Towards human-centred organisations
Ethical. Practical. Balanced.
What are we missing?
The culture of risk and safety is traditionally anchored to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). STEM sciences has its main focus on efficiency and optimisation. Unsurprisingly, safety and risk have turned excessively towards measurement (the KPI culture) and more specifically towards a dominant focus on 'reducing harm’.
This singular approach to measuring risk and safety comes with its own set of problems. Within this culture, humans are treated like objects to be controlled and hazards to be managed. One obvious example is accident investigations where people feel more traumatised and stressed by the investigation process than by the experience of an accident. The situation is no different with audits and inspections. Over the years, this efficiency machinery has turned into a source of fear, anxiety, trauma, distress, and even dehumanising for those at the sharp end.
Who is this helping? What are we missing?
A day in Svendborg Our first meeting to discuss these issues will be held in Svendborg on 17th December from 10am-3pm
Venue: Svendborg International Maritime Academy (SIMAC), Nordre Havnevej 4, 5700 Svendborg, Denmark.
The purpose of this meeting is to bring a small group of people from across disciplines and sectors who realise the need for Humanistic Ethics in Risk Management.
The Annual Systems Engineering Conference is the UK’s premier Systems Engineering event, attracting a wide range of industry professionals, international presenters and practitioners, which provides a distinguished platform for networking, learning and sharing ideas.
ASEC 2025 will be taking place on 25-26 November 2025, at the Ashford International Hotel, Kent.
INCOSE UK hosted its first ASEC in 2010, now in its 16th year, the two-day conference has developed to include technical presentations on contemporary Systems Engineering theory and practice, tutorials run by leading Systems Engineering Practitioners, an exhibition of Systems Engineering organisations presenting their products and services.
Theme
The theme for ASEC 2025 is ‘Broadening Our Horizons’ within which we intend to explore the following sub-themes:
- Enabling Sustainability
- The impact of Al on Systems Engineering
- Enhancing Collaboration
- Managing Stakeholder Expectations