THE WEEKLY
REFLEKTION
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The Weekly Reflektion 04/2026
One of the most perceptive observations in improving safety and in prevention of Major Accidents is that it involves people. To influence people, you need to understand what makes them tick and what may get in the way of the improvements you want to make. ‘Ego’ can be described as a person’s sense of self-esteem or […]
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The Weekly Reflektion 08/2024
Organisational cultures can change over time, with continued success, or apparent success, people may become complacent. In our Reflektion week 12/2018 we used a quote from Andy Grove founder and former CEO of Intel. ”Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure. Only the paranoid survive” The Apollo 1 Command Module after the fire Do you demand nothing short of perfection for how […]
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The Weekly Reflektion 20/2021
In our operations, we are dependent on crews making quick and correct decisions to avoid serious incidents. How do we ensure our crews, when faced with a complex failure, have the training to respond correctly? Fifty-five years ago, on March 16th 1966, Gemini VIII made the world’s first space docking, followed by the first life-threatening, […]
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