Beyond Blame: A Human and Organizational Performance Approach to Incident Investigation, Learning, and Leadership
Language: English
Published by Independently published, 2026
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- Title
- Beyond Blame: A Human and Organizational Performance Approach to Incident Investigation, Learning, and Leadership
- Author
- Bassey CSP, Dr. Michael E
- Publisher
- Independently published
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- New
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- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 13
- 9798250540827
Beyond Blame: A Human and Organizational Performance Approach to Incident Investigation, Learning, and Leadership
What if the way organizations investigate incidents is preventing them from truly learning?
In many industries, when something goes wrong, the immediate response is to identify the person closest to the event and assign blame. While this approach may provide quick answers, it often fails to uncover the deeper system conditions that shape human performance.
Beyond Blame challenges the traditional fault-finding approach to incident investigation and introduces a learning-focused model grounded in Human and Organizational Performance (HOP).
Drawing on practical experience from complex, high-risk operations, Dr. Michael Bassey explores how organizations can move beyond simplistic explanations of “human error” and develop investigation practices that reveal the real drivers of failure and success.
This book provides leaders and investigation teams with a new lens for understanding operational performance and strengthening system resilience.
In this book, you will discover:
- Why human error is rarely the root cause of failure
- How blame suppresses learning and weakens investigations
- The difference between accountability and fault-finding
- How leaders can respond to incidents in ways that strengthen trust and transparency
- Practical approaches for conducting learning-focused investigations
- How organizations can build cultures where learning is treated as a critical control
- Safety leaders
- Process safety professionals
- Incident investigators
- Operations leaders
- Reliability engineers
- Executives responsible for high-risk operations
Organizations that learn effectively from failure are better equipped to prevent recurrence or next incident, improve performance, and strengthen trust across their workforce.
Beyond Blame offers a practical and thoughtful guide for leaders seeking to transform how their organizations investigate incidents, learn from failure, and improve operational resilience.
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