How Errors can help You: Dick de Gilder at TEDxBreda

Human errors at work can have severe consequences. This is not only true for people working at nuclear power plants, in the aviation industry, or in health care, but for most of us. This is why organizational guidelines tend to specify regulations and procedures that intend to help people avoid such errors. Our research on error management shows that this is not the best way to deal with errors. Instead of trying to avoid or prevent errors, it is better to be accept that errors may be inevitable. Individuals and organizations perform best when people are open to the possibility that errors are made and try to learn from them.

Regarding Dick de Gilder
Dick de Gilder (PhD, Groningen 1991) worked as an organizational consultant for TNO, and currently is Associate Professor of Organization Sciences at the VU University Amsterdam. He teaches and does research on error cultures and error management in a variety of organizations. He has published on team and organizational commitment, motivation of elderly and casual workers, and the relation between respect and work performance.

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