Cognitive Systems Engineering Laboratory’s Post

We are truly honored to have our work reviewed by The Safety of Work podcast by David Provan and Drew Rae. They reviewed our work analysis method Systemic Contributors and Adaptations Diagramming (#SCAD) from our earliest paper on the subject in 2016. Their big question for the episode is "Should we ask about contributors rather than causes?" That's an easy one - YES! They pull no punches in their assessment, noting the missing aspects (e.g., SCAD does not have a straightforward method to translate findings into intervention solutions), but also highlighting the notable positives: it gives a method to be able to walk forward through how work is done, not just backward from an accident, incident, close call or nice miss. We're even more excited about our most recent work that allows ANY adaptative work to be an anchoring point for learning more about normal work (we agree that SCAD is probably best suited to explore and monitor normal work, not just analyze accidents!). We're working right now to make SCAD materials and training more accessible and sharable - stay tuned! (And one clarification for the record - we had no NASA insider knowledge when we wrote the 2016 paper. It was the work around the 2016 paper that led NASA to get in contact with us!) https://lnkd.in/gFP_-knP

Ep. 119: Should we ask about contributors rather than causes?

Ep. 119: Should we ask about contributors rather than causes?

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David Provan

CEO Forge Works, Founder Safety Futures, Host 'The Safety of Work' Podcast & Safety Exchange.

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Thank you Cognitive Systems Engineering Laboratory for the share of the episode and for the clarifications. Looking forward to the current and future work!

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