Welcome to the Pre-Accident Investigation Safety Moment with Todd Conklin. In this engaging episode, we delve into the concept of "graceful extensibility," a crucial feature for enhancing the safety and reliability of operations. Inspired by insights from David Woods of Ohio State University, Todd explores how building margins into systems can mitigate the consequences of potential failures.
Through thought-provoking examples, like the space program's ability to take one more orbit, this episode illustrates the importance of creating room for error without severe repercussions. Discover how you can apply graceful extensibility to your safety programs and everyday life, ensuring resilience in the face of variability and risk.
Tune in for an enlightening discussion on how to hedge your bets and build robust processes that accommodate unforeseen challenges, all while learning something new and prioritizing safety.
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WEBVTT 00:00:00.017 --> 00:00:05.077 One of the most important features the space program had in getting a spacecraft 00:00:05.077 --> 00:00:11.957 back to Earth was the ability to always take one more orbit around the world. I'm set. 00:00:13.200 --> 00:00:25.200 Music. 00:00:13.737 --> 00:00:23.557 I'm set.
I'm set. 00:00:24.337 --> 00:00:29.057 Hi everybody, I'm Todd Conklin and welcome to the Pre-Accident Investigation Safety Moment. it. 00:00:29.717 --> 00:00:33.557 This is a pretty cool one.
Special thanks go out today to David Woods, 00:00:33.777 --> 00:00:38.357 Ohio State University. He really made me think about this one in a big way. 00:00:38.717 --> 00:00:42.877 Let's introduce the idea of graceful extensibility. Let's 00:00:42.877 --> 00:00:49.557 introduce the idea that you always have the capacity to expand your safety and 00:00:49.557 --> 00:00:54.517 reliability programs to meet the need of the variabilities that have existed 00:00:54.517 --> 00:00:58.517 within the work you're doing that have created the potential for an operational 00:00:58.517 --> 00:00:59.637 upset.
That makes sense. 00:00:59.877 --> 00:01:05.717 Let's talk about the idea of hedging your bets, of measuring twice, cutting once. 00:01:05.977 --> 00:01:09.717 Let's talk about the idea of graceful extensibility. 00:01:09.897 --> 00:01:15.797 And the reason we ought to talk about this in a safety moment is because if you think about safety.
00:01:16.417 --> 00:01:23.317 Safety exists when people create the margins so that the bad thing can't have 00:01:23.317 --> 00:01:26.177 the consequence it would normally have. The bad thing appeared. 00:01:26.397 --> 00:01:30.877 There's no question that the bad thing was there. The bad thing just didn't 00:01:30.877 --> 00:01:35.077 create the outcome that would have negative implications to either people, 00:01:35.317 --> 00:01:38.457 processes, product, the value that the company adds.
00:01:38.837 --> 00:01:44.837 So when a load falls off a truck and doesn't hit anybody and lands in the exclusion 00:01:44.837 --> 00:01:49.057 area, then that load fell in a way. It fell. It sure fell. 00:01:49.277 --> 00:01:55.037 I mean, it absolutely fell, but it landed in a way that provided graceful extensibility, 00:01:55.357 --> 00:01:57.717 another orbit around the world.
00:01:57.857 --> 00:02:06.457 It allowed us the opportunity, the margin to have the failure without having the consequence. 00:02:07.057 --> 00:02:12.517 That graceful extensibility is exactly what we want to build into our systems. 00:02:12.637 --> 00:02:18.057 It's exactly what we want to build into our processes and our good processes have it in it. 00:02:18.583 --> 00:02:23.023 In fact, I'll bet you you've built graceful extensibility into your life.
00:02:23.263 --> 00:02:26.383 I'll bet you you have high-risk things you do, whatever risk looks like for 00:02:26.383 --> 00:02:31.423 you, that when you do those high-risk jobs, you've built in the opportunity 00:02:31.423 --> 00:02:38.163 to have some room, some margin for that failure to happen. Think rumble strips. 00:02:38.903 --> 00:02:43.383 Think where you put your keys at night. Think how you handle your cell phone.
00:02:43.563 --> 00:02:46.203 And then think of the words graceful extensibility. 00:02:46.823 --> 00:02:50.043 That's the podcast for today. That's a really good safety moment. 00:02:50.223 --> 00:02:53.263 I don't know what you guys thought, but that's my favorite one so far of all 00:02:53.263 --> 00:02:55.603 the ones we've done.
And we've done a crap load. 00:02:55.743 --> 00:02:58.443 Until then, learn something new every single day. 00:02:58.603 --> 00:03:03.003 Have as much fun as you can possibly squeeze into your average work week. 00:03:03.083 --> 00:03:05.343 And for goodness sakes, be safe.
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