In this episode, Gareth Lock reflects on why improving diving safety requires more than telling people to follow the rules. Drawing on his experience in aviation, diving, and safety science, he explains why incidents are often blamed on individuals while the wider system escapes scrutiny. The discussion explores how culture, reporting systems, commercial pressures, and training standards shape diver behaviour, why many divers avoid formal reporting channels, and what other high-risk industries have done to build real learning systems. Gareth also shares how The Human Diver, the LEODSI investigation framework, and new industry standards are helping shift the focus from blame and compliance to understanding context, building trust, and creating lasting improvements in diving safety.
Original blog: https://www.thehumandiver.com/post/cultural-infleunce-is-really-hard
Links: Developing competencies and capacities for resilient performance: https://www.thehumandiver.com/post/resilient-performance-model
Diving Talks: https://youtu.be/fUSD9gPZ-x0
Work as Imagined vs Work as Done: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtgIwHrUWVQ&list=PLNXuyLsCTX6hHS3newpcROfJ_JiI27q3C&index=24
Standards: https://www.thehumandiver.com/post/beyond-the-floor
Gareth’s Thesis: https://youtu.be/DRXqeQvRFK0
Flavours of Human Factors: https://www.thehumandiver.com/post/four-ways-of-hf
LEODSI: https://www.thehumandiver.com/post/what-is-leodsi-petteot
Chac Mool fatalities: https://www.thehumandiver.com/post/chac-mool-triple-diving-fatality
Human Diver Conference: https://www.hf-in-diving-conference.com/
Rebreather Forum 4: https://youtu.be/nkdVHBDnCjc?t=3015
Maldives fatalities: https://www.thehumandiver.com/post/the-structure-is-normal-the-scale-is-not
Events that happen without fatalities: https://www.thehumandiver.com/post/we-know-and-we-say-nothing
Agencies using HF language: https://www.tdisdi.com/sdi-diver-news/how-serious-are-you-about-safety/
Levels of training available: https://www.thehumandiver.com/your-learning-journey
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