1st Edition
The Blindspot Before the Disaster A Safety Model for Developing Organisational Foresight
Introduction: The Problem of Seeing PART ONE THE ANATOMY OF BLINDNESS 1. What We Think Causes Disasters, and Why We Are Wrong 2. The Incubation Problem 3. Introducing the Blindspot Model PART TWO THE FIVE CONDITIONS 4. Signal Attenuation: When the Warning Never Arrives 5. Normalised Tolerance: When Dangerous Becomes Normal 6. Structural Secrecy: When No One Has the Full Picture 7. Production Gravity: When Getting the Job Done Becomes the Only Thing 8. Leadership Detachment: When Those at the Top Can No Longer See PART THREE WHEN THE CONDITIONS COMBINE 9. The Perfect Blindspot: When All Five Conditions Operate Simultaneously 10. Moral Drift and Ethical Corrosion PART FOUR ACTIVE FORESIGHT 11. What Seeing Looks Like: Organisations That Interrupted the Pattern 12. A Practical Framework for Active Foresight Epilogue: The Responsibility of Foresight Glossary: Key Terms and Concepts
Biography
Tom Bourne is an Australian author, workplace safety educator, speaker, and leadership commentator with more than 25 years of experience across the mining and resources, government, and professional education sectors. He has published more than 16 books on workplace safety, leadership, and organisational accountability. He is based in Perth, Western Australia.
