Is There a Direct Correlation between Reliability and Safety?

Abstract

I recently presented at a conference called the Human Performance, Root Cause & Trending (HPRCT) conference. I listened with great interest to a presentation on Human Performance Improvement (HPI) by Dr. Todd Conklin and Dr. Sidney Dekker, advocating a 'Learning Team' approach. I had come to the conclusion at this conference that these new learning teams were being viewed as the basis for Human Performance Investigations1. These learning teams were certainly being positioned by the speakers as a replacement for traditional RCA as known in the Maintenance and Reliability fields. So I wanted to know more, what is HPI?