Safety Moment - Humans have a bias towards optimism
PreAccident Investigation Podcast
The Pre Accident Podcast is an ongoing discussion of Human Performance, Systems Safety, & Safety Culture.
Show Notes
Safety Podcast, New Safety, Safety Learning, Human Performance, Safety II, Operational LearningWe believe we can do it!
Humans have an unyielding bias toward success. I would suggest this bias is what has kept us alive as a species and had led to much success and improvement. It is not a bad thing.
It does make thinking about risk a bit complicated and tricky.
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