Heading for change - Improving maritime safety

In this podcast episode we have the pleasure of being joined by Dr Linda Sorensen, who shares her extensive knowledge on how people function in safety critical industries. 

We discuss the need to focus more on the socio-technical system that seafarers operate within and gain some insight on why we must think closely about just culture, training, and the onboard work environment. 

Despite having tried to engineer out the human where possible, people are still a vital part of maritime work systems and for this reason we need to prioritise an understanding of human factors.  

To gain valuable knowledge from one of the industry’s leading experts, click play now!  

Chapters

• 1:28 Linda gives an introduction
• 5:59 Is the maritime industry too conservative?
• 8:09 Why human factors matter for increasing safety performance
• 11:55 Examples from Linda's work in the maritme sector
• 13:40 How hard is it to measure the effects this work has on improving safety?
• 16:43 Linda's thoughts on 'just culture'
• 24:23 How is our training on non-technical skills in the maritime industry?
• 30:05 The work environment - influence on safety performance
• 35:42 Podcast round-up/summary