by Dzifa Ahadzi, Health & Safety Group Africa (HESAG Africa) The African continent is witnessing a surge in industrialization in recent times. This has led to a fast-growing workforce across the continent. Industrialization comes with its own problems particularly when…
by Leire Labaka, TECNUN, University of Navarra, Spain Nowadays, over half of the world’s population lives in cities, and according to United Nations, 66% of the total world’s population is expected to live in cities by the year 2050. Furthermore,…
by Daniel Eisenberg Across many application contexts, resilience remains a hyper popular, confused, and conflicted term. Part of the reason that resilience is so difficult to apply is that the word itself occupies an awkward position in the English language.…
by Stephan Ore, Erik Hollnagel and Ivonne Herrera The Resilience Performance Enhancement Toolkit (RPET) is proposed and used as debriefing tool to explore everyday work. Its purpose is not to seek answers to specific questions but rather to stimulate people…
Satyan Chari1, Senior Faculty, CEQ Healthcare Improvement Fellowship Michael Tresillian2, Program Director, CEQ Healthcare Improvement Fellowship Linda McCormack3, Faculty Director, CEQx, Clinical Director – Healthcare Improvement Unit The fields of resilience engineering, Safety II and the foundational science of complex…
Compilation by workshop beneficiaries A first of its kind in Australia, participants and presenters alike were thrilled to participate in the second regional Safety II in Practice Workshop with Erik Hollnagel and our community of practice. Presented and coordinated by…
By Ron Gantt This is Gerald. Gerald works for a solid waste collections organization at a large municipality in the middle of the United States. He drives a large truck that picks up carts full of garbage and hauls them…
by Simon Gill, REA Executive Council Member Following the article in the February newsletter with the results of our membership survey, we wanted to update you on the ever-expanding benefits of being a member of REA, as both an individual…
Dr. Rune Storesund, D.Eng., P.E., G.E., F.ASCE, D.FE Executive Director, UC Berkeley Center for Catastrophic Risk Management Prof. Emeritus Karlene Roberts, Ph.D. Director, UC Berkeley Center for Catastrophic Risk Management Introduction This article provides a high-level overview of Safety-II and…
By Dustin Weiller from the Young Talents committee Talk 01 of the REA Webinar series, titled: “What knowledge, strategies, and practices do we have at hand to respond in a flexible manner to COVID-19?” explored lessons and practices from diverse…