Safetymatters: Organizational and safety culture information, analysis and management

Aztec Calendar Over the four plus years we have been publishing this blog, regular readers will have noticed some recurring themes in ou...

We came across a provocative and persuasive presentation by Jean Pariès Dédale, " Why a Paradigm Shift Is Needed " from the IAEA...

We have long been proponents of looking for innovative ways to improve safety management training for nuclear professionals.  We’ve taken ...

We’ve often thought that intentional or willful violations of safety/regulatory requirements could provide a useful window into the dynami...

This book*, originally published in 1984, is a regular reference for authors writing about complex socio-technical systems.**  Perrow'...

The stake that sticks up gets hammered down. We recently saw an article * about organizational bystander behavior.  Organizational bysta...

As you know, over the past year trouble has been brewing in the South Korean nuclear industry.  A recent New York Times article * provides...

We have referred to NuclearSafetySim and the use of simulation tools on a regular basis in this blog.  NuclearSafetySim is our initiative ...