Southpac Snapshots

Big ideas, bite-sized learning

A series of short, practical insights on aviation, safety and performance, presented by our experienced facilitators.

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Risk Management

Using bowties in risk assessment

Presenter: Travis Culverwell, Quality & Safety Facilitator

Summary: Learn why moving beyond a standard Risk Management matrix to a visual Bowtie diagram helps identify deficiencies in barriers and controls to improve overall aviation safety.

Length: 4 minutes

 

 

Human & Organisational Performance

Learning from everyday operations

Presenter: Andy Shone, CEO

Summary: Explore how learning from 'normal work' and everyday operations, rather than just incidents, drives safety management improvement by identifying the conditions that lead to both success and failure. 

Length: 4 minutes 30 seconds

 

 

 

Operational Learning

Enhancing airline safety through Operational Learning

Presenter: Daniel Hummerdal, Senior Consultant, Safety Leadership

Summary: In this powerful case study featuring an international airline, Daniel demonstrates how improving safety standards through operational learning yields better results than traditional behavioural fixes.

Length: 5 minutes

 

 

 

Human Factors

The Human Side of Safety in the Aviation Sector

Presenter: Rob Russell, Managing Director

Summary: Learn about the core principles of human factors training and how human factors training helps aviation professionals – from pilots and engineers to dispatchers – create a safer operational environment.

Length: 5 minutes

 

 

 

Operational Learning

The Value of Leaders on the Shop Floor 

Presenter: Daniel Hummerdal, Senior Consultant, Safety Leadership

Summary: This video explores why senior leaders can better understand the day-to-day realities of frontline work by stepping beyond reports and formal processes into engaging directly with workers.

Length: 2 minutes 30 seconds

 

 

 

Systems Thinking

What's next for Just Culture?

Presenter: Andy Shone, CEO

Summary: Southpac CEO Andy Shone explores the limitations of traditional Just Culture approaches and why organisations need to move beyond blame and consequences. The focus shifts to understanding how incidents happen, the conditions surrounding them and how people can contribute to learning, accountability and improvement.

Length: 3 minutes

 

 

 

Human & Organisational Performance

The 5 Principles of HOP

Presenter: Andy Shone, CEO

Summary: Southpac CEO & HOPLAB Founder Andy Shone introduces the five principles of Human & Organisational Performance (HOP), explaining how understanding human error, workplace context and system design helps leaders move beyond blame, learn from work as done and build safer, more resilient workplaces.

Length: 4 minutes

 

 

 

Aviation Security

IID vs IED: What's the difference?

Presenter: Jim Termini, Principal Advisor Aviation Security

Summary: Learn the critical differences between Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and Improvised Incendiary Devices (IIDs), and why understanding these threats is vital for aviation security personnel and managers to ensure passenger safety.

Length: 6 minutes

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