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EPISODE · Oct 2, 2025 · 52 MIN

First Stories/Second Stories

from This is Fine! A podcast about resilience engineering and software · host Colette Alexander

More robustness than resilience, but worth repeating that you should always check your earthquake go-bag: https://www.earthquakeauthority.com/blog/2019/how-to-make-an-earthquake-emergency-kitClint did ASA 103: https://americansailing.com/learn-to-sail/certifications/asa-103-coastal-cruising/Since this is a science podcast, there is a scientific reason people get emotional on airplanes: https://www.cntraveler.com/story/why-do-we-always-cry-on-planes52 Hertz Whale documentary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Loneliest_Whale:_The_Search_for_52And Leslie Jamison wrote 52 Blue as a chapter in one of her essay collections (you can read it excerpted here: https://slate.com/technology/2014/08/52-blue-the-loneliest-whale-in-the-world.html )Colette was wrong, Jamison referenced a famous Kathryn Schulz piece in one of her own essays, which was the source of confusion - The Big One: ​​https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/20/the-really-big-one about a cataclysmic earthquake on the west coast. In case you’re curious, Colette uses scholar.google.com and paperpile.com shamelessly live.We reference A Tale of Two Stories: Contrasting View of Patient Safety by Richard Cook and Dave Woods: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/245102691_A_Tale_of_Two_Stories_Contrasting_Views_of_Patient_Safety?enrichId=rgreq-a699511fb5bc518bf1584a0a6613d8d0-XXX&enrichSource=Y292ZXJQYWdlOzI0NTEwMjY5MTtBUzoyMDYyMjM2NjExMTMzNDdAMTQyNjE3ODk2MDQ4NA%3D%3D&el=1_x_2&_esc=publicationCoverPdfThe Beaumaiden report (that dives into a deeper, second story) is here: https://dmaib.com/reports/2021/beaumaiden-grounding-on-18-october-2021We will continue to point to DORA’s organizational model page: https://dora.dev/capabilities/generative-organizational-culture/Some Wikipedia on double loop learning: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-loop_learningColette mentioned Mads Møller’s Lund HFSS thesis on deaths and accountability: https://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/search/publication/9106422And Bram Couteaux’s Lund HFSS thesis on the drunk flight attendants/pilots court: https://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/search/publication/9111661J Paul Reed wrote about being ‘Blame Aware’ - https://medium.com/@jpaulreed/why-blameless-postmortems-might-feel-wrong-cbeee00d51b2

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