Do we learn from accidents as a diving culture and, as a result, take the actions, where needed, to improve divers’ safety? Though we might like...
How do we improve our safety culture in diving? Is it indeed something that we as a community of divers can affect? Human factors coach Gareth...
Errors are normal and can help us learn as long as we understand the kind of error we made, and how it made sense for us...
Because of our innate biases, it’s easy to blame an individual for causing an adverse event, even if that individual made good choices. In fact, according...
Human factors coach Gareth Lock explores and analyses the theory of “bad apples” as it applies to dive training. Are system failures the fault of individual...
Human factors coach Gareth Lock reminds us that we will all do something dumb while diving; it’s in our DNA. The trick is to ensure there...
After four years, the award-winning Human Factors in Diving Micro-class from The Human Diver has been upgraded! The three hours of content in small 5-8 min...
Human Factors educator and coach Gareth Lock examines the role of our innate attribution biases and language, in forming our collective judgements when incidents occur—in this...
What causes individuals and organizations to drift from acceptable standards and behavior? Is it an aberration or something to expect, and what can we do about...
How do organizations expand their capacity to create the results they truly desire, encourage and nurture members to see the whole together, and work collectively to...
