{"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":308,"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":"2026-09-16T16:23:32.975850+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/counter-errorism-in-diving-applying-human-factors-to-diving-6626048"},"episode":{"title":"SH305: Cause Reason. Excuse. Three Words Doing Three Very Different Things.","slug":"sh305-cause-reason-excuse-three-words-doing-three-very-different-things","published_at":"2026-08-26T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/counter-errorism-in-diving-applying-human-factors-to-diving-6626048/sh305-cause-reason-excuse-three-words-doing-three-very-different-things","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/7b49361e-6ac3-4418-af72-81091e9353eb.mp3","summary":"This episode explores an important distinction that is often missed when discussing diving incidents: the difference between a cause, a reason, and an excuse. A cause explains what contributed to an event, a reason explains why a person's actions made sense to them at the time, and an excuse uses those reasons to avoid accountability. Understanding these differences helps us learn from accidents without simply assigning blame or letting people off the hook. The discussion shows why complex incidents usually have many interacting causes, why understanding local decision-making is essential for improving safety, and how separating learning from punishment leads to better conversations, stronger investigations, and safer diving for everyone. Original blog: https://www.thehumandiver.com/post/cause-reason-excuse Links: Accountability blog: https://www.thehumandiver.com/post/we-want-accountability RaDonda Vaught case: https://www.thehumandiver.com/post/the-structure-is-normal-the-scale-is-not Stop rules blog: https://www.thehumandiver.com/post/why-investigations-stop-where-they-stop Richard Cook’s diagram: https://www.thehumandiver.com/post/joining-dots-is-easy-if-you-know-the-outcome More about the RaDonda Vaught case: https://humanfactors101.com/2022/05/08/is-human-error-a-crime/ The eight question review: https://www.thehumandiver.com/post/eight-questions-about-maldives-accident “Learning” the same lessons: https://www.thehumandiver.com/post/why-does-nothing-change Tags: THD-English | THD-Learning, Incidents & Just Culture","meta_description":"This episode explores an important distinction that is often missed when discussing diving incidents: the difference between a cause, a reason, and an exc…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":572,"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/sh305-cause-reason-excuse-three-words-doing-three-very-different-things/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/sh305-cause-reason-excuse-three-words-doing-three-very-different-things.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}