Safety Differently, Operational Excellence, Resilience Engineering, Safety and Resilience Incentives Give this a listen. Thanks for listening and tell your friends.  See you in motion someplace.    

Leading an organization takes time and attention, skill and knowledge, and talent. Leading a complex organization takes all of the above plus knowledge of complexities... Jim Barker talks about movement, leadership, adaption, and the world.    You will love this podcast. Best Safety Podcast, Safety Program, Safety Storytelling, Investigations, Human Performance, Safety Differently, Operational Excellence, Resilience Engineering, Safety and Resilience Incentives Give this a listen. Thanks for listening and tell your friends.  See you in motion someplace.

Here is a nice little thinker.    See what you think? Best Safety Podcast, Safety Program, Safety Storytelling, Investigations, Human Performance, Safety Differently, Operational Excellence, Resilience Engineering, Safety and Resilience Incentives Give this a listen. Thanks for listening and tell your friends.  See you later, alligator!

Big Data means you have lots of information that you can use to predict and manage your systems.  Big data has been an amazing advantage for our organizations.  We need data, lots of it, to tell where we are and where we need to go But, just but, could there be so much data that you are biased towards using the data no matter what it means to your organizaton?  Data at all cost?  Data first?  We only get what we measure?  You must be able to account for everything. ... or should you? Here is a quick story about what the data did not show and how important that was to the future of the free world.   You will love this podcast. Best Safety Podcast, Safety Program, Safety Storytelling, Investigations, Human Performance, Safety Differently, Operational Excellence, Resilience Engineering, Safety and Resilience Incentives Give this a listen. Thanks for listening and tell your friends.  See you at the an airport or bus station.

Just a little shot of energy for all of us who spend time fighting with the old school crowd.   Non ergo in te vocabo Don't let the basterds get you down. Best Safety Podcast, Safety Program, Safety Storytelling, Investigations, Human Performance, Safety Differently, Operational Excellence, Resilience Engineering, Safety and Resilience Incentives Give this a listen. Thanks for listening and tell your friends.  See you at breakfast in some Hampton Inn!

Howdy PodCastarians! On February 27, 28, and March 1 there is a little meeting in Houston, Texas you should know about.  The 2018 HOP Conference.   Lisa Brooks talks about all the effort it takes to put together a meeting on the new view for a whole selection of people.  We are not all the same and we are not all at the same place on the journey to Safety Differently.   It makes for an interesting meeting - with all the different folks wanting to learn. You will love this podcast. Best Safety Podcast, Safety Program, Safety Storytelling, Investigations, Human Performance, Safety Differently, Operational Excellence, Resilience Engineering, Safety and Resilience Incentives Give this a listen. Thanks for listening and tell your friends.  See you at the conference!

This is a fun little romp through process and procedures. Listen to this and think about your organization. Best Safety Podcast, Safety Program, Safety Storytelling, Investigations, Human Performance, Safety Differently, Operational Excellence, Resilience Engineering, Safety and Resilience Incentives Give this a listen. Thanks for listening and tell your friends.  See you at the operational book store.

Tony is a good friend of the podcast and a great thinker in Human and Organizational Performance - He is also a great guy and a good friend. This episode is entirely about Tony's new book:  Risk-Based Thinking: Managing the Uncertainty of Human Error in Operations.  This conversation goes deeply in to what Tony was thinking and why he penned this book.  You will love this podcast. Best Safety Podcast, Safety Program, Safety Storytelling, Investigations, Human Performance, Safety Differently, Operational Excellence, Resilience Engineering, Safety and Resilience Incentives Give this a listen. Thanks for listening and tell your friends.  See you at the next conference call!