Human factors articles
Human factors articles
There are some good human factors articles here that offer a good introduction to the subject. If you have never heard of it before, human factors is a term that describes how cognitive properties of individuals influence systems that they are involved with. The point of applying human factors to things like diving, is to look at the system as a whole to see how it can be designed in a way that will reduce human error.
It’s pretty obvious how this applies to technical diving. Divers like Gareth Lock in the UK have done a lot to try and increase diver safety. Gareth runs a company called the Human Diver, which offers workshops and online classes on human factors. It’s becoming more and more a part of technical diving.
If you know of any articles that are missing but should be in here, let me know.
General human factors articles
The mirage of mount stupid: diving and the Dunning-Kruger effect- Tim Blömeke, Diver’s Alert Network
The human diver- blog by Gareth Lock
Joining Dots is Easy, Especially If You Know the Outcome– Gareth Lock
My Biggest Mistake: Context Driving Behaviour- Gareth Lock
“Blame is the enemy of safety” – moving from blaming to learning– Gareth Lock
Challenger Safety: As an Instructor, don’t I lose control?-Gareth Lock
How and Why Checklists Work- Gareth Lock
How safe is your diving?- Gareth Lock
The Importance of Decision Making in Setting Goals: Ensuring “The Juice is worth the Squeeze”- Gareth Lock
Why ‘They should have’, ‘…could have’ or ‘I would have..’ do not improve diving safety- Gareth Lock
The Bend is Uninteresting…The Related Decisions Are Much More So- Gareth Lock
Outcomes are so sexy and attractive…- Gareth Lock
The best is the enemy of the good– Gareth Lock
Predictive Profiling & diving: “what deviates, deserves attention!”– Gareth Lock
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly!– Gareth Lock
Counter-errorism in Diving: Applying Human Factors Training to Recreational Diving- Gareth Lock
How to conduct effective pre-dive checks on a busy dive boat– Gareth Lock
Making sense now to see what the future might bring- Gareth Lock
If A=B and B=C, then why A≠C?- Gareth Lock
From an acorn to a two-day global virtual conference in four months!- Gareth Lock
“The root cause of an accident is our imagination”- Gareth Lock
The Importance of Experience: Expertise is different to Experience– Gareth Lock
We see what we think we’re looking for- Gareth Lock
How to Integrate Human Factors Education into a New Diving Class: A Real World Example- Gareth Lock
You can’t pay MORE attention: the myth of ‘loss of situation awareness‘– Gareth Lock
When The Rescuer Nearly Needs Rescued! – Task Fixation– Gareth Lock
Risk of diving fatality is 1:200 000. However, you cannot be a fraction of dead…!-Gareth Lock
Are you a good enough diver?- Gareth Lock
The Dirty Dozen – Part 1- Gareth Lock
When the holes line up…- Gareth Lock
Dive safety leads to nothingness…and nothingness is unemotive!-Gareth Lock
Safety is not_the_priority-Gareth Lock
Healthcare: can healthcare learn from the US forest service?-Gareth Lock
“Human Error” or “Diver Error”: Are they just an easy way of blaming the individual?–Gareth Lock
Incompetent and unaware. You don’t know what you don’t know..-Gareth Lock
It’s the little things that catch you out-Gareth Lock
What relevance does Human Factors have to recreational and technical diving?-Gareth Lock
Big data- use as a predictor? or not?-Gareth Lock
Violations are common: so don’t be surprised when people break rules-Gareth Lock
Anyone could have done that!-Gareth Lock
ESRC learning from incidents seminar: research to practise-Gareth Lock
Root cause analysis- Kelvin TOPSET senior investigator course- Gareth Lock
How much are you willing to risk?-Gareth Lock
Considering the cultural portability of intervention methods-Gareth Lock
Human in the system- blog by Gareth Lock
Are you an unhealthy perfectionist?- Gareth Lock
“NASA used PCM as part of their astronaut selection. Why?-Gareth Lock
Perception is the key to our interaction with others-Gareth Lock
Team building exercises…are they worth the investment?-Gareth Lock
Why is it so hard to talk about failure?-Gareth Lock
How to help correct the biases which lead to poor decision making-Gareth Lock
“If we want them to understand change, we need to speak their language”-Gareth Lock
Healthcare: can healthcare learn from the US forest service?-Gareth Lock
I am biased…you are biased…we are all biased…!- Gareth Lock
PCM in education: Teaching a rebel to read-Katelyn Patterson
PCM in education: hugs, love, and teddy bears: Connecting with a harmonizer- Jenny Briesch-Miller
PCM in education: Connecting with an imaginer in early childhood-Randi Kearney
PCM in Education: Secrets, Gambling, Bragging, Bribing and Incidence: Motivating A Promoter- Giuliana Caredda
PCM in education. Let’s think about it-Katelyn Patterson
PCM in Education: Mr. Opinions: Connecting with a Persister- Tressa Wyner
