Blog & Show
The Myth of Multitasking and Situational Awareness
Think you’re good at multitasking? If so, you are just fooling yourself. Or, perhaps more aptly stated, your brain is fooling you. Multitasking is simply
Episode 187 | Standards May Harm Decision Making
This episode discusses how training employees to written standards may actually harm decision making. Length: 27 minutes click the YouTube icon to listen
Confirmation Bias Impacts Situational Awareness
The foundation of situational awareness is capturing clues and cues in your environment – what some would call “paying attention” – and then making sense of
Episode 186 | You Can’t Handle the Truth
This episode discusses some of the strange consequences of stress, including how employees may say untruthful things without knowing it. Length: 36 minutes click
Confabulation: It Sounds Better Than Lying
Confabulation may sound better than lying, but it’s no less dangerous. One of the most amazing demonstrations I do during my situational awareness programs is
Episode 185 | St. Charles Fire Department Near Miss – Part 3
This episode is part 3 of a 3-part interview with two members of the St. Charles Fire Department (Missouri) discussing a near-miss where four firefighters