Podcasts Government PreAccident Investigation Podcast Safety Moment - Weak Signals Matter

Safety Moment - Weak Signals Matter

Published: July 8, 2015, 6 p.m.

You will not prevent the next accident by studying the last accident.  I know this idea is incredibly appealing, in fact most organizations tell me they are fixated in making sure they "never have a repeat occurrence." The quickest answer to this idea is to simply state:  "You will never have the exact same event twice."  


What seems most important is the power of small signals that indicate an increase in safety threats to a stable system.  Weak signals are everything - and yet we often move as leadership teams in to a type of "collective neglect" about the power of a weak signal.

Listen carefully to your organization.  Those weak signals can (and will) tell you much.