E87: Risk Management vs. Rule Compliance: The False Choice

<p>When you&#39;re standing on the front line making an operational call, risk doesn&#39;t come with a green or red light. You have to make a binary decision: stop or go.We don&#39;t necessarily make it easy for our decision-makers to make good, defendable decisions.This video unpacks Andrew Hopkins’ 2011 Safety Science article, &quot;Risk Management &amp; Rule Compliance: Decision-making in hazardous industries&quot;. Hopkins argues that choosing between risk management and rule compliance is a false choice - they&#39;re complementary, not contradictory.Because risk sits on a continuum but decisions require a definitive line in the sand, high-hazard industries must translate broad risk management principles into clear operational rules for the sharp end.What is covered:a. Why risk management and rule compliance must co-exist and complement each other.b. Why frontline workers need clear &quot;do it or don&#39;t&quot; thresholds rather than numerical risk criteria.c. Goal, Process, and Action Rulesd. Why risk assessments can be more &#39;legitimation rituals&#39;Support the channel: https://buymeacoffee.com/benhutchinson</p>