Hopefully that won't happen: A few words with many different meanings.
by: Gareth LockPublished on: 12/10/2026When a diver says ‘hopefully that won’t happen’, they have seen the hazard but have no plan. Research on hope, safety voice and pressure shows why, and how curious questions and context-rich stories can turn a wish into a plan.
Why Good Scientific Dive Teams Miss Things: Impact of workload, limited attention, and psychological safety
by: Gareth LockPublished on: 11/10/2026A paper is about to submitted and it explores why good dive teams miss things: running out of attention, losing the shared picture and concerns left unspoken. Written for scientific divers, its lessons apply to anyone who dives as part of a team.
Bad Things Happen to 'Bad' People: Meet the Bogeyman.
by: Gareth LockPublished on: 24/09/2026Why do we look for what a diver did wrong? Research into the 'Bogeyman' shows how the belief that 'bad things happen to bad people' keeps compliance looking safe while the adaptations and local ingenuity that make diving work stay hidden - a secret.
What Good Can Look Like
by: Gareth LockPublished on: 22/09/2026Criticising safety slogans is easy. This is the harder half: who is harmed when diving goes wrong, what they need, whose duty it is to provide it, and the five competencies I would put on the graphic instead of 'safety first'.
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