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I recently put together some example materials for many of the training agencies to show the practical aspects of building teamwork into instructor activities, this included an output from the Chat-THD tool. The content of this blog was produced using the Chat-THD tool that is available to all L...
The Human Diver team often gets asked what practical tools and techniques associated with human factors can be applied to our diving and our diving instruction to make a difference. What is it we are missing? The following blog is based on a guide provided to all of the training agencies showin...
What is Human Factors? I get asked this question frequently when I am talking about The Human Diver. For years I’ve explained the concept, the different subjects involved and why it’s relevant to divers. But it took a 10 year old to finally get it down to a simple answer. I was talking to a frie...
Regardless of the type of diving we plan to undertake, we often find ourselves responsible for making decisions that impact safety and life. In some cases, these decisions are quite easy to make, while others will be decidedly more difficult. Especially when they concern situations where not all ...
 In English, there is a saying "culture eats strategy for breakfast," which means that no matter how strong our strategy is, we will not succeed if the organizational culture is weak. Creating appropriate systems and structure will allow us to consume the wrong culture and perhaps replace it with...
A firefighter friend recently asked me what human factors training I would recommend for 2024. I had no doubt about the answer: "situational awareness." Attention is limited Situational awareness has become a victim of our modern times. We see it everywhere - people walking into traffic while...
I’ve been on holiday this week. I’m the kind of person who likes to do things rather than just relax, so of course this holiday has involved diving. In fact, I ended up taking a course. The main reason for taking it was to learn. That’s the reason most people take classes and it certainly applied...
There are a lot of misconceptions about Human Factors and in this blog I’d like to try and clear some of them up. Most of the misconceptions seem to happen because of misunderstanding of the ideas and concepts, some are a lack of knowledge and some are simplifications. "Human Factors is just com...
“It’s ok, you’re a really good diver so we can start your Divemaster training a little early. We’ll sign you off as a Rescue Diver as we’ll more than cover it all during the course”. For anyone who’s been through this process, you will immediately see the problem. It is a prerequisite to be a Re...
Last week I spoke about why we as an industry need to change. This week I want to look at the other side of that- WHO should be driving that change. George Bernard Shaw said “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything”. Albert Einstein s...
