Safetymatters: Organizational and safety culture information, analysis and management

The authors of Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment* examine the random variations that occur in judgmental decisions and recommend ways to make...

Charlan Nemeth is a psychology professor at the University of California, Berkeley.  Her research and practical experience inform her conc...

Working paper cover The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has released a working paper * that attempts to integrate (“harmonize”...

We came across an academic journal article * that purports to describe the current state of research into organizational culture (OC).  It...

In The Speed of Trus t,* Stephen M.R. Covey posits that trust is the key competency that allows individuals (especially leaders), gro...

This book* is about biases that prevent us from making fact-based decisions.  It is based on the author’s world-wide work as a doctor and ...

Turn the Ship Around! * was written by a U.S. Navy officer who was assigned to command a submarine with a poor performance history.  He ad...

Book cover Ray Dalio is the billionaire founder/builder of Bridgewater Associates, an investment management firm.  Principles * catalogs...

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

IAEA report cover The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) touted its safety culture (SC) self-assessment methodology at the Regula...

A new research paper * covers the challenges of establishing and improving nuclear safety culture (NSC) in a dynamic, i.e., project, envir...

NUREG-1650 cover The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) recently published NUREG-1650, rev. 6, the seventh national report for the Conv...