Get it to the people who can handle it and follow through to make sure it got handled
Not Your Jurisdiction? It’s Still Your Job
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Sleep On It: Using Time to Make Better Decisions
Just because you are not awake does not mean your brain is not processing information
Not Your Typical “Friday Drunk”
Mistaking a diabetic reaction as being under the influence is an example of recognition-primed decision-making gone wrong
Deciding What Needs to Be Decided
In decision making, the first step is both the most difficult and the most important
Learning How to Think Critically in Public Safety
Are we teaching personnel how to think—or simply how to do?
“Clever” Tactics to Avoid Recording Police Activity Don’t Pass the Smell Test
When being recorded, we must strive to maintain our cool and not say or do anything that would be embarrassing
Decision-Making in Public Safety: Blink or Think?
Too many public safety agencies teach people how to do things, but not how to think
All Employment Law Is “Discretionary Time”
Take the time to think and transfer the risk to the experts
In the Event of an In-Flight Emergency…
The pre-flight safety demonstration provides a template for emergency planning of all kinds
Very Risky, Done Very Rarely and with No Time to Think
You must identify the core critical tasks in your job
Every Day Is a “Core Critical Task” Training Day
Tasks that pose the most risk deserve our constant attention
Reducing Risk Starts with Recognition
The errors you will make can be predicted from the errors already made