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Swiss Cheese, Teamwork and Other Things We Should Learn from the Aviation Industry

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Explore how the aviation industry's approach to safety, teamwork, and continuous improvement can transform your work as a developer, designer, or manager in this conference talk from NDC Oslo. Discover why commercial aviation has become one of the safest forms of travel despite operating "metal tubes 12 kilometres above the ground" and learn how to apply these proven principles to software development and IT management. Examine the aviation industry's radical attitude toward failure analysis, their scientific approach to teamwork dynamics, and their systematic use of checklists - once controversial tools that are now fundamental to flight safety. Understand how iterative improvement processes from aviation can enhance product development workflows and team collaboration. Gain practical insights into building more resilient systems and fostering better team communication by adopting methodologies that have been tested and refined in one of the world's most safety-critical industries.

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Swiss cheese, teamwork and other things we should learn from the aviation industry - Jakob Endrestad

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