Are We Learning from Accidents?
A quandary, a question and a way forward
Anand, Nippin
Are we learning from accidents? My research into the Costa Concordia disaster and my Interviews with Captain Schettino suggest not.
The answer to the problem of learning lies not so much in designing fail-safe technologies and user-friendly systems as in questioning our fears, rnyths, beliefs, rituals, worldviews and imagination about risk and safety.
Many organisations work hard to engage their frontline people in managing risk more effectively. But in our efforts to manage risk we underestimate the interpretive and subjective dimensions of risk itself. From a search for 'weak signals' to differentiating between 'normal' and 'abnormal' work, our unconscious permeates every aspect of our understanding of risk and safety.
Risk management is a myth. Safety management is a construct that in promising salvation denies fallibility. When we recognise the mythical and non-rational nature of risk and safety beliefs, our focus will shift from counting and controlling hazards towards pathways that make us humble, curious, doubtful and conscious about the human 'being'. When we begin to accept that humans are fallible, we search for better ways to humanise the risks and relate to people.
Through a lived journey of dissonance, disturbance, learning and change, this book offers an alternative pathway to wisdom in risk intelligence, and a method to tackle risks in an uncertain world.
Softcover
448 Seiten / pages
photos and illustrations
very good condition, like new
UK - 2024 - Novellus
Art.Nr. 25800
