Gareth LockTelling divers to 'just speak up' misses why they stay quiet. Speaking carries an immediate social cost; silence pays later. Power isn't rank, it's how much you have to lose. Those who see the problem most clearly often have the least room to say so.
Gareth LockOne serious event with a casualty; many gaps in performance. One fatality; a team working effectively, a robust debrief, and reduced post-event trauma. Same dive centre. Different instructors. Same Course Director. What was different? Applied Skills.
Gareth LockFollowing a conversation, veteran dive-industry underwriters reveal how diving insurance really works, why premiums are soaring, and why cover is no safety net. A clear-eyed look at claims, risk and why capability, not paperwork, keeps divers safe.
Gareth LockA capable diver dies pushing past his limits. Drawing on the Fairchild B-52 crash and Doc Deep, this piece explores normalisation of deviance, ego, and why in diving, where no one can ground you, culture and a good team are the only real brake.
Gareth LockDiving blames the last person to touch it—and the system is built to. Gareth Lock from The Human Diver on why real safety learning needs changes to the structure, not more rules, and what diving can learn from how skydiving slashed its fatality rate
Gareth LockThe 2026 HF in Diving Conference brought together diving, human factors, systems thinking & modern safety science. A week of talks, investigation training & diving built a community of change agents learning from emergent outcomes in diving.
Human factors, non-technical skills and learning from emergent outcomes for the divers who refuse the bad-apple story.
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