Why do we seek to blame someone or say it is Human Error without  firstly using a systems thinking approach to analyse the influencing  factors surrounding an incident?Sharon Todd discusses 'Blame' and what we can 'Learn' from a Systems Thinking  approach with Gemma Read.Associate Professor Gemma Read is the Director of the Centre for Human Factors and Sociotechnical Systems and an Associate Professor in Psychology at the University of the Sunshine Coast. She has degrees in behavioural science and law and completed her PhD at Monash University. She has over 16 years’ experience applying human factors and systems thinking methods in both academia and government roles. Her work spans a range of domains including transportation, healthcare, construction, defence, sport and outdoor recreation.For  further reading https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00140139.2021.1953615State of science: evolving perspectives on ‘human error’This educational podcast is brought to you by the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society of Australia. If you like this podcast please make us your favourite on your podcast app. If you want to find out more about Human Factors and Ergonomics or if you have a question about this podcast please go to the HFESA website ergonomics.org.au and make your request via our contact page. We will be back with more episodes soon!

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