{"podcast":{"title":"Counter-Errorism in Diving: Applying Human Factors to Diving","slug":"counter-errorism-in-diving-applying-human-factors-to-diving-6626048","podcast_index_feed_id":6626048,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/counter-errorism-thd2/","website_url":"https://www.thehumandiver.com/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/f416e470-ed0a-401d-803f-a8be43fa1be9/37a5d-7a40-d272-a68c-cb85db61006a-podcast-master-3000-3000px.jpg","author":"Gareth Lock at The Human Diver","episode_count":284,"summary":"Human factors is a critical topic within the world of SCUBA diving, scientific diving, military diving, and commercial diving. This podcast is a mixture of interviews and 'shorts' which are audio versions of the weekly blog from The Human Diver. Each month we will look to have at least one interview and one case study discussion where we look at an event in detail and how human factors and non-technical skills contributed (or prevented) it from happening in the manner it did.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/counter-errorism-in-diving-applying-human-factors-to-diving-6626048"},"episode":{"title":"SH262: So what can we do? The Practical Steps/Tools for Bringing HF/NTS into Diving","slug":"sh262-so-what-can-we-do-the-practical-steps-tools-for-bringing-hf-nts-into-diving","published_at":"2026-03-18T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/counter-errorism-in-diving-applying-human-factors-to-diving-6626048/sh262-so-what-can-we-do-the-practical-steps-tools-for-bringing-hf-nts-into-diving","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/counter-errorism-in-diving-applying-human-factors-to-diving-6626048","url":"https://www.thehumandiver.com/","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/3e5779c5-3260-4fcf-8eb6-d69f82406367.mp3","summary":"This episode explains how Non-Technical Skills (NTS) and Human Factors in Diving (HFiD) only work when they become part of everyday diving culture, not just a course or a checklist. Real safety comes from how divers think, communicate, make decisions, and work as teams, not just from technical skills or equipment. It highlights the importance of shared language, reducing hierarchy, encouraging people to speak up, honest debriefs, and creating psychological safety so divers feel comfortable asking questions and raising concerns. For teams and dive centres, this means building strong technical foundations, teaching communication and decision-making skills, talking openly about risk versus reward, and making reflection and learning part of daily practice. The key message is that safer diving comes from habits, culture, and behaviour over time — not one-off training — where teams learn together, support each other, and keep working to be better than yesterday. Original blog: https://www.thehumandiver.com/post/the-practical-ways-of-bringing-hf-nts-into-diving Links: Last weeks blog: https://www.thehumandiver.com/blog/would-you-speak-up-to-the-commander Behavioural Marker Scheme Building psychological safety blogs: https://www.thehumandiver.com/blog/team-building-psych-safety-1 Nic Emery’s blog: https://www.thehumandiver.com/blog/what-are-we-pretending-not-to-know DEBrIEF framework: https://www.thehumandiver.com/debrief Tags: English | Operations & Procedures","meta_description":"This episode explains how Non-Technical Skills (NTS) and Human Factors in Diving (HFiD) only work when they become part of everyday diving culture, not ju…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":889,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/counter-errorism-in-diving-applying-human-factors-to-diving-6626048/episodes/sh262-so-what-can-we-do-the-practical-steps-tools-for-bringing-hf-nts-into-diving/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/counter-errorism-in-diving-applying-human-factors-to-diving-6626048/sh262-so-what-can-we-do-the-practical-steps-tools-for-bringing-hf-nts-into-diving.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}