Fun Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) Images

[Mike Legatt]

I love the SN Pictures of the week.

As a Human Factors Engineer, I give a lot of presentations on things like human error, situational awareness, cognitive bias, etc., so I wanted to share a few favorites. Happy to provide sources if you want to reuse them.

(BTW - the human brain can't multitask, we can only do one cognitive activity at a time. Switch-tasking between cognitive activities includes energy-intensive memory set-shifts, putting us at risk for intentional blindness, change blindness, etc.)

 

[miquelfire]

There's something about the pool I'm missing...

 

[Badrod]

There's something about the pool I'm missing...

The aluminum ladder is a conductor.

 

[Badrod]

The second from the last (or penultimate ) picture reminds me of this Bart Simpson's quote: "Who'd have thought you could hold up a car with a wicker basket?" youtube

 

[SeanBZA]

The aluminum ladder is a conductor.

But he is using a grounded extension cord with a GFCI outlet......

 

[Mike Legatt]

The second from the last (or penultimate) picture reminds me of this Bart Simpson's quote: "Who'd have thought you could hold up a car with a wicker basket?" youtube

That one I love because on the surface it's easy to highlight all of the latent and manifest risks (an arc welder on a gas tank!) - but also about at the organizational level, what incentives / metrics were in place that not only supported, but encouraged, that behavior.

 

[Badrod]

That one I love because on the surface it's easy to highlight all of the latent and manifest risks (an arc welder on a gas tank!)

Yikes! I didn't even notice what he was doing ... but I'm sure he drained the gas tank and filled it with inert gas before he started welding ... safety conscious guy that he appears to be.