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Wednesday, October 9, 2019

More on Mental Models in Healthcare

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Source: Clipart Panda Our August 6, 2019 post discussed the appalling incidence of preventable harm in healthcare settings.  We suggest...
Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Safety II Lessons for Healthcare

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Rod of Asclepius  Source: Wikipedia We recently saw a journal article * about the incidence of preventable patient harm in medical care ...
Tuesday, May 28, 2019

The Study of Organizational Culture: History, Assessment Methods, and Insights

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We came across an academic journal article * that purports to describe the current state of research into organizational culture (OC).  It...
Monday, April 1, 2019

Culture Insights from The Speed of Trust by Stephen M.R. Covey

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In The Speed of Trus t,* Stephen M.R. Covey posits that trust is the key competency that allows individuals (especially leaders), gro...
Friday, March 8, 2019

Decision Making, Values, and Culture Change

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Typical New Yorker cover In the nuclear industry, most decisions are at least arguably “hard,” i.e., decision makers can agree on the fa...
Monday, December 3, 2018

Nuclear Safety Culture: Lessons from Factfulness by Hans Rosling

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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 ...
Friday, November 9, 2018

Nuclear Safety Culture: Lessons from Turn the Ship Around! by L. David Marquet

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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...
Monday, October 29, 2018

Safety Culture: What are the Contributors to “Bad” Outcomes Versus “Good” Outcomes and Why Don’t Some Interventions Lead to Improved Safety Performance?

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Why? Sidney Dekker recently revisited * some interesting research he led at a large health care authority.  The authority’s track record...