Andrzej GornickiToxic teams erode safety. On the surface, everything looks fine. A smiling DM, equipment all set, a briefing completed. Beneath the surface, however, conflict is being fuelled to the full.
Jenny LordMastery in diving comes from the "herbs and spices"—small human factors techniques applied across teaching, liveaboards, guiding & fun dives: good briefings, debriefs, expectation-setting, shared language and lemons. Knowing better isn't doing better
Lanny Vogel 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.
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.
Dr Laura WaltonExperience only becomes learning once the brain has processed it. This piece explores how we metabolise events into lessons, why some get stuck as trauma, and how Human Factors helps divers work through difficult experiences and recover the learning.
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.
Human factors, non-technical skills and learning from emergent outcomes for the divers who refuse the bad-apple story.
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