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When you say it is easy to call a dive... If you've got POWER, it is easier

Gareth Lock

Published on: 07/07/2026

Telling 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.

THD-EnglishTHD-Sense-making, Decision-making, & PsychologyTHD-CRM, Leadership & Teamwork

Kiedy przestajemy pytać „dlaczego”?

Andrzej Gornicki

Published on: 05/07/2026

Dochodzenia wypadków często kończą się zbyt wcześnie. Badamy, kiedy przestać pytać „dlaczego”, dlaczego rozwiązania techniczne nie wystarczają i jak LEODSI pomaga uczyć się z incydentów.

THD-PolishTHD-Learning, Incidents & Just Culture

7. Metabolising Experience: How Experience Becomes Learning

Dr Laura Walton

Published on: 04/07/2026

Experience 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.

THD-EnglishTHD-HFiD-Conference

Technical Skills Are Not Enough: Human Factors in Diving and the Difference Between Chaos and Coordination

Gareth Lock

Published on: 02/07/2026

One 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.

THD-EnglishTHD-Learning, Incidents & Just CultureTHD-Education & Content Type