What the Data Told Us: Fear, Trust, and the Stories That Never Get Told. Part 2 of 3.

What the Data Told Us: Fear, Trust, and the Stories That Never Get Told. Part 2 of 3.

What the Data Told Us: Fear, Trust, and the Stories That Never Get Told. Part 2 of 3.Gareth Lock
Published on: 11/04/2026

676 divers. Five focus groups. Two lawyers. One letter from a diver who watched someone die. The data reveals eight factors suppressing honest storytelling in diving — from fear of litigation and peer judgment to a fundamental lack of shared vocabulary around risk, incidents, and just culture. Some findings are uncomfortable. The near-total silence from training agencies, given what the data shows about their role, may be the most telling finding of all.

EnglishLearning, Incidents & Just Culture
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What Happens Underwater, Stays Underwater — And That's a Problem. Part 1 of 3

What Happens Underwater, Stays Underwater — And That's a Problem. Part 1 of 3

What Happens Underwater, Stays Underwater — And That's a Problem. Part 1 of 3Gareth Lock
Published on: 10/04/2026

Diving incidents go unreported and unlearned from — and the industry largely accepts this as normal. This blog explores why sports diving lacks the safety culture that aviation and healthcare built over decades, what Individual Blame Logic costs the community, and why a context-rich story is worth far more than a simple account of what went wrong. The research question is straightforward: what stops divers from telling the stories that could save lives?

EnglishLearning, Incidents & Just Culture
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Chac Mool - Diving Deeper into a Triple Fatality with Human Factors

Chac Mool - Diving Deeper into a Triple Fatality with Human Factors

Chac Mool - Diving Deeper into a Triple Fatality with Human FactorsLanny Vogel
Published on: 08/04/2026

Chac Mool's 2012 triple fatality wasn't caused by one bad decision. A LEODSI analysis reveals how organisational drift, depleted gas margins, and a lack of psychological safety combined to produce a preventable tragedy.

EnglishLearning, Incidents & Just Culture
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The 'Obvious Thing' Nobody Noticed

The 'Obvious Thing' Nobody Noticed

The 'Obvious Thing' Nobody NoticedGareth Lock
Published on: 05/04/2026

We spend a lot of time asking (or telling others) what instructors should have done. We spend far less time asking what the conditions were that made it so hard to do the 'right thing'. The Linnea Mills case, viewed through systems thinking (COCOM and ECOM), changes the question, and points toward answers that actually prevent the next one.

EnglishSense-making, Decision-making, & Psychology
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