Dr Nippin Anand

by Dr Nippin Anand So many of us have fallen into the trap that human factors will be a game changer in safety critical industries. Let’s look at how Human factors is being applied in the maritime industry. I will take an example of an audit check at three levels (Technical, Process and Human … [Read more...] about Cogs In Machines

Accident reports do not always directly attribute blame. In most instances, blame is allocated unconsciously through the investigators to the readers. If we cannot think critically, we will end up implicating someone even if it was not our intent. Let us examine a recent investigation on a … [Read more...] about I’m not Blaming You

by Nippin Anand I hear people speak about work, safety of work, learning from work, learning from what goes well, learning teams, learning organisations etc. But we never say we want to learn about people. Why not? Some years ago, I visited a ship at the Aberdeen port. It was a point of time … [Read more...] about Learning about people

By Nippin Anand I was once in Peterhead port (near Aberdeen) and I overheard two fishermen saying, ‘Let’s go and have lunch on that ship. We’ll do an unannounced inspection.’ I won’t be surprised if they did end up onboard. I also won’t be surprised if they issued a non-conformance about hygiene … [Read more...] about Why groundings and collisions are happening more frequently?

By Dr Nippin Anand Images reveal the limits of our imagination. Images reveal so much about our undeclared beliefs, assumptions, values, beliefs and cultural worldviews. Long before human beings could write or read, we were communicating through images. Even today, children learn doodling and … [Read more...] about Why should we learn to observe images to understand culture