8. Learning from Emergent Outcomes – A Game Changer for Accident Analysis in Diving

8. Learning from Emergent Outcomes – A Game Changer for Accident Analysis in Diving

8. Learning from Emergent Outcomes – A Game Changer for Accident Analysis in DivingLanny Vogel
Published on: 12/07/2026

Learning From Emergent Outcomes (LFEO) moves diving investigation beyond blame. Detailed analysis using the PETTEOT framework allows diving accident learning to go beyond the obvious cause to improving systems and procedures.

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Chac Mool - Diving Deeper into a Triple Fatality with Human Factors

Chac Mool - Diving Deeper into a Triple Fatality with Human Factors

Chac Mool - Diving Deeper into a Triple Fatality with Human FactorsLanny Vogel
Published on: 08/04/2026

Chac Mool's 2012 triple fatality wasn't caused by one bad decision. A LEODSI analysis reveals how organisational drift, depleted gas margins, and a lack of psychological safety combined to produce a preventable tragedy.

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Be Curious, Not Judgemental

Be Curious, Not Judgemental

Be Curious, Not JudgementalLanny Vogel
Published on: 25/02/2026

A training video with a simulated quadriplegic diver sparked an online backlash—why psychological safety, Just Culture & Human Factors matter in dive training.

THD-EnglishTHD-Learning, Incidents & Just Culture
Top Tips for Technical/Cave Divers – Leadership

Top Tips for Technical/Cave Divers – Leadership

Top Tips for Technical/Cave Divers – LeadershipLanny Vogel
Published on: 22/10/2025

How to build trust, inspire confidence, foster psychological safety, and lead a team. Be the diver you would wish to follow!

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Top Tips for Diving Instructors: Psychological Safety and the Thumb Rule

Top Tips for Diving Instructors: Psychological Safety and the Thumb Rule

Top Tips for Diving Instructors: Psychological Safety and the Thumb RuleLanny Vogel
Published on: 17/09/2025

Dive instructors: Build psychological safety. Encourage students to call dives without fear. Stronger learning, safer teams

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Podejmowanie decyzji: normalizacja dewiacji w jaskiniowym nurkowaniu rebreatherowym

Podejmowanie decyzji: normalizacja dewiacji w jaskiniowym nurkowaniu rebreatherowym

Podejmowanie decyzji: normalizacja dewiacji w jaskiniowym nurkowaniu rebreatherowymLanny Vogel
Published on: 31/08/2025

Prawdziwy przykład tego, jak normalizacja odchyleń od normy może prowadzić do niebezpiecznych decyzji podczas nurkowania jaskiniowego i technicznego oraz co możemy zrobić, aby ograniczyć liczbę wypadków i incydentów wynikających z tego zjawiska.

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