139 - Safety, Inattention, Distraction and the Brain
(Room 28E)
11 Sep 19
1:00 PM
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2:00 PM
Inattention and distraction are present in 95 percent of incidents. Neuroscience is showing that people do most things on “autopilot.” This isn’t about psychology – it’s about human biology. Most approaches for dealing with autopilot focus on stopping it. Unfortunately, that only works for a short period – usually until the novelty of doing something new wears off. In this session, we’ll discuss why understanding how inattention and distraction come about (without blame or fault), as well as how it can be minimized, opens the door to getting people more engaged in what they do so they can contribute to a positive safety culture and improve safety performance.