1. Key Text Slides from GOSH 2017 Oct 31, 2017 Countdown To Safety
Riding Rockets, a memoir by Mike Mullane
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Safety Fundamentals:
Guard yourself against ‘normalization of deviance’.
Embrace responsibility, ownership, and accountability.
Be a courageous self-leader.
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Normalization of Deviance
Diane Vaughan, ‘The Challenger Launch Decision’
Getting away with short-cutting safety best practices until that ‘deviance’ becomes your ‘norm’.
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PRESSURES:
JOB PRESSURES
FAMILY WORRIES
RELATIONSHIP ISSUES
FINANCIAL CONCERNS
HEALTH CONCERNS
FATIGUE
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5. Normalizing deviance leads to…
…predictable surprises.
…your worst nightmare.
injuries and fatalities.
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6. Challenger was a pressure driven predictable surprise
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7. Recovered boosters from 12 or 24 missions revealed hot gas O-ring impingement /erosion.
1981….STS-2
4 years prior to Challenger
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Criticality Category: 1
Failure Effects Summary:
Loss of mission, vehicle, and crew…
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9. Schedule Pressure Conflicting Performance Results
Margin
‘Mission Accomplished’ Syndrome
Communication Failure
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Normalization of Deviance Lesson Summary
1. Maintain a sense of vulnerability.
2. Procedural compliance should be a religion.
3. Risk has no memory.
4. Set challenging but attainable goals.
5. Daily mission success reflects your heroism.
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Responsibility – Ownership - Accountability
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12. Accountability Lesson Summary
1. See something; say something; do something.
2. Be situationally aware. Have a questioning attitude.
3. We’re all in this together. Take each others’ backs.
4. You count.
5. Leaders: ensure your people ‘count’.
6. Accountability comes with responsibility. Own it to the ‘good’.

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COURAGEOUS SELF-LEADERSHIP
Continuous Self-Improvement
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14. Courageous Self-Leadership Lesson Summary
1. We’re better than we think.
2. Tenacity counts BIG!
3. It’s never ‘game over’ when it comes to safety.

15. Key Text Slides from GOSH 2017 Oct 31, 2017 Countdown To Safety
Riding Rockets, a memoir by Mike Mullane
PowerPoint Copyright 2016 by Astronaut R. Mike Mullane