Safetymatters: Organizational and safety culture information, analysis and management

All of you have heard of “Just Culture” (JC).  At heart, it is an attitude toward investigating and explaining errors that occur in organi...

AcciMap Excerpt We recently read a paper* that echoes some of the themes we emphasize on Safetymatters, viz., leadership, decisions and ...

Here’s a trip down memory lane.  Back in 2002 a report * on the “state of the art” in safety culture (SC) thinking, research and regulatio...

Most of us associate psychologist James Reason with the “Swiss Cheese Model” of defense in depth or possibly the notion of a “just cu...

A recent white paper * presents ten principles to consider when thinking about a complex socio-technical system, specifically European Ai...

This paper* was referenced in a safety culture (SC) presentation we recently reviewed.  It was prepared for Canadian offshore oil industry...

In this book* Leveson, an MIT professor, describes a comprehensive approach for designing and operating “safe” organizations based on syst...