SH37: How to Build an Effective Checklist - Using Human Factors Principles
This podcast episode explores the crucial role of checklists in enhancing safety and standardizing procedures in various fields, with a focus on diving. Delving into the complexities of checklist desi...
24 Jan 20248min
SH36: What does safe mean? How would you measure safety in diving?
In this podcast episode, Gareth delves into the nuanced concept of safety in diving, challenging the perception of what constitutes a "safe" dive. Examining different dive scenarios, from reef dives t...
20 Jan 20246min
SH35: Risk or Uncertainty in Diving: What’s the difference? Why it matters.
In this podcast episode, Gareth explores the complexities of risk management in diving, emphasizing the hazards involved, including drowning, hypoxia, hyperoxia, entanglement, and decompression illnes...
17 Jan 202410min
SH34: Success or Failure. Success and Failure. What do they mean?
In this podcast episode, Gareth explores the nuanced meanings of terms like success, failure, good, bad, and safe within the context of a two-week workshop for developing Human Diver instructors. The ...
13 Jan 20248min
SH33: Introducing Human Factors into Scientific Diving: first impressions
In this podcast episode, the host reflects on the crucial role of human factors in diving, particularly in the context of scientific diving, where diverse skills are essential for conducting underwate...
10 Jan 20247min
SH32: Five Key Principles to Adopt: How to Improve Individually and Organisationally
In this podcast episode, Gareth explores the safety practices of aviation and nuclear industries, and their relevance to diving. Rather than focusing on regulations, the discussion centers on five key...
6 Jan 202414min
SH31: Do you trust me? Can I trust you?
In this podcast episode, Jenny delves into the concept of trust, drawing a historical connection to the origin of the term "confidence man" in the late 1940s. The story of William Thompson, a small-ti...
3 Jan 20245min
SH30: DEBrIEFing Capturing the experience and improving learning
In this podcast episode, Gareth shares his insights from a presentation given to young CEOs and presidents during a diving trip, focusing on applying lessons from diving to non-diving environments. Th...
30 Des 20239min
