Human Performance: Adaptation & Resilience

1. Human Performance: Adaptation & Resilience Jim Saveland, Ph.D. Program Manager for Human Factors & Risk Mgt. RD&A Chair National Safety Council jsaveland@fs.fed.us

2. What Is Safety?

3. Resilient people adaptively managing risk to create safety in complex, dynamic, living systems (that are inherently unsafe).

4. Human Performance:Adaptation & Resilience APA Div 56 APA Div 47 Positive Psychology PTSD Elite Athletes 0

5. Mind/Body Health & Fitness • Cardiovascular fitness (aerobic exercise) • Strength training • Flexibility & Balance • Nutrition • Hydration • Rest & Recovery • Sleep dynamics • Stress Management Mindfulness MTDC http://www.nifc.gov/FireFit/index.htm

6. Safety Paradigm Shift • Old View: The system is safe and we need to prevent human error. • Compliance and Paternalism • Mechanistic thinking and metaphors • New View: Resilient people adaptively manage risk to create safety in complex, dynamic, living systems (that are inherently unsafe). • Commitment to system safety, risk management, and human performance

7. Risk Management and Human Performance Bridge Systems Health & Safety by Design Resilience Reliability Safety by Compliance Risk Thinking/Conversations Human Performance Informed Culture -Just - Flexible -Learning -Reporting Wellness Commitment Commitment 7 + 2

8. Some References Traumatic Stress by B.A. Van derKolk et al. Trauma and the Body by P. Ogden et al. Waking the Tiger by P. Levine The Power of Full Engagement by J. Loehr & T. Schwartz Punished by Rewards by A. Kohn Ecological Psychology in Context by H. Heft Integral Psychology by K. Wilber