Normalization of Deviance (Risk): How Socially Accepted Drift Can Impact Your Diving

Discover how normalization of deviance affects diver safety when perceived “rules” shift over time. Learn how clear SOPs, effective briefs, and thorough debriefs maintain safe standards. Develop awareness, challenge unsafe norms, and foster a culture of psychological safety in diving.

Normalizacja dewiacji: Nie chodzi o łamanie zasad

They broke the rules! So...?

Just because someone has broken the rules, it doesn't mean they were 'wrong'. Especially in a discretionary, social activity like diving.

Being a deviant is normal...

A discussion on Normalisation of Deviance in the context of diving and includes a short video extracted from a conference presentation on the role of Human Factors in Diving