PAPod 589 - Failing Safely: Todd Conklin on Resilience, Recovery, and Real Work
In this episode, Todd Conklin joins Amir Shahzad to discuss human and organizational performance, resilience, and how to design systems that allow failures to be caught and recovered before they becom...
14 Mar 38min
PAPod 588 - Weak Signals, Big Consequences: The RaDonda Story
Hosts Todd and Brent discuss an upcoming restorative workshop centered on RaDonda Vought's account of the Emory Hospital event. The episode highlights how normal performance variability can combine in...
7 Mar 25min
PAPod 587 - Start in the Black: How Sleep Debt Impacts Safety
Host Todd Conklin interviews fatigue expert Mark Rosekind, PhD about his path from sleep research to roles at NASA, the NTSB, and NHTSA, and how sleep science applies across transportation and safety-...
28 Feb 27min
PAPod 586 - VUCA, Uncertainty, and the Case for Innovation
Todd Conklin discusses VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Adaptation) and argues that innovation and safety improve when organizations embrace uncertainty and gather more diverse information a...
21 Feb 18min
PAPod 585 - When Safety Stalls: Who Will Reinvent the Field?
In this clip from the Pre‑Accident Investigation Podcast and Punk Rock Safety, Todd joins Ron, Ben, and David to debate why safety innovation is stalling, where new ideas are coming from, and who’s pu...
14 Feb 31min
PAPod 584 - How Pediatric Hospitals Cut Fatal Extubations by 60% — 12,500 Lives Saved
This episode tells the real-life story of how the Society for Patient Safety and a network of children’s hospitals used learning teams, proactive safety huddles, and simulations to reduce unplanned ex...
7 Feb 18min
PAPod 583 - When Normal Variability Breaks: The ReDonda Story
This episode previews a small workshop in Santa Fe where Todd Conklin, Ann Lyren, and guest ReDonda Vaught will explore a tragic patient safety case. They frame accidents as the unexpected combination...
31 Jan 27min
PAPod 582 - Accountability vs. Blame: Who Really Owns Safety?
Todd Conklin breaks down why accountability is an act of clarity, not blame or discipline, and why leaders and workers share responsibility for operational safety. He highlights the need to set roles ...
24 Jan 19min
