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 workshop incorporates realistic simulations with live students from diverse backgrounds, posing challenges in team formation. The episode delves into discussions around defining success in simulations, where both positive and negative outcomes contribute to learning. Gareth shares a personal experience from the workshop, highlighting the impact of goal-oriented leadership on team dynamics and the importance of maintaining psychological safety for effective communication. The episode emphasizes the relevance of these insights to the diving community, prompting listeners to reflect on leadership styles, capacity to fail safely, emergency preparedness, and the value of non-technical skills in high-consequence environments. Ultimately, Gareth argues that being safe involves understanding context, implementing defenses, and planning to fail safely in a fallible environment.

Original Blog: https://www.thehumandiver.com/blog/success-or-failure-success-and-failure

Links:

DEBrIEF guide: https://www.thehumandiver.com/debrief

Challenger Safety: https://www.thehumandiver.com/blog/team-building-psych-safety-4

The courses we run: https://www.thehumandiver.com/hfid-level-2

Safety is not being compliant with rules: https://gue.com/blog/compliance-provides-an-illusion-of-safety-in-diving/

Tags:

 English, Gareth Lock, InterLAB, Leadership, Psychological Safety, Teamwork, Training