Todd Conklin explores why its so difficult to measure events that never happen and how traditional safety metrics can mislead organizations. He argues for focusing on metrics that validate safeguards and create desired outcomes rather than only counting accidents.
The episode also touches on automation risks, the limits of frequency-based measures, and the need for better leading indicators and verification practices to keep systems safe even when nothing appears to go wrong.
PAPod 587 - Start in the Black: How Sleep Debt Impacts Safety
Host Todd Conklin interviews fatigue expert Mark Rosekind, PhD about his path fr
PAPod 586 - VUCA, Uncertainty, and the Case for Innovation
Todd Conklin discusses VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Adaptation) an
PAPod 585 - When Safety Stalls: Who Will Reinvent the Field?
In this clip from the Pre‑Accident Investigation Podcast and Punk Rock Safety, T
PAPod 584 - How Pediatric Hospitals Cut Fatal Extubations by 60% — 12,500 Lives Saved
This episode tells the real-life story of how the Society for Patient Safety and
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