Successful Failure: Where Positive Outcomes Invite Disaster

Monday, November 4, 2024

12:45 - 13:45 MST

Location: 254 B

Earn 1.0 credits - CAPCE; Nursing; MTSP-C CE credit

Susan Gidding, MHS RN RRT

Senior Director Quality Management
Life Flight Network
Silverton, Oregon

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Brody Paine, MSPM PMP MTSP-C LIFT-C

Senior Director Safety & Risk Management
Life Flight Network
Aurora, Oregon

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Disclosure(s):

Susan Gidding, MHS RN RRT: No financial relationships to disclose

Brody Paine, MSPM PMP MTSP-C LIFT-C: No financial relationships to disclose

This session highlights how cognitive preconceptions influence aviation decision-making and ultimately flight safety. Essentials of flawed decision-making leading to strategic errors and negatively impacting operational outcomes are discussed. An awareness of an individual’s systematic decision process is a valuable tool for anyone working in the aviation industry.

Learning Objectives:

Describe the human behavior challenge that make it difficult to recognize our own biases.
Describe how organizations can help fight bias.
Explain different cognitive preconceptions (biases) and the implications for aviation decision making.