“It may be simple, but it isn’t easy. ” So says Joe Bell, Executive Director of the Niagara Aerospace Museum and Aerospace executive with 4 decades of hands on High Reliability experience in the Aerospace industry. This interview with Joe touches on...
HRO is an AWESOME risk management strategy! It uses the tools that many mid-sized organizations have or should have. It focuses on systems and process methodologies that are well tested. And it has been field tested by some of the most rigorous applications with...
Congratulations Astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir! Today, Astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir were the first all-female EVA (space walk) in history. In keeping with the historic first, all 7+ hours were broadcast live. Given the huge sci-fi nerd that I...
What is an HRO? Research by a variety of experts, including Karl Weick, Kathleen Sutcliffe, and Karleen Roberts amongst others has driven the evolution of our understanding over 3 decades. Here is a current definition to work from: A High Reliability Organization...
Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) has been in the news (1,2, 3) routinely over the last decade and not in a good way. This negative attention is due to several high-profile crises that have cost people their lives, their homes, and their communities… and run in the...
When I think about how a group of smart, driven, and visionary people accomplished the impossible 49 years ago, I marvel at what they achieved with the nascent technologies they used (i.e. silcon chips). Sometimes it makes today’s innovation seem pedestrian or...
