Failure is no Option

I am pleased to speak on the topic of Just Culture at the 5th National Radiation Safety Day. The event, organized by the Federal Office of Public Health, is dedicated to medical radiation events and patient safety.

With Just Culture, medicine is taking up a cultural approach that has become widely and regulatory established in aviation in recent…

I am pleased to be able to contribute to the 18th National Conference for Occupational Safety and Health Management as a speaker on the topic of communication. The goal of the conference is to provide participants with approaches, ideas and tools that they can use to optimize occupational safety and health management (OSH) communication in their…

At the end of June 22, the Federal Supreme Court acquits a Skyguide air traffic controller. The public prosecutor's office could not claim that he had endangered public safety. This is good news, not only for the controller, but also for all air travelers. However, it is doubtful whether the ruling will have a lasting effect on ensuring air traffic…

"Failure is no option" - This also applies to teams that have to work together under high pressure and stress. At Swiss Federal Railways / SBB, this is commonplace in the Traffic Control Centers (TCC). For this reason, SBB has been training its TCC-managers and employees since 2006 with an approach that I was allowed to develop for them using the…

AEROSUISSE, the umbrella federation of Swiss aerospace industry, has published a white paper outlining its concerns about the legal developments underway. It deals with legal framework conditions that are significant for the safety of passengers, patients and the environment. The paper was developed in close collaboration by and with affected…