SH153: Why ‘They should have’, ‘...could have’ or ‘I would have..’ do not improve diving safety
In this episode, we explore the concept of counterfactual reasoning—our tendency to imagine how incidents could have been avoided by different actions—and why it falls short in improving safety. While...
5 Mar 20255min
SH152: The Bend is Uninteresting...The Related Decisions Are Much More So
In this episode, we explore a personal account of a Gareth’s experience with decompression sickness (DCS) and the critical decision-making process that followed. The story dives into the internal mono...
1 Mar 202515min
SH151: When the holes line up...
In this episode, we explore Professor James Reason's Swiss Cheese Model, which helps explain how incidents occur when multiple safety barriers fail at different levels within a system. We discuss how ...
26 Feb 20258min
SH150: Are you a good enough diver?
In this episode, we dive into the concept of "good enough" in diving and how it relates to decision-making, risk, and safety. We explore why terms like "safe" and "good" are subjective and often influ...
22 Feb 202512min
SH149: 'Choices': Guaranteed small loss or a probable larger loss, injury or fatality?
In this episode, we explore how decision-making under uncertainty plays a crucial role in scuba diving, drawing insights from Prospect Theory and real-life scenarios. We discuss how psychological fact...
19 Feb 20259min
SH148: Risk of diving fatality is 1:200 000. However, you cannot be a fraction of dead…!
In this episode, we explore how risk is perceived and managed in diving, where emotions, biases, and mental shortcuts often outweigh logic and statistics. Diving fatalities are statistically rare, but...
15 Feb 202516min
SH147: Dive safety leads to nothingness...and nothingness is unemotive!
How do you measure safety in diving? This episode dives into a real story of a dive team that adapted to an emerging safety risk when two divers, certified but inexperienced in drysuits and challengin...
12 Feb 20258min
SH146: Why ‘everyone is responsible for their own risk-based decisions’ isn’t the right approach to take to improve diving safety.
In this episode, we explore the decision-making challenges in diving, sharing a personal story of risky dives and lessons learned. A diver reflects on their early diving experiences, from breaking tra...
8 Feb 20257min
