Todd Conklin tells the origin story of "learning teams," sparked by a self-reported near-miss at Los Alamos involving a postdoc and an arcing wrench. Rather than pursuing a punitive investigation, a group of workers gathered to identify what needed to be learned, uncovering broader gaps in postdoc training and safety planning.
The episode explains how learning teams prioritize asking better questions, collecting the right data, and designing system-focused solutions. Conklin describes how this approach spread across the lab and why it remains a fast, effective tool for operational improvement.
PAPod 591 - Workers Are the Solution: A Conversation with Corey Pitzer
Todd Conklin talks with Corey Pitzer about fatality prevention, Human and Organi
PAPod 360 - Gird Your Loins: NASA, Risk, and the Return of Recrudescence
Todd interviews Professor David Woods about recent NASA mishaps and a growing cu
PAPod 589 - Failing Safely: Todd Conklin on Resilience, Recovery, and Real Work
In this episode, Todd Conklin joins Amir Shahzad to discuss human and organizati
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