In this episode, we explore how human factors and non-technical skills can be applied to diving and diving instruction to enhance safety and performance. We discuss strategies like training senior instructors, fostering psychological safety, and promoting a culture of learning through context-rich storytelling. Practical tools include effective team communication, structured debriefs, and encouraging mutual accountability. The episode emphasizes the importance of a gradual paradigm shift towards incorporating these skills in training, supported by a wealth of resources available to divers and instructors looking to improve their practices and build stronger, safer teams.

Original blog: https://www.thehumandiver.com/blog/practical-application-of-teamwork-in-diver-training

Links: Video about compliance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNhmxz2_adc

Blog about compliance https://indepthmag.com/compliance-provides-an-illusion-of-safety-in-diving/

The gaps between what should happen and what does happen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtgIwHrUWVQ

How to build a team blogs (series of 4) https://www.thehumandiver.com/blog/team-building-psych-safety-1

Checklist design blogs https://www.thehumandiver.com/blog/how-to-building-an-effective-checklist

https://www.thehumandiver.com/blog/how-to-improve-diving-checklist-design-and-use

Speaking up https://www.thehumandiver.com/blog/navigating-the-authority-gradient

Structured briefing (UNITED-C) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTM_Lh7HtmA

Constructive dissent https://www.thehumandiver.com/blog/challenger-safety-control

Debrief model https://www.thehumandiver.com/debrief

Counterfactuals https://www.thehumandiver.com/blog/shoulda-woulda-coulda

Don’t look at the outcome, look at the context https://www.thehumandiver.com/blog/its-obvious-why-it-happened

Continual learning and reflection https://www.thehumandiver.com/blog/the-road-to-excellence-systems-and-structure-form-the-foundation-of-a-culture-of-improvement

What should happen compared to what does happen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErhRa9i2giA

Putting HF into technical diver training programmes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noO1g3JnPRA

If Only….documentary https://www.thehumandiver.com/ifonly

Human Diver Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/@thehumandiver863/featured

Tags: English, Gareth Lock, Teamwork