From MIT: Designing and Operating Safety Systems

Designing and Operating Safety Systems: The Missing LinkMIT SDM Systems Thinking Webinar SeriesSDM alumnus John Helferich, former senior vice president of R&D, Mars Inc., and Ph.D. student, MIT Engineering Systems Division Date: July 29, 2013 Time: Noon – 1 p.m. EDT Free and open to all Register About the PresentationHospital safety, aviation safety, food safety, product safety and virtually any safety system designed to prevent injury or death, share a critical, often overlooked component: the people who design, operate, and manage them. Recent research shows that they often make mistakes because they are rarely considered part of the system. This webinar will address why and how to incorporate "safety of management" to minimize errors. It will cover: examples of safety failures and high-level analyses of their origins;a description of the STAMP (Systems Theoretic Accident Model and Process) model developed by MIT Professor Nancy Leveson and described in her book, Engineering a Safer World (MIT Press, January 2012);ways that managers can use STAMP's hazard analysis methods to make safer decisions; andmitigation strategies for unsafe managerial decisions. Webinar attendees will gain a preliminary understanding of how to apply systems thinking to incorporate STAMP and improve safety, no matter what the industry. About the SpeakerJohn Helferich has 28 years of experience with every phase of R&D in the food industry. He has expertise in innovation, ...
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