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Gareth LockTwo divers died penetrating HMS Scylla's engine room. This LEODSI analysis contrasts blame-focused social media narratives with systems thinking, revealing how experience, time pressure, and environmental assumptions interacted to produce tragedy—not individual failure but systemic factors needing improvement.
Gareth LockA systems-based analysis of a 12-year-old diver’s death during certification training. Examining training standards, supervision, visibility, fatigue, and organisational pressures, this article explores how normalised practices and eroded margins combined to produce a tragic outcome—and what must change to prevent recurrence.
Gareth LockA tragic child diving fatality in Texas is examined through two narratives: blame-focused media framing versus a systems-based LEODSI analysis. This article shows how training design, organisational pressures, and normalised conditions shape outcomes—and where real safety learning begins.
Gareth LockHow we frame learning opportunities and the language we use is critical: firstly, we need to create the environment for others to learn, and because when we focus on the context and the conditions, we create an empathetic response. This blog looks at what happens when you don't do that.
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