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Science of Safety
- Understand System determines performance
- Use strategies to improve system performance
- Standardize
- Create Independent checks for key process
- Learn from Mistakes
- Apply strategies to both technical work and adaptivework.
Notes:
I have found that there are three key components to understanding the science of safety
Understand that the system determines performance.
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