by Bob Latino
Updated: January 5, 2022Error: Is it a Cause or an Outcome? (Trick Question)
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Trick question, it’s neither! When we hear people use the term ‘error’ it is normally associated with being the cause of some type of bad outcome. We hear it all the time with airline accidents where they conclude ‘pilot error’. ‘Error’ is neither the cause nor the undesirable outcome! Let’s see why.
by Bob Latino
Updated: February 11, 2022What is ‘Reliability Engineering’?
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What is ‘Reliability Engineering’? I have been very involved recently with ongoing LI discussions with respected and noted experts in the Safety community, revolving around the perceptions those in Safety have of Reliability, and vice-versa. In Safety today, there are ‘new’ approaches emerging being lead by noted Safety researchers like Sidney Dekker, Erik Hollnagel and Todd Conklin. Such ‘new’ approaches